Wendy Seltzer's Home Page Silicon Flatirons - A Center for Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship at the University of Colorado Discourse.net Chilling Effects Clearinghouse About | Symposium Website To learn more about the host institution please visit its current beta website. On the 1st Symposium on Internet and Society we were welcoming Internet & Society scolars from all disciplines to exchange perspectives and deliberate about the best ways to research and shape the transformation of our societies caused by networked information technologiy. The symposium consisted of three elements: The Inauguration on October 25th at the faculty of law at Humboldt University of Berlin was holding an evening reception and announced the scientific board and the board of trustees. We were welcoming David Drummond, Senior Vice President at Google. Schedule The preliminary program provides an overview of the Berlin Symposium on Internet & Society. October 25th Opening Reception Starting 17:00: Opening Reception at the Humboldt University Faculty of Law, Bebelplatz Speakers We are pleased to confirm that for example the following outstanding scholars have agreed to contribute to the Symposium:
LOOKING FOR AN ATTORNEY / LAWYER / TAX ADVISER IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES OR ARUBA? Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tags Law enforcement demands to domain name registrars were a recurring theme of the 42d ICANN public meeting, concluded last week in Dakar. The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) took every opportunity at its public meetings with GNSO and Board, and in its Communique to express dismay, disappointment, and demands for urgent action to “reduce the risk of criminal abuse of the domain name system.” This conversation about domain name abuse benefits from a multi-stakeholder environment, where it can include domain registrars, registrants, and Internet users, along with law enforcement representatives. Broad debate helps because the question is not just how to “mitigate criminal activity using the domain name system,” but how to recognize criminal activity at the DNS level, how to implement due process to protect legitimate online speakers from abusive or mistaken takedowns, and how to protect the privacy and security of non-criminal users of the domain name system.
Media Law Prof Blog From Steven D. Zansberg, Chair, ABA Forum On Communications Law, news about this year's First Amendment and Media Law Diversity Moot Court Competition Presented by the ABA Forum on Communications Law This annual competition, now in its seventh year, is designed to introduce minority law students to the practice of media law and to many of the lawyers who are active in the media law bar. Click here for the application form. There is no fee to apply or participate! Click here for the Moot Court Rules. The moot court Hypothetical Case involves timely issues of national significance in the field of media law. Law students interested in the competition submit short written applications and a short essay on a media law question posed in the application. Please note the upcoming priority deadline, which is April 14 (yes, one day before the taxman cometh). More about the competition here.
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