Intellectual Property Law: Philosophy, Ethics, and Recent Legal Trends

Date and Time

Wednesday, August 15, 2001 from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Location

MIT Building 4-370

Presenters

Lar Kaufman - lark walden com

Summary

A discussion of intellectual property law

Abstract

Lar discussed recent developments in Intellectual Property Law, along with philosophical and ethical implications of recent trends in legal opinion.

Time ran short, so Lar will return in October to Wireless DSL.

Bio

Lar Kaufman is a graduate of Boston University Law School, living in Concord, Massachusetts a few miles from Walden Pond. He has worked as a documentation consultant for many years, and began writing about UNIX in 1983. Since then, he has written on System V, BSD, Mach, OSF/1, and Linux.

His hobbies include interactive media as art/literature, homebuilt and antique aircraft (he's a licensed aircraft mechanic), and natural history. Formerly a BBS operator, in 1987 Lar founded the Fidonet echoes (newsgroups) Biosphere and BioNews.

He is currently working on a project to develop a media lab incorporating adaptive technology for print-disabled use through the law library where he studies. The lab will use a Linux server and provide user services on Windows NT, Macintosh, and Linux systems.