Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy

Engelberg Center Live!

This season of Engelberg Center Live! contains audio from Engelberg Center events. Previous seasons of Engelberg Center Live! included a history of ebooks from Library Futures, a deep dive into the datasets used to train AI with Knowing Machines, an oral history of the unionization effort at Kickstarter, and (of course) audio from a range of Engelberg Center events. To learn more about the Engelberg Center, please visit https://www.nyuengelberg.org/

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Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy

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May 4, 2026

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Episodes

Fake Symposium: Fake Intellectual Property 24.10.2022

- Brian Frye , University of Kentucky Rosenberg College of Law - Rebecca Giblin , Melbourne Law School - Scott Hemphill , NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy  - Stephen Lee , Chief Intellectual Property Counsel, Target Corporation  - Jason Schultz , NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

Fake Symposium: Fake Art 21.10.2022

- Amy Adler , NYU School of Law - Winnie Wong , University of California, Berkeley - Barton Beebe , NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

Fake Symposium: Fake Goods and the Problem of Authenticity 20.10.2022

- Christine Haight Farley , American University Washington College of Law - Sari Mazzurco , Yale Law School - Mark McKenna , UCLA School of Law  - Julie Zerbo , The Fashion Law - Christopher Sprigman , NYU School of Law and Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy (moderator)

Fake Symposium: Fake Social Media Movements in Culture, Advocacy, and Policy 18.10.2022

Panelists: - Chris Lewis , Public Knowledge - Michael Livermore , University of Virginia School of Law - Andrea Matwyshyn , Penn State Law - Michael Weinberg , Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law (moderator)

Fake Symposium: Framing Discussion 13.10.2022

Today's episode is the framing discussion that served as an introduction to the Fake Symposium. It features Engelberg Center Faculty Co-Directors Jeanne Fromer and Christopher Sprigman, as well as Executive Director Michael Weinberg. It was recorded on September 22, 2022.

Fake Symposium: Keynote by Siva Vaidhyanathan 11.10.2022

Today's episode is Siva Vaidhyanathan's keynote speech from the Fake Symposium. It was recorded on September 22, 2022.

A Conversation with Internet Archive Fonder Brewster Kahle 06.10.2022

Engelberg Center Live! is back! Today's event is a conversation with Internet Archive Founder Brewster Kahle. Engelberg Center Faculty Co-Director Jason Schultz discussed the nature of ownership in a digital world, and how this connects with ebooks shared by the Internet Archive. The event was held on September 20, 2022.

Chapter 10: The Pandemic 27.04.2021

In the final episode of the Kickstarter United Oral History, the union works through the COVID-19 pandemic as organizers reflect on their experiences forming the union.

Chapter 9: The Count 23.03.2021

The votes have been cast - now it is time for them to be counted.

Chapter 8: The Vote 02.03.2021

Kickstarter workers cast votes on unionization.

Chapter 7: Recognition 16.02.2021

Organizers demand recognition from management.

Chapter 6: Retaliation | Part 2 02.02.2021

Three more organizers leave Kickstarter.

Chapter 6: Retaliation | Part 1 12.01.2021

A closer look at two organizer experiences

Chapter 5: Captive Audience | Part 3 08.12.2020

Leadership’s anti union strategy slows organizing to a stop and organizers begin to lose hope.

Holiday Cadence Announcement 30.11.2020

We’re a little over half way through the oral history of Kickstarter’s Union. This is just a quick announcement about our winter holiday release schedule. For the rest of the year, we’re taking two weeks off. One week is this week, so the final part of chapter 5 will drop on Tuesday the 8th. The next break we’re planning to take is the last week in December. Hopefully this gives you time to catch...

Chapter 5: Captive Audience | Part 2 17.11.2020

Leadership officially comes out as anti union and tips the scale in their favor.

Chapter 5: Captive Audience | Part 1 03.11.2020

Management officially comes out as anti union.

Chapter 4: The Leak 20.10.2020

Management discovers the union and begins to implement a strategy.

Update: The Race 13.10.2020

Hey folks!  You’ve all been amazing, just stellar. Thank so much to everyone sending in notes of support. All of your messages, words of encouragement, and chef kiss emojis have meant so much to me and everyone who contributed to this oral history.   Along with a giant heartfelt thank you, this is a quick announcement that we’re changing up the cadence for releasing episodes. We’re getting into wh...

Chapter 3: Solidarity 06.10.2020

Workers help each other through retaliation and resolve to build a union.

Chapter 2: Catalyst 29.09.2020

Kickstarter Union Oral History Chapter 2: The specific events that led to the first utterance of “union.”

Chapter 1: Fertile Ground 22.09.2020

A window into how Kickstarter’s culture encouraged collective action.

Unions in Tech 18.09.2020

Why are tech workers forming unions? Hear directly from employees who built Kickstarter’s Union about why they thought a union was the structural change their tech campaign needed.

Documentation 17.09.2020

This oral history centers the first hand accounts of organizers and uses documentation to deepen the narrative. Together we’ll hear corroboration from multiple sources, leaked audio from inside Kickstarter, and written communication between employees and management.

One On Ones 16.09.2020

This oral history is a chorus of unique voices and perspectives. Together we’ll hear how workers and organizers speak to one another and how they learn from each other.

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