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Media Piracy in Emerging Economies: An Open Rights Group / LSE Media Policy Project seminar

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (GMT)

London, United Kingdom

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Join us for a free, open seminar to discuss recent research on the battle between copyright and file-sharing in today’s global economy.

The seminar will offer a critical look at new evidence that should be informing copyright policies and practices. Despite celebrations of the ways peer-to-peer technologies can foster collaboration, creativity and empowerment, the creative industries have repeatedly pushed for criminalizing and heavily regulating file-sharing activities – often without adequate evidence.

The Social Science Research Council 2011 report entitled 'Media Piracy and Emerging Economies' is the first independent, large-scale study of music, film and software piracy in emerging economies such as in Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa. Joe Karaganis, lead author, and Pedro Mizukami, lead author of the Brazil report, will discuss key findings and what a research agenda for the digital economy should look like.

Bingchun Meng, co-author of the LSE Media Policy Project report 'Creative Destruction and Copyright Protection,' will chair the seminar. Peter Bradwell, from the Open Rights Group, will also join the discussion.

 

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Room G108, London School of Economics, (Kingsway building)
20 Kingsway
WC2A 2AE London
United Kingdom

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM (GMT)


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The digital age is transforming society: bringing us greater democracy, transparency and new creative possibilities. When these freedoms are under attack, the Open Rights Group is there to defend them. Founded in 2005 by 1,000 digital activists, ORG has become the UK’s leading voice defending freedom of expression, privacy, innovation, consumer rights and creativity on the net.

Getting into the political trenches in the UK and EU, we mobilise our supporters to stop bad laws. Working closely with other campaign groups, we lobby government and talk to the media whenever our rights are threatened.

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