Probably at a bad time for lots of people, but you could go see Larry Lessig. You might recognize the name from the Microsoft antitrust trial, or some of the goings-on around DeCSS. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Lessig's lecture Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:30:19 -0600 From: "I.T. Student Affairs" <itsa at itdean.umn.edu> To: Recipient List Suppressed:; Dean E. Thomas Sullivan and the University of Minnesota Law School Invite you to the Third Annual Horatio Ellsworth Kellar Distinguished Visitor Lecture featuring Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law, Stanford University Law School Professor Lessig's lecture is entitled "Innovation & The Net." Thursday, February 22, 2001 12:15 p.m. Lockhart Hall (Room 25), Law Center 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN Professor Larry Lessig is a leading authority on Internet law in the country. Professor Lessig's projects include a book on the law of cyberspace - viewing the law of cyberspace as a type of comparative constitutional law and exploring the significance of problems that the regulation of cyberspace might present. In December of 1997, Professor Lessig was named Special Master of the antitrust dispute between the United States Department of Justice and Microsoft Corporation by United States District Court Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson. Professor Lessig recently joined the faculty at Stanford University Law School. -- _ _ _ _ _ ___ _ _ _ ___ _ _ __ Stealing a rhinoceros / \/ \(_)| ' // ._\ / - \(_)/ ./| ' /(__ should not be attempted \_||_/|_||_|_\\___/ \_-_/|_|\__\|_|_\ __) lightly. [ Mike Hicks | http://umn.edu/~hick0088/ | mailto:hick0088 at tc.umn.edu ]