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From: Hannah C. <hannahelainechen(a)gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 5:24 AM
Subject: [fc-nyu-discuss] 11/1 Aram Sinnreich lecture at NYU
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The first open Computers and Society lecture for fall 2012 will be on
Thursday from 3:30pm-4:45pm in room 109, 251 Mercer Street (Courant
buildint).
Aram Sinnreich will discuss his upcoming book, "The Piracy Crusade:
How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes
Civil Liberties"
Details:
Speaker: Aram Sinnreich, Assistant Professor at Rutgers University's
School of Communication and Information, in the Department of
Journalism and Media Studies
Topic: "The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry’s War on Sharing
Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties"
Address: 251 Mercer Street, room 109
Time: 3:30pm-4:45pm
Date: November 1, 2012
BLURB:
In the name of combating "digital piracy," the music industry and its
allies have spent billions of dollars to lobby for stronger copyright
laws, shuttered hundreds of promising businesses, and sued tens of
thousands of American internet users. Rutgers University Media Studies
Professor Aram Sinnreich investigates the rationale behind these
decisions, and explores their implications for free speech, civil
liberties, and market innovation, in his soon-to-be published book,
The Piracy Crusade. Ultimately, he argues, we are squandering our best
hopes for a functional democracy and a thriving marketplace in the
21st Century in order to chase a phantom in an unwinnable war.
Instead, we must focus on new laws, policies and economic models that
reward and thrive on the free sharing of information in cyberspace and
beyond.
BIO:
Aram Sinnreich is an Assistant Professor at Rutgers University's
School of Communication and Information, in the Department of
Journalism and Media Studies. Sinnreich's work focuses on the
intersection of culture, law and technology, with an emphasis on
subjects such as emerging media and music. He is the author of two
books, "Mashed Up" (published in 2010), and "The Piracy Crusade" (to
be published in 2013), and has written for publications including the
New York Times, Billboard and Wired. Prior to coming to Rutgers,
Sinnreich served as Director at media innovation lab OMD Ignition
Factory, Managing Partner of media/tech consultancy Radar Research,
Visiting Professor at NYU Steinhardt, and Senior Analyst at Jupiter
Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of
Southern California, and an MS in Journalism from Columbia University.
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