[ORGCon 2010] James Boyle: The Incredible Shrinking Public Domain from Open Rights Group on Vimeo. James Boyle, author of ‘Public Domain’, on why the public domain is so vital to art and society as a whole. What state is it in today, and what does the future hold? James Boyle is the William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law and co-founder of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School.
At TEDxNYED, former "young Republican" Larry Lessig talks about what Democrats can learn about copyright from their opposite party, considered more conservative. A surprising lens on remix culture.
Mathias Klang talks about the issues with copyright. TEDxÖresund at Inkonst in Malmö, Sweden. May 14, 2010.
[ORGCon 2010] Thriving in the real digital economy from Open Rights Group on Vimeo. Peter Mandelson and Parliament think that the "digital economy" is one in which computers become radically -- and permanently -- worse at making copies. This is a fantasy -- a dangerous delusion. What does a real life "digital economy" artist do for a living? With:
Cory Doctorow, David Rowntree (ORG Advisory Council), Jeff Lynn (Coadec), John Buckman (Magnatune), Obhi Chatterjee (Shyama)
[ORGCon 2010] Music Industry Reformists from Open Rights Group on Vimeo. In what ways could the music industry adjust to the prevailing economic model? How could music be distributed to better effect, and who’s making headway in the field? With: John Buckman (Magnatune), Simon Indelicate, Dan Bull, Steve Lawson.
[ORGCon 2010] ACTA: A Shady Business from Open Rights Group on Vimeo. What is the Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? How is it being debated, and what will this mean when the agreement comes into force? With: Jeremie Zimmermann (La Quadrature du Net), Michelle Childs (Medecins Sans Frontieres), Erik Josefsson (Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament), Andres Guadamuz (SCRIPT Law and Technology Centre, University of Edinburgh). Chaired by Becky Hogge (ORG Advisory Council)
Keywords: Open, Rights, Group, ACTA, Counterfeiting, La Quadrature du Net, Europe, Parliment
[ORGCon 2010] Theft! A History of Music from Open Rights Group on Vimeo. Jennifer Jenkins talks history, following the development of music and the ways in which past works feed into the present cultural landscape. Jennifer Jenkins is the Senior Lecturing Fellow teaching intellectual property and Director of Duke Law School's Center for the Study of the Public Domain.
[ORGCON 2010] Open Data and Access to Information from Open Rights Group on Vimeo. Hosted by Open Knowledge Foundation, this panel takes a look at how data can be made more accessible, and the extent to which our elected officials fail to allow us such access. With: Rufus Pollock (OKFN), Chris Taggart (Openly Local), Heather Brooke (ORG Advisory Council). Chaired by Jordan Hatcher.
Law.Gov workshop: A Revolution in Legal Affairs. Panel includes: Anurag Acharya, Google (Lead engineer behind Googles case law project on Google Scholar); Carl Malamud, Public.Resource.Org; Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School; Moderated by Roberta Morris, Stanford Law School, January 12, 2010
Pamela Samuelson of Berkeley Law School at Stanford University, titled "Why is the Google Book Settlement So Controversial?"
Lawrence Lessig, Open Video Alliance Webside Chat, February 25, 2010.
Lawrence Lessig, EDUCAUSE09 keynote, November 5, 2009, Denver, a remix building upon lecture at Tokyo University, titled "It Is About Time: Getting Our Values Around Copyright
Larry Lessig's last lecture on "Free Culture", given at Stanford University on January 31st, 2008. At the end of this video, Larry Lessig introduces the "Change Congress" movement.
Larry Lessig's talk at the iCommons Summit in Sapporo Japan on July 30, 2008.
Lawrence Lessig: The Google Book Search Settlement
Professor Lessig's talk at the Berkman workshop on the Google book search settlement in Cambridge, MA, on July 31, 2009.
Remix: Steven Johnson, Lawrence Lessig and Shepard Fairey at the New York Public Library talking about Remix Culture and Fairey's Obama "HOPE" poster and the copyright controversy over it. An excerpt of Fairey discussing the poster is available on Youtube.