It’s a sad state of affairs when you’re too busy to even blog your own public appearances. But, better late than never. Here are two events I’ll be speaking at this week:
Today (Monday, Feb. 27) I’ll be giving a presentation at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
Topic: When citizens media and big media collide
In recent years we’ve seen the emergence of new grassroots media forms: text blogging, podcasting, Webcasting, video blogging, and digital photography as social media. What happens when the cultures and values of these vibrant new media forms bump up the realities of copyright law and outdated business practices? One of the most striking examples of this disconnect occurs in the world of mash-ups, a new artform that combines elements of existing video and audio to create startling new works. How should website operators deal with such cutting-edge creations that may or may not fall under the traditional boundaries of fair use?
Free: It’s open to all, and lunch will be served.
Where: Stanford Law School, Room 280B
Event #2:
Society for New Communications Research will hold its first conference March 2-3 in Palo Alto, CA. Here are the conference sessions.
On Thursday, March 2, I’ll be participating on a panel titled, “Boundary Battles: What is a Journalist and Why Does it Matter?,” though I’ll be sure it bears little resemblance to the title. Other panelists are Tom Foremski, editor, founder, publisher, Silicon Valley Watcher; Dan Farber, editor-in-chief of ZDNet, and Tom Abate, MiniMediaGuy.
This event isn’t free, but if you really need to get in, email me and I’ll see what I can do.
JD Lasica, founder of Inside Social Media, is also a fiction author and the co-founder of the cruise discovery engine Cruiseable. See his About page, contact JD or follow him on Twitter.
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