Howdy all, The Wheeler Centre is organising an IQ² Debate with a topic related to free culture, that of copyright and the misnomer “piracy” for copyright infringement. The digital revolution is counter-intuitive to copyright. Technological change is moving too fast for adequate laws to be implemented – and for affected industries to keep pace. With such open access to information these days, how do we know where one person’s work ends and another begins? Is the very idea of intellectual property becoming a nonsense – or is it too important to give up on, for the continuing functioning of the arts and the sciences? And – the million-dollar question – how can we ensure creativity continues to pay? Our speakers will consider the obstacles and opportunities ahead. URL:http://wheelercentre.com/events/event/copyright-is-dead-long-live-the-pi... -- \ “He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his | `\ enemy from oppression.” —Thomas Paine | _o__) | Ben Finney