Media Piracy & Culture: A Discussion of Empirical Research

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  You are invited to attend a public discussion of Media Piracy and Culture: A Discussion of Empirical Research at American University Washington College of Law   4801 Massachusetts Ave NW, Room 400 September 27, 11:30am-1:30pm Lunch provided for all registered attendees https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm   Live Webcast: http://www.wcl.american.edu/pijip/go/events/sep-27-media-piracy-ip-and-emerging-economies     DESCRIPTION Joe Karaganis, a researcher at Columbia University’s American Assembly, and Bodó Balázs, Budapest University of Technology and Economics and Fellow at Harvard University’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, will discuss their ongoing research on culture and media piracy in the U.S. and Europe. Karaganis will discuss a recent comparative study, "Copy Culture in the US and Germany," which maps digital media practices and attitudes toward copyright enforcement in the two countries. Balázs will discuss his ongoing research on the complex system of rules and governance mechanisms in piratical P2P file-sharing “darknets,” including communal enforcement of intellectual property –like regimes within such communities.