Presented at
The Last HOPE (2008),
July 19, 2008, 1 p.m.
(60 minutes)
This talk will be an update on RIAA litigations against ordinary individuals based on allegations of p2p file sharing. It will focus on the RIAA's legal theories and how they threaten the Internet, the RIAA's reliance on "junk science" to make its case, and what the tech community can do to help.
Presenters:
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Zi Mei
Zi Mei is a New York City based interactive developer, illustrator, and technology consultant. He quickly developed an interest in computers after the purchase of his first home PC (a 16 MHz 386 running DOS 5.0), and spent many of his teenage years heavily involved in the underground art scene, hacker communities, and BBS elite subcultures. In his high school years, armed with plans from 2600 and a penchant for mischief, Zi and several friends made a red box for the purposes of prank calling teachers and school officials. More recently, he served as creative director of a video and voice chat software company. Currently, he works with touch screen technology and develops applications with humane, intuitive control mechanisms.
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Ray Beckerman
Ray Beckerman is a commercial litigator and Internet law attorney with extensive experience in business law, copyright, trademark, entertainment, libel, slander, Internet, computer software, business torts, and other areas. He has litigated hundreds of cases.
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