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Conversation: Siva Vaidhyanathan -- Life in a Distributed Age Wednesday, February 6, 2002 5:30 PM room: 210 Vanderbilt Hall 40 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 The Information Law Institute presents a lecture by Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of "Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity." The talk will examine a series of conflicts between models of distributed information and centralized information regulation. The Napster battle serves as the first case study. It then considers a series of seemingly disparate examples of similar tensions and clashes, including encryption, secrecy, privacy, and security. The talk argues that we must take a systemic view of such conflicts and discuss ways to preserve democratic processes that depend on relatively open information systems. The presentation will be followed by a discussion with Helen Nissenbaum and members of the audience. _____ Cryptome/Cartome will cover this event. If you attend hit us up for free drink and food afterward.
