* * Please Forward * * Georgia Tech's Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3) presents: Jailhouse Rock File Swapping, Intellectual Property, and the Law This Tuesday, September 23 3-5PM Clary Theater Gigi Sohn President, Public Knowledge Intellectual property rights have been expanding for years, but only recently have they become front-page news. Students are being served restraining orders for reverse-engineering campus networks, Internet users are being sued for swapping files, and professors claim to fear to publish their research. In justification of such actions, trade groups argue that free information exchange profoundly threatens the film, music, and software industries. Gigi Sohn is a leading advocate for limitations on intellectual property rights and open access to information. She co-founded Public Knowledge, which advocates a balance between private protections and public benefits of information. She will talk about recent events affecting college students and will relate this to larger issues in intellectual property. This event is part of the IP3 fall speaker series. Future events include: * October 16: Democracy and Technology: Electronic voting in Georgia * November 6: Re-thinking the Patriot Act: How to Balance Liberty and Security About IP3: The Internet and Public Policy Project (IP3) provides a framework to coordinate Internet policy-related research in the School of Public Policy at Georgia Tech. It promotes dialogue between researchers and policy makers within and outside the Institute, offering forums for debate and discussion. For more information (including directions to Clary Theater) see: www.IP3.gatech.edu ###