[lug] May 9th talk topics

[Riggs, Rob]

Personally, rather than talking about FSF licensing issues (for which IMO
the FSF is a much better resource), I'd much rather hear a talk on the
boundaries of fair use and the limits on Congress regarding the regulation
of copyright.

I'm also interested in their opinions regarding the criminalization of the
creation of copyright protection circumvention devices. Why would this be a
crime, and the manufacture of a bolt cutter used for breaking and entering
not be a crime?

-Rob

-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Riddoch [mailto:socket at peakpeak.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:54 PM
To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
Subject: [lug] May 9th talk topics


Hi, everyone.

I just had a phone call with one of our speakers for next week's talk,
to figure out what, exactly, the topic will be. The speaker may be
either Kris Miller, Matt Abel, or both, from the Boulder office of the
Holland & Hart law firm.  Kris said they specialize in copyright,
trademark, and licensing.

We talked a little about DMCA issues - mostly safe harbor, and
the possibility of an open-topic Q&A session.

I'm going to send them a URL to this thread on the archives, so let's
get some wider brainstorming going on here!


Since we have an opportunity to speak with people who won't prefix
everything with "I Am Not A Lawyer" (but rather "This Won't Mean Much
Until It Pays My Retainer" or something similar... ;)

What would *you* like to hear about?

-- 
Chris Riddoch       | epistemological
socket at peakpeak.com | humility
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