ATGthePodcast 074 - Ruth Okediji Keynote 2018

Against the Grain - The Podcast

In today's episode, we hear from one of the leading authorities on International Intellectual Property Law.

Ruth Okediji (Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School) presents her keynote, Navigating Access to Knowledge: Copyright, Fake News, Fair Use, and Libraries from the plenary sessions of 2018’s Charleston Conference.

Ruth is introduced by Anne Okerson, Special Advisor, Center for Research Libraries. The Q&A session moderator is Anthony Watkinson, Principal Consultant, CIBER Research.

https://youtu.be/oezJ1Aj3EPI Ruth Okediji plenary video

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