Not to take away from the foibles of library masturbation, archive.org has, put up an entire conference that happened in April at NYU on fair use. here:
http://www.archive.org/details/NYIH_Comedies_of_Fair_Use
I haven’t had a chance to check any of it out myself, but if Siva Vaidhyanathan, Lawrence Lessig AND DJ Spooky don’t pique your interest then get thee to a nunnery!
Here is the full deal:
COMEDIES OF FAIR U$E
A Search for Comity in the Intellectual Property Wars
Friday, April 28 through Sunday, April 30, 2006
Free and open to the public
Friday April 28, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Saturday 9:30-6:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30-1:00 p.m.
Hemmerdinger Hall
100 Washington Sq. East
FRIDAY, APRIL 28
7:30pm-7:45pm Introductory remarks : Robert Boynton
7:45pm-9:30pm Lawrence Lessig on The Current State of Fair Use with responses by Allan Adler and Hugh Hansen
Siva Vaidhyanathan (moderator)
SATURDAY, APRIL 29
9:30am -10:00am Introductory remarks: Lawrence Weschler
(Note: Lawrence Lessig and Judge Kozinski will comment as the day progresses)
10:00am-11:30am Art
Joy Garnett, Susan Mieselas, Lebbeus Woods,
Art Spiegelman, Carrie McLaren, Joel Wachs
Lawrence Weschler (moderator)
11:45am-1:15pm The Permissions Maze
Geoff Dyer, Susan Bielstein, Allan Adler
James Boyle(moderator)
Break
2:30pm-3:15pm Screening of short films: films from the 826 NYC kids
and the Free Culture remix contest. Comments on the
issues they raise by Leon Friedman and Charles Sims.
3:30pm-4:45pm Documentary Film
Amy Sewell, Pat Aufderheide, Hugh Hansen, Charles Sims
Robert Boynton(moderator)
5:00pm-6:30pm Music
Lawrence Ferrara, Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky),
Hank Shocklee, Claudia Gonson
Kembrew McLeod (moderator)
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
9:30am-9:45am Introductory remarks: Siva Vaidhyanathan
9:45am-11:15am Now Where Are We?
Lewis Hyde, Jonathan Lethem, James Boyle
Siva Vaidhyanathan(moderator)
11:30am-1:00pm W hat Is To Be Done?
Judge Kozinski, Pat Aufderhide, Carrie McLaren
Lawrence Weschler (moderator)
DJ