Fight for Fair Use in NYC
The Brennan Center for Justice - Employment
The Brennan Center is seeking an attorney with expertise in intellectual property law for a one-year position in its Democracy Program. The Program seeks to bring the ideal of representative self-government closer to reality and to ensure that public policy and institutions reflect the diverse voices and interests that make for a rich and energetic democracy.
The attorney would work in the Program's Free Expression Policy Project, which promotes the open and robust exchange of ideas that is a prerequisite for an informed and engaged electorate. The Project's research and advocacy focuses in part on combating restrictive intellectual property law.
The person in this position will coordinate a new Fair Use Empowerment Initiative. The Initiative includes:
(1) creation of a Web site with educational materials and other resources for persons who have received cease and desist letters and "take down" notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA);
(2) coordination of a survey of Internet service providers about their procedures for responding to DMCA take-down notices; and
(3) organization of a network of pro bono attorneys to provide intellectual property assistance to artists, scholars, and others in need of representation.
The attorney will also evaluate requests for legal assistance in intellectual property matters and may play a limited role in litigation, including drafting amicus briefs.
The Brennan Center is a nonpartisan, non-profit institute dedicated to a vision of inclusive and effective democracy. For more information about the Center, visit our website.
For more information about the Free Expression Policy Project, visit www.fepproject.org.
Applications: Deadline is February 10, 2006
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