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Freedom In The Cloud Meeting

, February 03, 2010

Software freedom, privacy, and security for Web 2.0 and cloud computing

Eben Moglen, a professor of law and legal history at Columbia University and the founding director of the Software Freedom Law Center, will lead a public meeting of the Internet Society of New York on February 5th. Moglen will ask discuss personal privacy and the cloud, and explain techniques for securing personal privacy in the era of Web 2.0.

The talk will be held at 7pm at NYU's Warren Weaver Hall and will be webcast at http://www.livestream.com/isocny.

The Software Freedom Law Center provides legal representation and other law-related services to protect and advance Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS). Founded in 2005, the Center now represents many of the most important and well-established free software and open source projects.


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