Meera Nair completed her PhD at the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University in 2009. Her interest in intellectual property law stems from a BSc in mathematics and ten years’ experience in the area of technology transfer between academia and industry. For the 2012–13 academic year she was an Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellow at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. A list of her publications can be found at her blog, Fair Duty (fairduty.wordpress.com), together with an eclectic mix of commentary on copyright, creativity, and culture.