Cory Doctorow - Public Lecture Sept 26 2:30pm ALH

[Susan Gow]

Author, activist,and /IS Scholar in Virtual Residence/ CORY DOCTOROW 
<http://craphound.com/> presents "The Information Economy is Not Based 
on Restricting Information" this Saturday, September 26th at the Arts 
Lecture Hall (Room 113) at 2:30pm.

Cory will explain his belief that copyright laws result in regulations 
for all human endeavors in this century. Cory argues, "The industrial 
revolution wasn't based on restricting access to machines. The 
information revolution is not based on restricting access to 
information. But copyright extremists continue to insist that a strong 
economy requires pervasive enforcement, from spying on your network 
connection to terminating your access to the digital world."

After his lecture, Cory will entertain a question and answer session, 
and selected copies of his books will be available for purchase and 
signing.

The Independent Studies program celebrates its 40th birthday this fall 
09 term. Celebrations will continue throughout the coming year until 
August 2010, and we will keep you advised of these events. The founding 
of the /IS Scholar in Virtual Residence/ marks our first celebration, 
and Cory has generously accepted this posting, mentoring three promising 
IS creative writers each term over the next year. Born in Toronto, Cory 
now lives in London, England and hence the need for a ‘virtual’ 
relationship with us now!

Cory was an IS pre-thesis student in four consecutive terms from 1993 to 
1994, and has subsequently become one of Canada’s formidable bloggers, 
journalist, editor, Internet activist, and award-winning science-fiction 
writer. Cory is the former European Director of the Electronic Frontier 
Foundation <http://www.eff.org>, and co-founded the UK Open Rights Group 
<http://www.openrightsgroup.org/> which advocates the preservation of 
individual rights online in the digital age. His latest novel, /Makers/, 
will be released in October this year.

Thank you for forwarding this announcement to those in your network who 
would be interested in learning about Cory’s work and ideas. The lecture 
will be taped and please contact Susan Gow at IS for details.

Susan Wismer, IS Director
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Susan C. Gow, BIS '94

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