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昨年からやっていたのだが、2007年「春学期」は内容も充実、ということらしい。リアルの学会だったState of Playと同様、New York Law Schoolが運営していて、資金とプラットフォームをThereが提供している。これも、最近Thereがまたプレゼンスを強めている感じの傍証ということになろうか。セカンドライフが注目を集めた影響も大きいんだろうが。先日のVirtual World 2007でも、「Second Life centric」であるとの批判がけっこうあったし、オルタナティブを求める志向というのがあるんだろう。

もう終わっちゃったのもあるが、こんな感じ。

1. Paper Workshops- presentation by scholars of papers related to law and technology.

Public disclosure and the Fourth Amendment
Monday, 7 May (03:00 PM » 04:00 PM)
Jennifer Granick (Stanford Law School)

Revolving Door No More: Inevitable Disclosure and Its Potential Impact on Technological Public Infrastructure
Tuesday, 8 May (11:30 AM » 12:30 PM)
David Levine (Stanford law School)

Indirect Enforcement of the Intellectual Property Clause
Tuesday, 8 May (01:00 PM » 02:00 PM)
Chris Sprigman (University of Virginia Law School)

Why Privacy Injuries are the Environmental Damage of the Information Age, and What This Can Tell Us About How to Protect Privacy
Tuesday, 15 May (01:10 PM » 02:10 PM)
Dennis D. Hirsch, Associate Dean and Professor, Capital University Law School

Keywording Advertising in Search Engines and Trademark infringement: Challenges to the 'Trademark Use' Doctrine
Thursday, 17 May (10:00 AM » 11:00 AM)
Zohar Efroni, Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law

Claims of Copyright Misuse based on First Amendment Interests
Wednesday, 30 May (12:00 PM » 01:00 PM)
David Olson (Stanford Law School)

Law and Search Engines
Wednesday, 4 June (04:00 PM » 05:00 PM)
James Grimmelmann (NYLS)

2. Issue Conversations- group discussions of current events and emerging issues in law and technology.

The Viacom-Youtube Lawsuit
Monday, 23 April (02:00 PM » 03:00 PM)
David Post, I. Herman Stern Professor of Law, Temple University Law School

Using Second Life and the Concept of Virtual Property in a First Year Property Law Course
Monday, 30 April (12:00 PM » 01:00 PM)
Elizabeth Townsend Gard, visiting assistant professor at Seattle University School of Law

A SOPA Panel on Local cultures in the global media space
Thursday, 3 May (10:00 AM » 11:00 AM)
In cooperation with the Budapest University of Technology - Center for Media Research and Education.

Current Trends in Interoperability
Monday, 21 May (01:00 PM » 02:00 PM)
Stefan Bechtold, Senior Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods

Every Move You Make: Location Tracking and the Law
Wednesday, 23 May (04:00 PM » 05:00 PM)
Kevin Bankston, staff attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation

IP policies of the US in free trade agreeements with developing countries
Friday, 1 June (04:30 PM » 05:30 PM)
Andres F Umana, Brigard & Urrutia (a Colombian law firm).


3. How-to's- practical advise on all sorts issues that confront ordinary Internet users.

Privacy Policies: Why Cookie Cutter Won't Cut It
Wednesday, 25 April (11:00 AM » 12:00 PM)
Jonathan I. Ezor, Touro Law

Teaching Tools in There
Tuesday, 1 May (05:00 PM » 06:00 PM)
Stungthumbz, the Dean of University of There.

Election 2008 and the Remix Culture
Friday, 11 May (12:00 PM » 01:00 PM)
Lauren Gelman, Dean of State of Play Academy
Associate Director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.

The P2P Patent Project
Monday, 28 May (06:00 PM » 07:00 PM)
Professor Beth Noveck, New York Law School
Rahan Uddin, Project Manager, Peer to Patent,
Yeen Tham, Project Manager, Institute for Information Law and Policy, New York Law School

当然ながら、「場所」はThere内なので、それなりの準備をしないと入れない。ベーシックアカウントは無料なので、ご興味の向きはこの機会に。