Record of the following talk is now available on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHqXLnJYzlU Dr. T.B. Rajashekar – 21st Memorial Lecture 2026 on “Conflating Copyright and Ethics” to be delivered by Ana Enriquez, Head of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State University Libraries. (Date & Time: Wednesday, 19 August 2026, 4:00 PM (IST)) August 11, 2026 <https://ncsinet.in/2026/08/11/dr-t-b-rajashekar-20th-memorial-lecture-2025-on-conflating-copyright-and-ethics-to-be-delivered-by-ana-enriquez-head-of-scholarly-communications-and-copyright-at-the-penn-state-univer/> maruthu <https://ncsinet.in/author/maruthu/> *Title :* Conflating Copyright and Ethics *Speaker :* Ana Enriquez, Head of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State University Libraries. *Date & Time : *Wednesday, 19 August 2026, 4:00 PM (IST) *Meeting Link:* Join the meeting: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/464418832178313?p=4NAsBoqiUfF1HVK9Dq Meeting ID: 464 418 832 178 313 Passcode: b6V3UJ7H *Abstract of the Talk :* In resources about copyright law for lay audiences, it is common to conflate acting ethically with following copyright law. Rather than encouraging ethical behaviour, this trope shuts down the audience’s ethical reasoning. Nor does this trope encourage learning about copyright law. Instead, it leads to several misunderstandings: it encourages people to think that all copyright wrongs are equivalent; it overlooks the variety of approaches to copyright, such as those of other countries or historical periods; and it conceals the flaws in copyright law. The solution is not to excise ethical reasoning from discussions of copyright law. The solution is to disentangle the two topics and pay adequate attention to both. *About the Speaker :* Ana Enriquez is the Copyright Officer and Head of the Office of Scholarly Communications and Copyright at the Penn State University Libraries. As both a lawyer and a librarian, she has long advocated for improvements to the copyright system so that all may benefit from the advancement of knowledge. Earlier this year, Ana spent an academic term at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru, as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar. -- Madhan, M