[Mitworld] New: Games and Civic Engagement, Samuelson on Copyright

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[GAMES AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT]

Video games could transform the world some day, if only their potential
could be fully realized. These panelists dream of a day when industry,
politicians and game players themselves explore how this new medium can
educate and engage.

MODERATOR:
Eric Klopfer
Scheller Career Development Professor of Science Education and
Educational Technology
Director, Teacher Education Program, MIT

PANELISTS:
Mario Armstrong
NPR Technology Correspondent
Co-founder, Urban Video Game Academy

Ian Bogost
Founding Partner,Persuasive Games LLC
Assistant Professor, School of Communications, Georgia Institute of
Technology


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/532/>

[QUOTE]
"Gaming shouldn't be seen just as recreational activity. It should be
seen as a time of reflection and study, research and understanding."
-- Mario Armstrong


EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum <http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/>

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[A REVERSE NOTICE AND TAKEDOWN REGIME TO ENABLE PUBLIC INTEREST USES
 OF TECHNICALLY PROTECTED COPYRIGHTED WORKS]

Pamela Samuelson walks her audience through dense and murky regulations
and case law surrounding digital rights management, glimpsing a somewhat
brighter way ahead for advocates of fair use.

SPEAKER:
Pamela Samuelson
Chancellor's Professor of Information Management and of Law, University
of California, Berkeley


PLAY NOW: <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/530/>

[QUOTE]
"A lot of what people like me have been worried about was that copyright
industries have a keen desire to control all technologies that can
process digital information."
-- Pamela Samuelson


EVENT HOST: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
(CSAIL) <http://www.csail.mit.edu/>

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