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"P2P File-Sharing, Digital Rights, and e-Democracy"
IP Justice and the Transnational Radical Party Present:
A parallel event to be held at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis
"P2P File-Sharing, Digital Rights, and e-Democracy"
17 November 2005, Wednesday (17:00 - 19:00)
in Salle SOUSSE of Kram Exhibition Center at WSIS in Tunis
Moderator:
~ ROBIN GROSS, IP Justice Executive Director
Speakers:
~ MICHAEL GEIST, Research Chair in Internet & E-commerce Law at University of Ottawa (Canada)
~ MARKUS BECKEDAHL, Director of netzpolitik.org (Germany)
~ HEATHER FORD, Director of Creative Commons South Africa (South Africa)
~ CEDRIC LAURANT, Director of International Privacy Project at Electronic Privacy Information Center (USA)
Questions the panel will explore include:
~ Is it legal to share music or movies using P2P over the Internet?
~ How are courts and national legislatures dealing with P2P file-sharing?
~ What are the privacy rights implications of P2P technologies?
~ How are artists using P2P to promote their careers?
~ Is Hollywood's reaction to P2P endangering traditional civil liberties?
~ How can P2P encourage democratic participation?
Questions regarding this WSIS parallel event should be directed to robin@ipjustice.org.
This announcement may be redistributed in its entirety and is available online at http://www.ipjustice.org/WSIS/P2P_panel.shtml
A parallel event to be held at the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis
"P2P File-Sharing, Digital Rights, and e-Democracy"
17 November 2005, Wednesday (17:00 - 19:00)
in Salle SOUSSE of Kram Exhibition Center at WSIS in Tunis
Moderator:
~ ROBIN GROSS, IP Justice Executive Director
Speakers:
~ MICHAEL GEIST, Research Chair in Internet & E-commerce Law at University of Ottawa (Canada)
~ MARKUS BECKEDAHL, Director of netzpolitik.org (Germany)
~ HEATHER FORD, Director of Creative Commons South Africa (South Africa)
~ CEDRIC LAURANT, Director of International Privacy Project at Electronic Privacy Information Center (USA)
Questions the panel will explore include:
~ Is it legal to share music or movies using P2P over the Internet?
~ How are courts and national legislatures dealing with P2P file-sharing?
~ What are the privacy rights implications of P2P technologies?
~ How are artists using P2P to promote their careers?
~ Is Hollywood's reaction to P2P endangering traditional civil liberties?
~ How can P2P encourage democratic participation?
Questions regarding this WSIS parallel event should be directed to robin@ipjustice.org.
This announcement may be redistributed in its entirety and is available online at http://www.ipjustice.org/WSIS/P2P_panel.shtml
