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Thursday, May 17 • 09:00 - 10:15
How Scientology and Porn Shaped the Internet

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What do Tom Cruise and Kim Kardashian have in common? They have both sued for copyright infringement. Who would have thought a religion and porn would have added so much to the American jurisprudence? And who is open to talking about it in an in-depth and academic way? We are. Next time you watch porn or read Dianetics, make sure to thank the actors and religiously-devoted for shaping the modern internet! Our Founding Fathers never saw this coming when they wrote the Progress Clause.
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Sasha Moss

Georgetown Culture, Communications, and Tech

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CG
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Thursday May 17, 2018 09:00 - 10:15 EDT
203A
  International Trade and the Commons

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