Monday, February 28, 2011 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM EST
Arlington, School of Law, Rm 120
The Information Economy Project at George Mason University is proud to announce the next Tullock Lecture Big Ideas About Information: "Sometimes it is a Wolf: Piracy, Fairy Tale Business Models & Intellectual Property on the Internet" by Stan Liebowitz who is an Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics of the University of Texas at Dallas & the Director of the Center for the Analysis of Property Rights and Innovation.
Professor Liebowitz has published widely in scholarly journals on the economics of knowledge goods, intellectual property, file-sharing, and network effects. This lecture will explore distinctions between piracy, fairy tale business models and intellectual property, with an analysis of current economic empirical methodology. Drawing upon his research on file-sharing, Professor Liebowitz will discuss implications for copyright law.
The Tullock Lecture Big Ideas About Information is proud to host Professor Liebowitz, the Ashbel Smith Professor of Economics of the University of Texas at Dallas. Prof. Liebowitz teaches on the economics of knowledge goods, intellectual property and file-sharing, and network effects. He directs the Center for the Analysis of Property Rights and Innovation (CAPRI) at the UT School of Management. Room 120 at 4 p.m., email iep.gmu@gmail.com to reserve your seat. Visit Professor Liebowitz's Home Page.
Reception to follow. Admission is free, but seating is limited.
*To reserve your spot, please email: iep.gmu@gmail.com.
Hosted by The Information Economy Project .
Sponsored by Tullock Lecture Big Ideas.
