From MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU Fri Sep 7 08:39:30 2007 From: MIT.WORLD at MIT.EDU (MIT.WORLD) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 08:39:30 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] New: Mitchell on Imagining MIT, Panel on Copyright and Fair Use Message-ID: <97839.JOFHCAMA@MIT.EDU> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World - Newsletter - Volume 7 | Number 1 | September 7, 2007 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - - - View the latest additions to MIT World: - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [IMAGINING MIT: DESIGNING A CAMPUS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY] Mitchell's talk -- drawn from his recent book, Imagining MIT -- first skims the history of MIT's classical, industry-minded buildings, then focuses on a recent billion-dollar construction boom that has resulted in pathbreaking examples of urban design for academic purposes. SPEAKER: William J. Mitchell Alexander W. Dreyfoos Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences Director, Smart Cities research group, MIT Media Lab PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Architecture is intensely practical, but at the same time it should always be an affair of imagination and spirit." --William J. Mitchell EVENT HOST: Imagining MIT ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [COPYRIGHT, FAIR USE, AND THE CULTURAL COMMONS] Moderator William Uricchio sets the scene for panelists' discussion of current copyright wars with a brief historical overview of copyright protection. MODERATOR: William C. Uricchio Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT Professor of Comparative Media History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands PANELISTS: Wendy Gordon Professor of Law and Paul J. Liacos Scholar in Law, Boston University Gordon Quinn President and Founding Member, Kartemquin Films Hal Abelson Class of 1922 Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, MIT School of Engineering Pat Aufderheide Professor, School of Communications, American University PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Bizarrely, the faster information circulates, the longer we're extending copyright protection. It seems totally at odds with where our constitution framers and case law emerged from." --William C. Uricchio EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Engineering Systems Division presents Alexander S. Belenky Visiting Scholar MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals The Electoral College in U.S. Presidential Elections: Logical Foundations, Mathematics and Politics ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. 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This translates into addiction to the device." --JoAnne Yates EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE IN U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS: LOGICAL FOUNDATIONS, MATHEMATICS AND POLITICS] SPEAKER: Alexander S. Belenky Visiting Scholar, MIT Center for Engineering Systems Fundamentals PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "How come 538 people can represent or be authorized to vote for president instead of 200 million voters? That's the question." --Alexander Belenky EVENT HOST: Engineering Systems Division ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT Alumni Association Technology Day 2007 presents John Fernandez Associate Professor Department of Architecture Global Resources and the Built Environment ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. SPONSORS Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services IS&T - DCAD Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education Programs 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-433 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Robison Postdoctoral fellow, Comparative Media Studies Program, MIT PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The whole idea of helping kids play with remix to learn media literacy lessons is the delight of discovering those shifts in meaning that result from juxtaposition and recontextualization." --Renee Hobbs EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [TWO MORE THINGS TO WORRY ABOUT] SPEAKER: Arnold I. Barnett George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of Management PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "Landing is slightly more dangerous than taking off, so if you're a coward like me, you'll realize that no matter how well the flight is going, much of the risk is still ahead of you." --Arnold Barnett EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research Laboratory for Electronics Nanotechnology Public Lecture Series presents Professor Grant Willson University of Texas at Austin Nanofabrication Technology: A View of the Future ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. SPONSORS Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services IS&T - DCAD Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education Programs 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-433 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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There must be an energy policy that drives competitiveness and confidence that's a pillar of a competitive society." --Jeffrey Immelt EVENT HOST: MIT Energy Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [MARKETING THE ARTS: THE SECRET WEAPON] SPEAKER: Michael Kaiser President, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts PLAY NOW: [QUOTE] "The country was founded by people who thought music and dance were evil -- the Puritans -- so we never had central support in the government for arts. This coincidentally created a system of private support that resulted in a healthier ecology than what we have now in the rest of the world for arts." --Michael Kaiser EVENT HOST: MIT Sloan School of Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory presents Marvin Minksy Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Professor of EECS Emotion Machine: Commonsense Thinking, Artificial Intelligence, and the Future of the Human Mind ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MIT World is a project of the School of Engineering's Professional Education Programs. SPONSORS Office of the Provost Office of the Vice President for Research School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences MIT Sloan School of Management School of Science MIT Alumni Association Industrial Liaison Program Office of the Vice President and Secretary of the Corporation PARTNERS Academic Media Production Services IS&T - DCAD Akamai Technologies RiverRun Media Send comments to: MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professional Education Programs 77 Massachusetts Avenue 35-433 Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 MIT World: http://mitworld.mit.edu/ --- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20070926/339e8210/attachment.htm