Peregrine Salon, LLC » frank taney http://www.peregrinesalon.com Virtual Worlds, Technology, the Future, & More! Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:17:17 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 VIDEO from PANMA Event: Other Spaces: Virtual World Options Beyond Second Life http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/08/12/video-from-panma-event-other-spaces-virtual-world-options-beyond-second-life/ http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/08/12/video-from-panma-event-other-spaces-virtual-world-options-beyond-second-life/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 20:18:34 +0000 FlipperPA http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/08/12/video-from-panma-event-other-spaces-virtual-world-options-beyond-second-life/ ]]> http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/08/12/video-from-panma-event-other-spaces-virtual-world-options-beyond-second-life/feed/ 0 HigherEdCamp Philly: Legal Issues from the Education Technology Frontier http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/06/04/higheredcamp-philly-legal-issues-from-the-education-technology-frontier/ http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/06/04/higheredcamp-philly-legal-issues-from-the-education-technology-frontier/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:08:03 +0000 FlipperPA http://www.peregrinesalon.com/?p=254 The Panelists

I’m excited to attend HigherEdCamp Philly this Saturday, from 8:30am until 5pm. I will be hosting a session from 12pm – 1pm, joined by Frank Taney of Buchanan, Ingersoll, & Rooney, and Neil Kleinman, Dean of the College of Media & Communication at the University of the Arts. We will be leading an interactive [...]]]> The Panelists

The Panelists

I’m excited to attend HigherEdCamp Philly this Saturday, from 8:30am until 5pm. I will be hosting a session from 12pm – 1pm, joined by Frank Taney of Buchanan, Ingersoll, & Rooney, and Neil Kleinman, Dean of the College of Media & Communication at the University of the Arts. We will be leading an interactive discussion on legal issues in the new media era. Topics we will discuss, among others, include:

What constitutes fair use of new media in academia?

What changes in perception of fair use have occurred with the modern technology available?

How does one properly cite new media such as blogs, wikis, and social networks?

How do you protect your content and intellectual property in the era of easy plagiarism?

What mechanisms are there for sharing your content?

We encourage audience participation and would love to see you there. We hope you’ll join us in posing the questions that we all face in the new era of modern academia. And after all, how often do you get a chance to ask questions to an attorney… for free?

]]> http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/06/04/higheredcamp-philly-legal-issues-from-the-education-technology-frontier/feed/ 0 Virtual Worlds in Academia: Beyond the Hyperbole http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/04/30/virtual-worlds-in-academia-beyond-the-hyperbole/ http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/04/30/virtual-worlds-in-academia-beyond-the-hyperbole/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:25:44 +0000 FlipperPA http://www.peregrinesalon.com/?p=234 Wharton Computing and the Philadelphia Future Salon are proud to present an event, in conjunction with the Wharton Learning Lab’s Evolution of Learning Symposium: Virtual Worlds in Academia: Beyond the Hyperbole. The panel is free for anyone to attend, and we encourage people attending the symposium in the morning to join us after lunch. A hands-on [...]]]> huntsman_at_night1Wharton Computing and the Philadelphia Future Salon are proud to present an event, in conjunction with the Wharton Learning Lab’s Evolution of Learning Symposium: Virtual Worlds in Academia: Beyond the Hyperbole. The panel is free for anyone to attend, and we encourage people attending the symposium in the morning to join us after lunch. A hands-on demonstration will follow, in which people are encouraged to give some projects a test drive!

Location: Jon M. Huntsman Hall, The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, 3730 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104. ROOM: 340

Date & Time: Wednesday, May 13th, 2pm – 4pm

More details after the jump.

Over the past several years, virtual worlds have been through the peak and trough of the hype cycle. Gartner describes the hype cycle as having five phases: a technology trigger, the peak of inflated expectations, the trough of disillusionment, the slope of enlightenment, and the plateau of productivity. Virtual worlds have been through the first three steps of this cycle, with heavy involvement from the business, entertainment, and academic sectors.

The Gartner Hype Cycle, Related to Virtual Worlds

The Gartner Hype Cycle, Related to Virtual Worlds

The panel will examine both the successes and failures of education in virtual worlds, and in particular, the most popular virtual world among educators, Second Life. We will explore how virtual worlds change the educational paradigm in comparison to other media types, and how educators can leverage the technology. Options other than Second Life are starting to appear, including several open source efforts attempting to establish a “hypergrid”, akin to the World Wide Web, but in three dimensions. What does the future hold?

Panelists include Don Bain, former Vice President of the largest virtual world services and development firm, The Electric Sheep Company; Fred Fuchs, founder and CEO of FireSabre, a virtual worlds firm focused on academia; Ana Reyes, who teaches a course on virtual work in organization dynamics at the University of Pennsylvania; Frank Taney, the leading expert on the state of the law in virtual worlds, who represented plaintiffs in the first two virtual worlds intellectual property rights cases of their kind; and moderated by Timothy Allen, founder of the largest yearly conference on virtual worlds and Wharton Computing employee.

We hope to see you there!

]]> http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2009/04/30/virtual-worlds-in-academia-beyond-the-hyperbole/feed/ 2 MP3 of Frank Taney’s Discussion on Trademarks in Virtual Worlds http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2008/06/09/mp3-of-frank-taney%e2%80%99s-discussion-on-trademarks-in-virtual-worlds/ http://www.peregrinesalon.com/2008/06/09/mp3-of-frank-taney%e2%80%99s-discussion-on-trademarks-in-virtual-worlds/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:19:46 +0000 FlipperPA http://blog.peregrinesalon.com/?p=35 Last Friday, I hosted a discussion with Frank Taney, a partner at the law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney. Below is a link to the recording made. The first few minutes of the audio were a bit red lined, so I have edited them out, but the lion’s share of the presentation and the question and [...]]]> Frank TaneyLast Friday, I hosted a discussion with Frank Taney, a partner at the law firm Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney. Below is a link to the recording made. The first few minutes of the audio were a bit red lined, so I have edited them out, but the lion’s share of the presentation and the question and answer session are all included.

Feel free to download the recording here:

Frank Taney Speaks on Trademarks in Virtual Worlds

We look forward to doing more sessions in the future. If you want to read the chat log from our previous session on general intellectual property rights in virtuals worlds, you can see the transcript here.

Thank you to everyone who came out to see the session, ask questions, and to our gracious hosts from UBM/CMP!

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