[Fsuk-manchester] Free Culture Launch!

[Luke Taylor]

Dear all,

Hope to see some of you representin' free software at the Free Culture Society launch this Thursday at 7:00?

Guest Speakers:

Andrew Robinson, leader of the Pirate Party (UK)

- Discussing copyright in the UK today

Prof John Harris, Director of the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation, Lord Alliance Professor of BioEthics

- Discussing "the Manchester Manifesto" (Abstract: who owns Science? Patents, do we need 'em?)

Plus a short (less than twenty minutes) film by Lawrence Lessig

"I am ten Ninja" have promised to play a couple of songs on the way out as well. Hurray!

Where?

Manchester University Students' Union (South) in the council chambers.

http://www.umsu.manchester.ac.uk/contact_location/steve_biko_building_academy

Facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=365903817097

Luke

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