Intellectual Property Controversies
Never in history has the super-charged issue of intellectual property rights been more relevant or the debate more heated. Has our legal system run amok – severely restricting the use of previously recorded and copyrighted sounds, music, words, and images? Do we have an inherent right to use these materials without restriction? Are current copyright laws archaic and hopelessly outdated? Where do we draw the line? This series of free lectures – culminating in a moderated, but spirited, four-person panel discussion – will engage, dissect, and challenge the ethical, legal, and moral repercussions of private property vs. “free and fair use”. This collection of international, national, and local panel members are each experts in intellectual property and copyright issues. These dynamic and engaging speakers will explore various, often contrasting, and always controversial, aspects of this contentious topic. Audience members are encouraged to attend each panelist’s individual lecture and come prepared with questions for the Q&A period afterwards. This event promises to generate plenty of sparks, no matter which side of the issue you take!

Thursday, January 22, 5:00 pm, Rozsa Center
"Copyright Criminals" Film Sneak Preview – A documentary film by Kembrew McLeod and Ben Franzen, “Copyright Criminals: This Is A Sampling Sport” deals with the controversial issue of music and sound sampling.

Thursday, January 22, 7:30 pm, Rozsa Center
Lecture – “To Quote or Not to Quote: That Is the Question that Plagues Our Culture in the Age of Intellectual Property”
Speaker – Kembrew McLeod, University of Iowa, Associate Professor, Media Studies Scholar and independent documentary filmmaker

Friday, January 23, 5:00 pm, Rozsa Center Lecture – “Copyfight!”
Speaker – Danny O’Brien, Electronic Frontier Foundation, International Outreach Coordinator, English technology journalist

Friday, January 23, 7:30 pm, Rozsa Center • Panel Discussion
Panel Members – Kembrew McLeod, Danny O’Brien, David Orozco, Molly Kleinman
Moderator – Michael G Bennett, Vassar College, Andrew W. Mellon Research Fellow in the Science, Technology, and Society Program and a consultant in intellectual property matters, nanotechnology research and development, and professional engineering and legal ethics

Saturday, January 24, 5:00 pm, Rozsa Center
Lecture – David Orozco, Michigan Technological University, Assistant Professor of Business Law

Saturday, January 24, 7:30 pm, Rozsa Center
Lecture – Molly Kleinman, University of Michigan, Special Projects Librarian and Copyright Specialist

Websites:
http://www.kembrew.com/
http://www.oblomovka.com/
http://mollykleinman.com/
http://www.sbe.mtu.edu/
http://www.copyrightcriminals.com/trailer.html

Listen to the winner of the “Copyright Criminals” remix contest at http://ccmixter.org/copyrightcriminals/files/Dermes/4186

These events are free and open to all!

GREAT EVENTS

When & Where:
"Copyright Criminals"
Film Sneak Preview
Thursday, January 22
5:00 pm, Rozsa Center

Lectures
Thursday, January 22
7:30 pm, Rozsa Center
Friday, January 23
5:00 pm, Rozsa Center
Saturday, January 24
5:00 pm, Rozsa Center
7:30 pm, Rozsa Center

Panel Discussion
Friday, January 23
7:30 pm, Rozsa Center

(Doors open 1/2 hour
before show time.)

Free. Open to all.

Sponsored by:
Sponsored by the Van Evera
Distinguished Lecture Series
Endowment along with the School
of Business and Economics, the
Department of Humanities,
the Department of Social Sciences
and the J. Robert Van Pelt and
Opie Library.