Robert McChesney on the Death and Life of American Journalism
Copygrounds partnered with Third Coast Activist recently to bring you this amazing speech by Robert McChesney recorded on February 6, 2011 here in Austin, Texas. Robert is one of the leading scholars...
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Copygrounds Talks Copyright With Jessica Litman
Jessica Litman’s book, Digital Copyright, was among the first books I read on the subject of intellectual property. Her book provides a fascinating history and critique of the process of drafting...
View ArticleJames Galbraith
We recently had the chance to catch a great lecture by economist James Galbraith sponsored by Third Coast Activist. Galbraith is an economist in our LBJ School of Public Affairs here at UT. He is also...
View ArticleRobert Jensen on The American Dream
Last February Copygrounds attended a lecture at MonkeyWrench Books given by Robert Jensen on the context and impact of the American Dream. In addition to being a Professor in our Journalism Department...
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Conversation with Richard Masur and the Screen Actors Guild
This semester we had the privilege of speaking with former Screen Actors Guild President (1995-1999) Richard Masur. Our conversation touched on a wide range of topics including the history of Hollywood...
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Games of Empire: Q & A with Greig de Peuter
Along with aspiring filmmakers our class is also home to a growing number of ambitious video game producers. We have lots of fun each semester learning the ins and outs of 3D modeling. But we also...
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Conversation with Adrian Johns on Intellectual Property
Adrian Johns’s Piracy: The intellectual property wars from Gutenberg to Gates goes a long way toward contextualizing contemporary legal battles over copyright in the digital age. His research provides...
View ArticleCraig Aaron, President of Free Press
On October 24 Craig Aaron, president of Free Press, was in Austin to talk about how to create a more democratic media. Free Press is the largest media reform organization in the United States and...
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James Boyle Talks to Copygrounds
This semester we read selections from one of my favorite books on the pitfalls of theorizing of intellectual property–James Boyle’s Shamans, Software, & Spleens: Law and the Construction of the...
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Paul Goldstein on Copyright in the Digital Age
Paul Goldstein is the Stella W. and Ira S. Lillick Professor of Law at Stanford University. He is a renowned expert on intellectual property law and the author of numerous books on U.S. and...
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