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