WIRESIDE CHAT with LAWRENCE LESSIG: FAIR USE, POLITICS, AND ONLINE VIDEO February 25, 2010

Topic: Wireside Chat with Lawrence Lessig: Fair Use, Politics, and Online Video
Guest: Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School

On February 25, 2010, Lawrence Lessig will deliver a talk on fair use and politics in online video from Harvard Law School in Cambridge, MA. Come in person, or tune in to a live webcast at http://openvideoalliance.org/lessig.

In conjunction with the Cambridge event, OVA is hosting screenings in cities around the world. Many of these screenings will be followed by special presentations. In New York, check out a curation by the ReMixed Media Festival. In Los Angeles, take part in a Critical Commons workshop. If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area, check out a live audiovisual demonstration by Eclectic Method at Stanford Law School. For more details, or to host your own event, visit http://openvideoalliance.org/lessig.

Lessig's talk will explore copyright in a digital age, and the importance of a doctrine like fair use for free expression on the Internet. 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.

If you have questions or comments, or if you'd like to host your own event, please email us at [email protected].

This event will be webcast live; for more information and a complete description, see the event web page: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/02/lessig

Official Website: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/2010/02/lessig