Description: Fred von Lohmann, Senior Staff Attorney, and Seth Schoen, Staff
Technologist, from the US-based Electronic Frontier Foundation will
speak about their work on Grokster and other cases involving
technologies that can facilitate copyright infringement, the proposed
"Broadcast Flag" designed to prevent copying of programs broadcast via
digital TV, and the new trend toward "trusted computing". Where does
the public interest lie on these controversial policy issues? How
does policy in these areas get made? What effect do lawsuits have?
What are the challenges for EFF and other public interest groups?
Fauteux Hall, Room 361 (University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law)
