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Mar 24, 2022

Institute fellow, and New Yorker staff writer, Masha Gessen is one of the foremost critics of Vladimir Putin. In 2014, Gessen spoke at the Institute with New Yorker editor David Remnick about Gessen's book, Words Will Break Cement, about  Pussy Riot. Much of the conversation focused on Putin's ambitions for an...


Mar 20, 2022

In April 2006, the Institute held a two day symposium about copyright and intellectual property, titled Comedies of Fair Use

The event began with a keynote address by Lawrence Lessig, who currently teaches at Harvard Law School. Lessig is the author of twelve books, and his work has had an enormous impact on...


Mar 10, 2022

In April 2006, The Institute held a two day symposium about copyright and intellectual property, titled Comedies of Fair Use. At it, the  novelist Jonathan Lethem made a presentation on his essay-in-progress, the final version of which would be published as The  Ecstasy of Influence, in the February 2007 issue of...