Note, below, a video interview with Prof. Peter Jaszi, who will participate in the panel "Second Lives: Copyright in Virtual Worlds" at MCN 2008. Amalyah Keshet Chair, MCN IP SIG
________________________________ For immediate release October 27, 2008 Public Knowledge ?Celebrates? 10 Years of Digital Millennium Copyright Act This week marks the 10th anniversary of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and Public Knowledge is making certain the occasion is properly observed. Starting today, and continuing through the week, PK staff will have a series of posts to our policy blog exploring various aspects of ?10 Years of the DMCA.? The first one, by Rashmi Rangnath, is up today at http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1815. But that?s not all. Through the week, we will also have a series of video interviews with people who have experienced the DMCA?s restrictions and limitations. Our first video, with Vijay Raghavan, an entrepreneur put out of business by the DMCA, is posted as well. It?s at http://www.publicknowledge.org/node/1816. Other videos lined up for the week include interviews with Mark Richert, Director of Public Policy, American Foundation for the Blind; Peter Decherney, Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies and English, University of Pennsylvania; and Peter Jaszi, Professor of Law, Washington College of Law, American University. They all have fascinating stories to tell. _____________________________________________________________________________ Public Knowledge is a Washington, D.C.-based public interest group working to defend citizens? rights in the emerging digital culture. More information available is available at: http://www.publicknowledge.org
