Stanford CIS

Speakers Series

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Mozelle Thompson

The Commissioner will discuss the issues related to online privacy and the FTC's role in the area of online privacy, including the Commission's law enfo…

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The Future of Music Coalition

A discussion around copyright law, royalty collection in the digital realm, the protection of coprighted work through encryption and watermarking, and the use o…

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Siva Vaidhyanathan

This talk will discuss the ways we limit the range of discussion of policy choices by invoking the term "intellectual property." It will argue that we…

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Jim Bessen

Open Source Software or Free Software appears contrary to conventional wisdom about intellectual property--free products challenge commercially-developed produc…

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Edward Felten

The music industry has proposed a range of "security technologies" designed to prevent the unauthorized copying of recorded music. Recently a group o…

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Tim Wu

Peer-to-peer network architectures have come to broad attention over the last several years with the success of Napster and other applications. Many see "…

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Bruce Damer and Stephen Reading

This presentation will feature live journeys into online virtual worlds where ad hoc property and civil rules of conduct are emerging. From avatar citizens pilf…

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Dave Del Torto

Del Torto will be discussing human rights, encryption technologies, and his recent work in Guatemala. This discussion will cover some of the basic issues: inter…