Thursday Sept. 7, 6 pm. Here are IP SIG recommendations for pre-conference reading!
Brush up on the Napster controversy:
http://www.wired.com/news/mp3/
http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,17257,00.html
And, of course, there's the speech Courtney Love gave for the Digital Hollywood online entertainment conference. In it she talks about the recording industry, copyright law, recording contracts, piracy, Napster/Gnutella, etc.:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2000/06/14/love/
And for a little historial perspective, have a look at an interesting article which analyzes the 1909
Copyright Act's response to player piano rolls:
http://www.thenewrepublic.com/online/brown072700.html
For general reading, don't forget to dig up architect Robert Venturi's "Learning from Las Vegas," MIT Press, 1977.
We look forward to seeing everyone there!
Amalyah Keshet
Head of Visual Resources, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Board of Directors, the Museum Computer Network
Chair, MCN Intellectual Property Special Interest Group
[email protected]
