A few of you have asked for clarification, because the language on the eventbrite page focuses on students.
The weekend is indeed open to all tech, ed, open knowledge, and law-savvy students, with a few spaces avail.for advisors w broad backgrounds to join on Saturday. Warmly, SJ On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > edX has not yet settled on a licensing standard. Harvard is > developing its licensing policy this spring, and looking for community > input. They are supporting a weekend-long legal hacking challenge, > for creators, educators, developers and lawyers to work through the > legal/policy/social challenges implied by such regimes. > > I highly recommend coming to this challenge; with a suitably free > licensing framework, edX could do much more than "provide a new source > of massive online courses" and truly revolutionize the sorts of > learning materials available to everyone. > > The cost of participation is $30 (roughly the cost of the meals > provided), but fee waivers can be arranged on request. The > announcement/invite sent out to legal groups follows. > > SJ > > > ==== > The 2013 Hack IP Challenge will bring together students from across > the Boston Area to work on a tough legal/policy challenge over the > course of a weekend (February 22-24). > > The topic: the intellectual property policy for HarvardX, the Harvard > division of edX, the online education platform. While HarvardX has > already begun offering courses, fundamental policies around what types > of intellectual property can be used and assigned, and how third > parties can use HarvardX materials remain unanswered. > > These policies are being developed currently, and the decisions that > Harvard makes will impact the future of online education and the > entire higher education landscape. Students join teams to produce > model policies. They will hear from Professor Larry Lessig on Friday > night, work with coaches from around the Boston area and hear from an > expert panel on Saturday, and present their results to a panel > including Professor Zittrain and Jonathan Hulbert (of the Harvard > University Office of General Counsel) on Sunday afternoon. > > You can learn more and sign up here: > http://hackip2013.eventbrite.com. Students can use discount code > "ILABHacksIP" (no quotes) for a discount on the weekend (Friday night > to Sunday afternoon. All meals are covered in the cost). If cost is an > issue, scholarship can be arranged on request. -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266 On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:53 PM, Samuel Klein <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > edX has not yet settled on a licensing standard. Harvard is > developing its licensing policy this spring, and looking for community > input. They are supporting a weekend-long legal hacking challenge, > for creators, educators, developers and lawyers to work through the > legal/policy/social challenges implied by such regimes. > > I highly recommend coming to this challenge; with a suitably free > licensing framework, edX could do much more than "provide a new source > of massive online courses" and truly revolutionize the sorts of > learning materials available to everyone. > > The cost of participation is $30 (roughly the cost of the meals > provided), but fee waivers can be arranged on request. The > announcement/invite sent out to legal groups follows. > > SJ > > > ==== > The 2013 Hack IP Challenge will bring together students from across > the Boston Area to work on a tough legal/policy challenge over the > course of a weekend (February 22-24). > > The topic: the intellectual property policy for HarvardX, the Harvard > division of edX, the online education platform. While HarvardX has > already begun offering courses, fundamental policies around what types > of intellectual property can be used and assigned, and how third > parties can use HarvardX materials remain unanswered. > > These policies are being developed currently, and the decisions that > Harvard makes will impact the future of online education and the > entire higher education landscape. Students join teams to produce > model policies. They will hear from Professor Larry Lessig on Friday > night, work with coaches from around the Boston area and hear from an > expert panel on Saturday, and present their results to a panel > including Professor Zittrain and Jonathan Hulbert (of the Harvard > University Office of General Counsel) on Sunday afternoon. > > You can learn more and sign up here: > http://hackip2013.eventbrite.com. Students can use discount code > "ILABHacksIP" (no quotes) for a discount on the weekend (Friday night > to Sunday afternoon. All meals are covered in the cost). If cost is an > issue, scholarship can be arranged on request. -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266
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