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DESCRIPTION:In observance of International Open Access Week\, please join u
 s to watch a one-hour version of the film with a discussion of the issues i
 t presents\, facilitated by Professor David Olson of the BC Law School. The
  film is a thought-provoking documentary about Aaron Swartz\, the computer 
 prodigy who\, as a teenager\, helped make possible the widely-used Creative
  Commons licenses and was an influential activist for open access. Legal ac
 tion was brought against him for connecting his computer to the MIT system 
 and downloading portions of the JSTOR database. He committed suicide\; many
  have suggested that this was a result of prosecutorial overreach.\n\nProfe
 ssor Olson is an associate professor at Boston College Law School. He teach
 es\, researches and writes about patent and copyright law and came to Bosto
 n College from Stanford Law School's Center for Internet and Society\, wher
 e he was part of the Fair Use Project.\n\n“Unjust laws exist\; shall we be 
 content to obey them\, or shall we endeavor to amend them\, and obey them u
 ntil we have succeeded\, or shall we transgress them at once?” - The quote 
 is from Henry David Thoreau\, and it begins the film\, The Internet’s Own B
 oy.\n\nFilm followed by discussion\, sponsored by Boston College Libraries 
 for International Open Access Week. Pizza and soda will be served. Please r
 egister\, so that we can estimate food amounts\, but\, if you forget to reg
 ister\, please feel free to join us anyway.
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LOCATION:Stokes Hall\, South\, Room 196S\, Auditorium
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SUMMARY:The Internet's Own Boy
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URL:https://events.bc.edu/event/the_internets_own_boy
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