RE: LCT Lecture

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 FRED VON LOHMANN, Attorney at Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco and
Visiting Researcher at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology, UC
Berkeley Law School
"Beyond Napster: Reconciling Copyright and Innovation"

Overview: When should a technology maker be held liable for copyright
infringements committed by its customers? This question has important
implications for technological innovation, as the answer will determine
which technologies fall within the exclusive control of the copyright
industries, and which are left to develop freely. This lecture will explore
the rationale and scope of contributory and vicarious copyright
infringement, the two copyright doctrines that are most often invoked
against technology makers, and suggest solutions aimed at reconciling these
indirect liability theories with the imperatives of technological
innovation.

Thursday, May 24, 2001, 12:30-1:30 pm, Room 105

Bring your lunch, your ears, your questions!

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More on Fred von Lohmann:

Fred von Lohmann is an attorney currently working as a visiting researcher
with the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, a research center associated
with the Boalt Hall School of Law at UC Berkeley. His research focuses on
the impact of peer-to-peer technologies on the future of copyright. He also
continues to maintain a relationship with Morrison & Foerster LLP, where his
practice is concentrated on transactions and counseling involving the
Internet and intellectual property. He comments frequently on copyright law
and the Internet, including issues relating to online music distribution and
the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), and has advised a variety of
Internet clients, including Yahoo!, Verio, Myplay, and NBCi.

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Center for Law, Commerce & Technology
University of Washington Law School
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