Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

TIES – Technology and intellectual property rights

Scott McLeod

After my TIES session last Tuesday on blogging

administrators

, I sat in on a presentation by Aimee Bissonette. Aimee is an

attorney for Little Buffalo Law &

Consulting

and an expert on intellectual property issues, particularly for

creative artists and entertainers. Her presentation, Law and Technology: Why

Legal Limits Don’t Have to Limit Teaching Options

, highlighted a number of

nerve with the folks in the room: she didn’t even get to finish her presentation

because she was deluged with questions and scenarios. Good stuff!

The podcast of

Aimee’s session is available on my TIES 2006 web page.

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