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'''Lawrence Liang''' is a professor of law and former Dean of the School of Law and Governance at ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aud.ac.in/faculty/permanent-faculty/detail/192|title=AUD Website - People - Faculty|website=www.aud.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2018-03-31}}</ref> He is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. He is a co-founder of the ] and by 2006 had emerged as a spokesperson against the politics of "intellectual property". In 2017, he received the ] for Social Sciences in recognition of his creative scholarship on law and society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/lawrence-liang.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Lawrence Liang|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref> '''Lawrence Liang''' is a professor of law at ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aud.ac.in/faculty/permanent-faculty/detail/192|title=AUD Website - People - Faculty|website=www.aud.ac.in|language=en|access-date=2018-03-31}}</ref> He is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. He is a co-founder of the ] and by 2006 had emerged as a spokesperson against the politics of "intellectual property". In 2017, he received the ] for Social Sciences in recognition of his creative scholarship on law and society.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infosys-science-foundation.com/prize/laureates/2017/lawrence-liang.asp|title=Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Lawrence Liang|website=www.infosys-science-foundation.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>


Liang's key areas of interest are law, popular culture and content piracy. He has been working closely with ], New Delhi on a joint research project Intellectual Property and the Knowledge/Culture Commons. Liang is a "keen follower of the ] in software", Lawrence Liang has been working on ways of translating the open source ideas into the cultural domain.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.altlawforum.org/node/2 |title=Our Team |date= |publisher=Alternative Law Forum |accessdate=14 December 2012 }}</ref> Segments of an interview with Liang commenting extensively on copyright and culture are featured in '']'' (Two). Liang's key areas of interest are law, popular culture and content piracy. He has been working closely with ], New Delhi on a joint research project Intellectual Property and the Knowledge/Culture Commons. Liang is a "keen follower of the ] in software", Lawrence Liang has been working on ways of translating the open source ideas into the cultural domain.<ref name="bio">{{cite web |url=http://www.altlawforum.org/node/2 |title=Our Team |date= |publisher=Alternative Law Forum |accessdate=14 December 2012 }}</ref> Segments of an interview with Liang commenting extensively on copyright and culture are featured in '']'' (Two).


Liang is author of ''Sex, laws and Videotape: The Public is watching'' and ''Guide to open content licenses'', published by the Piet Zwart Institute in 2004.<ref name="open">{{cite web |url=http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide |title=Willem de Kooning Academie &#124; pzwart.nl |publisher=Pzwart.wdka.hro.nl |date= |accessdate=18 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128052948/http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide |archive-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Liang is author of ''Sex, laws and Videotape: The Public is watching'' and ''Guide to open content licenses'', published by the Piet Zwart Institute in 2004.<ref name="open">{{cite web |url=http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide |title=Willem de Kooning Academie &#124; pzwart.nl |publisher=Pzwart.wdka.hro.nl |date= |accessdate=18 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128052948/http://pzwart.wdka.hro.nl/mdr/research/lliang/open_content_guide |archive-date=28 January 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

⚫ ==Background==
⚫ Liang is a graduate from the ], and pursued a master's degree in ], England on a ].<ref name="bio"/> He obtained his PhD in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics at ] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/40AnnualReport_Eng.pdf|title=JNU, Annual Report, page 29|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aud.ac.in/faculty/prof-lawrence-liang|title=Lawrence Liang AUD Faculty Bio|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He was a visiting scholar at the ] and the Center for South Asian Studies as part of the Hughes Fellowship in 2014 and at Yale University in 2016-17. He is currently Professor of Law at School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, ], India


==Work== ==Work==
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Liang was also group advisor/mentor of the 2006–07 International Policy Fellowship of the ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mikre |first=Henok |url=http://www.policy.hu/kawooya/advisor.php |title=Dick Kawooya – Advisor |publisher=Policy.hu |date= |accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref> Liang was also group advisor/mentor of the 2006–07 International Policy Fellowship of the ].<ref>{{cite web|last=Mikre |first=Henok |url=http://www.policy.hu/kawooya/advisor.php |title=Dick Kawooya – Advisor |publisher=Policy.hu |date= |accessdate=18 February 2014}}</ref>


== JNU Protests == ==JNU Protests==
Liang was involved in the famous ], where was a PhD student at the time. He delivered a speech to a large gathering of protesters.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lawrence Liang's Speech at JNU Alternative Classroom delivered on 28.02.2016.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRwXJmtE2SM|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref> Liang was involved in the famous ], where was a PhD student at the time. He delivered a speech to a large gathering of protesters.<ref>{{Citation|title=Lawrence Liang's Speech at JNU Alternative Classroom delivered on 28.02.2016.|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRwXJmtE2SM|language=en|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>


⚫ ==Background==
== Sexual Harassment Case ==
⚫ Liang is a graduate from the ], and pursued a master's degree in ], England on a ].<ref name="bio"/> He obtained his PhD in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics at ] in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jnu.ac.in/sites/default/files/40AnnualReport_Eng.pdf|title=JNU, Annual Report, page 29|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aud.ac.in/faculty/prof-lawrence-liang|title=Lawrence Liang AUD Faculty Bio|last=|first=|date=|website=|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> He was a visiting scholar at the ] and the Center for South Asian Studies as part of the Hughes Fellowship in 2014 and at Yale University in 2016-17. He is currently Professor of Law at School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, ], India
In February 2018, an inquiry committee at ], where Liang holds a faculty position, found Liang culpable of sexually harassing a female student on multiple occasions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/ambedkar-university-probe-finds-lawrence-liang-guilty-of-sexual-harassment-complainant-dissatisfied-4383195.html|title=Ambedkar University probe finds Lawrence Liang guilty of sexual harassment; complainant dissatisfied - Firstpost|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Bhanj|first=Jaideep Deo|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/aud-professor-found-guilty-of-sexual-harassment/article22988210.ece|title=AUD Professor found guilty of sexual harassment|date=2018-03-09|work=The Hindu|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legallyindia.com/lawschools/amebdkar-u-committee-finds-alf-founder-nls-grad-lawrence-liang-sexually-harassed-phd-student-20180308-9147|title=Amebdkar U committee finds ALF founder, NLS grad Lawrence Liang sexually harassed PhD student |last=Ganz|first=Kian|website=www.legallyindia.com|language=en-gb|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Chowdhury|first=Aarefa Johari & Shreya Roy|url=https://scroll.in/article/871321/why-ambedkar-university-held-law-professor-lawrence-liang-guilty-of-sexual-harassment|title=Why Ambedkar University held law professor Lawrence Liang guilty of sexual harassment|work=Scroll.in|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref> According to the report of the committee, the complainant claimed that Liang forcibly kissed her, despite her asking him to stop, on more than one occasion. It was also alleged that Liang had sexually harassed interns at the Alternative Law Forum in the past.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.atimes.com/article/indian-university-finds-top-academic-guilty-sexual-harassment/|title=Indian university finds top academic guilty of sexual harassment|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref> However, the committee did not recommend that Liang be suspended or terminated. While the complainant expressed strong unhappiness at the lack of tougher punishment against Liang and alleged that Liang had tried to influence the probe,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/lawrence-liang-found-guilty-sexual-harassment-survivor-says-punishment-inadequate-77670|title=Ambedkar Uni academic guilty of sexual harassment, survivor unhappy with 'punishment'|date=2018-03-08|work=The News Minute|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref> Liang has filed a petition against both the complainant and Ambedkar University before the Delhi High Court (''Lawrence Liang v Ambedkar University, Delhi,'' Writ Petition (Civil) No. 3435/2018, Delhi High Court). As of December 2019, the case continues to be pending after seven hearings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://delhihighcourt.nic.in/dhc_case_status_oj_list.asp?pno=890371|title=High Court Case status|last=|first=|date=|website=delhihighcourt.nic.in|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-03-04}}</ref>

The incident involving Liang set off a fierce debate in India on sexual harassment. ], a well-known left-wing feminist academician and close associate of Liang, wrote a blogpost sympathetic to Liang. Menon emphasised the importance of due process and condemned “characteristically self-righteous and ill informed twitterati”. A number of commentators criticised Menon's response as problematic and hypocritical.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.atimes.com/article/indias-culture-silence-around-sexual-harassment-campus/|title=India’s culture of silence around sexual harassment on campus|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://feminisminindia.com/2018/03/13/finger-tip-activism-response-menon/|title=A Practitioner Of Finger-Tip Activism Responds To Nivedita Menon|date=2018-03-13|work=Feminism in India|access-date=2018-03-30|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyo.in/variety/sexual-harassment-nivedita-menon-feminism-women-raya-sarkar-indian-women/story/1/22865.html|title=If older feminists will not listen to the youth, who will?|website=www.dailyo.in|access-date=2018-03-30}}</ref>


==See also== ==See also==

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Lawrence Liang
Lawrence Liang in June 2007; photo by Joi Ito

Lawrence Liang is a professor of law at Ambedkar University Delhi. He is known for his legal campaigns on issues of public concern. He is a co-founder of the Alternative Law Forum and by 2006 had emerged as a spokesperson against the politics of "intellectual property". In 2017, he received the Infosys Prize for Social Sciences in recognition of his creative scholarship on law and society.

Liang's key areas of interest are law, popular culture and content piracy. He has been working closely with Sarai, New Delhi on a joint research project Intellectual Property and the Knowledge/Culture Commons. Liang is a "keen follower of the open source movement in software", Lawrence Liang has been working on ways of translating the open source ideas into the cultural domain. Segments of an interview with Liang commenting extensively on copyright and culture are featured in Steal This Film (Two).

Liang is author of Sex, laws and Videotape: The Public is watching and Guide to open content licenses, published by the Piet Zwart Institute in 2004.

Work

He has critiqued and influenced the debate on changes in the Indian Copyright Act. " We were trying to oppose that, showing how such a law would be harmful for creative innovation. Right now we are also supporting a campaign in pharmaceutical policies. But our focus is not so much on policy advocacy, because you cannot really defend the grey economy and be on policy bodies. With regard to government, we try to push for the open-source model, arguing that public money should go into public intellectual property," Liang said in the December 2004 interview to World-Information.org.

In 2004 he was a Research Fellow at Media Design Research, Piet Zwart Institute, Rotterdam."

Advisor/mentor

Liang was also group advisor/mentor of the 2006–07 International Policy Fellowship of the Open Society Institute.

JNU Protests

Liang was involved in the famous 2016 protests at Jawaharlal Nehru University, where was a PhD student at the time. He delivered a speech to a large gathering of protesters.

Background

Liang is a graduate from the National Law School of India University, and pursued a master's degree in Warwick, England on a Chevening Scholarship. He obtained his PhD in Cinema Studies from the School of Arts and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2017. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Michigan School of Information and the Center for South Asian Studies as part of the Hughes Fellowship in 2014 and Rice Visiting Scholar at Yale University in 2016-17. He is currently Professor of Law at School of Law, Governance and Citizenship, Ambedkar University Delhi, India

See also

References

  1. "AUD Website - People - Faculty". www.aud.ac.in. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Infosys Prize - Laureates 2017 - Prof. Lawrence Liang". www.infosys-science-foundation.com. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Our Team". Alternative Law Forum. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  4. "Willem de Kooning Academie | pzwart.nl". Pzwart.wdka.hro.nl. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20061014204433/http://world-information.org/wio/readme/992003309/1102877551. Archived from the original on 14 October 2006. Retrieved 30 August 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. "Welcome to the Piet Zwart Institute". Piet Zwart Institute. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  7. Mikre, Henok. "Dick Kawooya – Advisor". Policy.hu. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  8. Lawrence Liang's Speech at JNU Alternative Classroom delivered on 28.02.2016., retrieved 5 December 2019
  9. "JNU, Annual Report, page 29" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Lawrence Liang AUD Faculty Bio".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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