Lawrence Lessig lecture with Q/A this afternoon

[Pete Forsyth]

Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig

Tune in Here
Feb 25th, 2010 6:00—7:30pm ET

http://openvideoalliance.org/event/lessig/

Lawrence Lessig, the foundational voice of the free culture movement, 
will deliver a talk on fair use, politics, and online video from Harvard 
Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. You’ll be able to tune in to a 
live webcast at openvideoalliance.org/lessig. We’re also hosting 
screenings in cities around the world.

http://openvideoalliance.org/event/lessig/

The lecture by Lawrence Lessig will last 45 minutes, and will be 
followed by a 30 minute interactive Q & A session. The event will be 
moderated by Elizabeth Stark of the Open Video Alliance. Questions can 
be submitted using the hashtag #wireside.

This is a talk about copyright in a digital age, and the role (and 
importance) of a doctrine like “fair use.” Fair use allows limited use 
of copyrighted material without requiring permission from the rights 
holders, and is essential for commentary, criticism, news reporting, 
remix, research, teaching and scholarship with video.

As a medium, online video will be most powerful when it is fluid, like a 
conversation. Like the rest of the internet, online video must be 
designed to encourage participation, not just passive consumption. Tune 
in here on February 25th, 6:00pm US Eastern time (GMT -5), or check out 
our screening events in cities across the world.

The Wireside Chat is made possible with the support of iCommons and the 
Ford Foundation.

-- 
Guillaume Paumier

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