<div dir="ltr">The importance of the work Con has done, now with this second book, is more important than when he started on this line of research, largely because of the role current AI tools are playing. In short, we now have to acquire a new literacy as students of AI, information, software and IT in general: understanding the role and wise uses of intellectual capital laws, practices, and regulations. That's the bad news, more work for all of us regardless of what we like to write about. The good news is that Con is unveiling nice chunks of what we need to learn. I hope he continues down that path because there is more to say and I can't think of a more qualified historian to do that than our Con. Jim </div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 1:21 PM Elizabeth Petrick via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Congratulations, Con! I'm looking forward to reading it!</div><div><br></div><div>Liz</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">_________________<div>Elizabeth Petrick</div><div>Associate Professor</div><div>Director of Graduate Studies</div><div>Department of History</div><div>Rice University</div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM HOCHHEISER, SHELDON H via Members <<a href="mailto:members@lists.sigcis.org" target="_blank">members@lists.sigcis.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] New Book from CBI Research Fellow Prof. Gerardo Con Díaz --Everyone Breaks These Laws: How Copyright Made the Online World (AND Con was promoted to Full Prof. & became Chair!)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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Technology and Society Virginia Tech liberalarts.</span><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt;color:white">vt.</span><span style="font-size:1pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:white"> </span><span style="font-size:1pt;color:white">edu/sts
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt">Additionally, his new book <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300251265/everyone-breaks-these-laws/__;!!BhdT!jBPdA-HCHJHvvZLHRFaHxJ7ihrDBMMJpo5YoA6jRlEZkCjhsIWVYzq3YVRFerdWGhWhWEjMnO_cFkEwSDb8$" target="_blank">Everyone
Breaks These Laws: How Copyright Made the Online World</a> was just published (yesterday!) from Yale University Press. I had the pleasure of reading this fascinating and insightful book earlier this year, and the honor, along with distinguished colleagues Prof.
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