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Passing the Torch …

Monday, May 5th, 2008 May 5, 2008Fred

We’re happy to announce the board for next year (or at least next semester) of Free Culture @ NYU:

President: John Randall
Treasurer: Wesley Chen
Vice President: Max Salzberg
Secretary: Aditi Rajaram
Documentarian: Gabe de Urioste (who gets the above photo credit)
President of Berlin in NYU Free Culture: Parker Higgins

Keep an eye out for some events we’ll be doing over […]

The Futures of The Internet

Friday, April 11th, 2008 April 11, 2008Fred

Free Culture @ NYU has the wonderful opportunity to be sponsoring a fantastic panel next week.
We hope you can make it!
The Futures of The Internet
What will come of the next decade on the Internet? We often take for granted the state of the net today, but there’s no guarantee that it will remain this way. […]

Wikipedia Takes Manhattan is Tomorrow!

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008 April 3, 2008Fred

Don’t worry folks, our event is still very much on tomorrow. Check out our newly created page for more information, and don’t forget to register!

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Wikipedia Takes Manhattan!

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 March 25, 2008Fred

UPDATE: Looks like rain on Friday the 28th, we’re rescheduling until April 4th. Please tell your friends, and apologies for any confusion!

On Friday, March 28th April 4th, join Free Culture @ NYU and Free Culture @ Columbia on a quest to get the best shots of NYC. Bring your camera and a way to […]

E-mail List Subscription Was Broken, Now Fixed.

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008 February 27, 2008Fred

Sorry to everyone that tried to sign up via the e-mail link on our e-mail list page. It wasn’t working and it now is. Please subscribe now and you should receive a confirmation e-mail.
Thanks!
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Hardfire Interview

Friday, February 1st, 2008 February 1, 2008Fred

I recently did an interview on Hardfire, a Brooklyn Television show about Libertarian politics and talked about free culture and the copyright issues motivating our movement.
It’s about half an hour and you can watch it here:

I was previously on the show last year talking about bagels and trademark.

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First Meeting of 2008

Monday, January 28th, 2008 January 28, 2008Fred

Hi There! Just a friendly reminder that Free Culture @ NYU will be meeting tonight. Here’s the info:
Monday, January 28th, 2008
8:30 PM - 10:00 PM
General Meeting in Kimmel Center Room #907
There will be food.
We’ll be discussing the latest and greatest happenings in the world of free culture, Creative Commons, and Free software. We’ll also […]

Second Students for Free Culture board election debate tomorrow!

Saturday, December 1st, 2007 December 1, 2007parker

The second Students for Free Culture board member election debate is taking place on IRC tomorrow, Sunday Dec 2, 3PM EST. Specifically the #freeculture channel of irc.freenode.net. (Did I just goof on the nomenclature? I’m a little shaky on the whole IRC thing.)
Missed the first debate? Worry not! It’s available […]

“Infringement Nation” paper by John Tehranian

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007 November 20, 2007parker

As we discussed in our meeting tonight, the recent symposium “Infringement Nation” by John Tehranian brings up a lot of great copyright issues. Among them, and this is certainly much broader than just copyright, is the distance between our societal norms and the relevant laws. He estimates that if he were held liable […]

Meeting Tomorrow @ 8:30pm

Monday, November 19th, 2007 November 19, 2007Fred

Just a friendly reminder that our next meeting will be Tomorrow at 8:30pm!
Monday, November 19th 2007 At 8:30pm at Kimmel, room #903.
There will be food.
We’ll be discussing the latest and greatest happenings in the world of free culture, creative commons, and free software.
We’ll also be discussing HR 4137 , RCRD LBL and recent net neutrality […]


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