[Mitworld] New: Mitchell on Imagining MIT, Panel on Copyright and Fair Use

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[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: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/470/>

[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
<http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11120>

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[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: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/469/>

[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 <http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/>

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