[dundee] Eben Moglen

[William Cameron]

Not sure who's organizing this, there was some talk at debian day about it.  But just for the record I would like to attend.THanksWilliam> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:52:25 +0100> From: gordon at zubenel.freeserve.co.uk> To: dundee at mailman.lug.org.uk> Subject: Re: [dundee] Eben Moglen> CC: > > Hi,> > I just got an email saying that the lecture venue has been changed.> > _Email_> Gordon> > I refer to your recent registration to attend the Scottish Society for> Computers & Law Annual Lecture which is taking place on 26 June 2007 and> write to advise you that due to the high demand for places at the event,> the lecture will now be taking place in Lecture Theatre 175, Old> College, School of Law, University of Edinburgh, South Bridge, Edinburgh> rather than the Faculty of Advocates Mackenzie Building as originally> advertised.>  > Regards> > Rosie Saunders> > > Arron Finnon wrote:> > please find below the information for the Eben Moglen thing in > > edinburgh on 26th ;> >> > THE SCOTTISH SOCIETY FOR COMPUTERS AND> >              LAW ANNUAL LECTURE 2007> >> >> >                 EBEN MOGLEN> >> >> > The Global Software Industry in Transformation: After GPLv3> >> >  ***** PRE-BOOKING ESSENTIAL FOR THIS FREE LECTURE  *****> >> >            Tuesday 26 June 2007> >    6.30 p.m. (Reception from 6.00 p.m.)> >                      at> > The Faculty of Advocates, McKenzie Building> > (behind Fringe Office) High Street, Edinburgh> >> >  *****     To book reply by email to            *****> >  *****     rosie.saunders at advocates.org.uk>     *****> >  *****                                          *****> >> > The Society is privileged to welcome as the 2007 lecturer, Professor Eben> > Moglen, Professor of Law and Legal History at Columbia University Law > > School> > and Chairman of the Software Freedom Law Center, New York.> >> > Professor Moglen's work has inspired a generation of both lawyers and IT> > professionals, and the Society is pleased to recognise this by > > extending the> > invitation to the Scottish IT industry.> >> > Free software is irrevocably transforming the global software industry,> > challenging not only Microsoft's dominance as a firm, but also the > > very idea of> > software-as-product that characterised the Microsoft Era. Now, with > > the release> > of version 3 of the GNU General Public License after eighteen months > > of public,> > global legislative process, the outlines of the new industrial > > structure are> > emerging.> >> > In this lecture, Professor Moglen considers how private legislation is> > replacing public law as the organising intellectual structure for > > software and> > the technology industries, with far-reaching social consequences and> > theoretical implications.> >> > Professor Moglen has represented many of the world's leading free > > software> > developers. He earned his PhD in History and law degree at Yale > > University> > during what he sometimes calls his "long, dark period" in New Haven. > > After law> > school he clerked for Judge Edward Weinfeld of the United States > > District Court> > in New York City and to Justice Thurgood Marshall of the United States > > Supreme> > Court. He has taught at Columbia Law School  and has held visiting> > appointments at Harvard University, Tel Aviv University and the > > University of> > Virginia since 1987.  In 2003 he was given the Electronic Frontier > > Foundation's> > Pioneer Award for efforts on behalf of freedom in the electronic society.> > Professor Moglen is admitted to practice in the State of New York and > > before> > the United States Supreme Court.> >> >> > Give us a shout if your going!> >> > Cheers> > Arron> >> > _________________________________________________________________> > Play your part in making history - Email Britain! > > http://www.emailbritain.co.uk/> >> >> > _______________________________________________> > dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list> > dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk> > https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee> > Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________> dundee GNU/Linux Users Group mailing list> dundee at lists.lug.org.uk  http://dundee.lug.org.uk> https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dundee> Chat on IRC, #tlug on dundee.lug.org.uk
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