Should Technologists Be Responsible
for Misuses of Their Products and Services?
Pamela Samuelson
Richard M. Sherman '74 Distinguished Professor of Law and Information
University of California at Berkeley
Monday, March 27, 2006
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Download free RealOne Player to view videoAbstract: MGM recently argued to the Supreme Court that Grokster should be liable for copyright infringement because the primary use of its technology was to engage in copyright infringement. Although the Supreme Court did not agree with MGM, it did say that technical design might be relevant to liability if there was other evidence that a firm had induced infringement. This talk will consider the pros and cons of considering technical design as a basis for liability for third-party misuses of technology, not only as to copyright infringement but also as to other wrongs such as privacy leaks.
Biography: Available at www.ischool.berkeley.edu/~pam/
Sponsors:
- University Computer Policy and Law (UCPL)
- Cornell Law School
- Cornell University Library Academic Assembly
- Information Science
- Office of Information Technologies
- TRUST