Stanford Center for Internet and Society

Prof. Lessig has an editorial in today's SF Chronicle about the Net Neutrality debate. Come share your views at today's FCC hearing on Broadband Management practices on Stanford's campus.

Local community groups around Palo Alto and the Bay Area have organized a series of community meetings to connect before the FCC hearing, help folks learn more about the issues, and talk about giving testimony at the hearing.

Sunday, April 13th, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
The Media Center, 900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto, CA

Monday, April 14th, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
KPFA, 94.1, 1929 Martin Luther King Way, Berkeley, CA

Tuesday, April 15th, 4:30-6:30 p.m.
Bay Area Video Coalition, 2727 Mariposa Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco

Wednesday, April 16th, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
One East Palo Alto Office, 1798 Bay Road, East Palo Alto, CA

Also, savetheinternet.com has posted resources where you can learn more about Net Neutrality to prep for comments you want to make at the hearing, or to hand out to your friends. You can download resources in Spanish and English.

I'm breaking blog silence to report on an amazing decision out of the DC Circuit holding that the federal Privacy Act's requirement that Plaintiffs show actual damages does not require pecuniary harm but can be met by a showing of emotional distress. Am. Fed'n of Gov't Employees v. Hawley, D.D.C., No. 07-00855, 3/31/08.

Audio from Chairman Martin's remarks at the Legal Futures Conference March 7, 2008.

Powerpoint presentation on Legal Issues on Social Network Platforms November 9, 2007 in San Diego.

The Center for Internet and Society is now accepting applications for the 2007-2008 Non- Residential Fellowship Program.

CIS Non-Residential Fellows work independently and with CIS staff and faculty on projects related to CIS' mission. These non-supported fellowships allow practitioners to benefit from synergies with Stanford Law School in their scholarly research. Non-Residential Fellows are encouraged to make their work available through CIS and to present their work at the CIS Speaker Series.

This fellowship is particularly appropriate for individuals who are interested in studying a cyberlaw issue or working on a cyberlaw project that is outside the scope of their usual work and who would benefit from the affiliation with and support of Stanford CIS. Applicants must submit a specific research proposal which they plan to accomplish during the one- year fellowship. While fellowships are generally for one year, they may be renewed if the collaboration proves productive and would benefit from additional time.

Applications will be accepted until August 4th and are *only* accepted through the CIS website.

Join us for a conversation at State of play academy.

All you need to do is:
(1) download the software. (only works on PC or PC emulator-- like Mac running bootcamp)
(2) Register an avatar and upgrade to voice or use a generic one listed at the end of this email.
(3) Log in and IM me and I'll "summon" you to our teaching location
(4) To be able to speak (instead of just type Questions, comments, etc) you need a headset.

Please contact me if you need help logging in.
gelman at stanford dot edu

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Classes

Public disclosure and the Fourth Amendment
Monday, 7 May (03:00 PM » 04:00 PM)
http://stateofplayacademy.com/

This class will discuss the "third party doctrine" established in the cases of US v. Miller and Smith v. Maryland.

Jennifer Stisa Granick joined Stanford Law School in January 2001, as Lecturer in Law and Executive Director of the Center for Internet and Society (CIS).

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

I will argue, in sum, that trade secrecy's inevitable disclosure rule must be narrowly construed in the context of public infrastructure projects, especially if the government attempts to utilize such rights.
David Levine is a Resident Fellow at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School (and a huge supporter of SOPA!)

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

Indirect application respects Congress's lawmaking primacy and its lead role in elucidating the boundaries of its power under the Intellectual Property Clause. But it preserves an important - albeit ultimately not decisive - role for courts in determining what those boundaries are. And most importantly, it allows both courts and Congress to do what they do well

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=969999&high=%20sprigm...

Chris Sprigman is an Associate Professor at the University of Virginia School of Law, where he teaches intellectual property law, antitrust law, competition policy, and comparative constitutional law.

Election 2008 and the Remix Culture
Friday, 11 May (12:00 PM » 01:00 PM)
Things you can and cannot do when creating your own campaign ads or when covering the election.

Lauren Gelman is Dean of State of Play Academy and the Associate Director of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.

I am delighted to announce the State of Play Academy (SOPA) Spring Semester will start Monday April 23 2007 and run thru June 8, 2007. SOPA is a virtual space for conversations about law and technology located in There.com.

We are offering conversations in three tracks:

* Paper Workshops- presentations by scholars of papers related to law and technology.
* Issue Conversations- group discussions of current events and emerging issues in law and technology.
* How-to’s- practical advise on all sorts issues that confront ordinary Internet users.

More information, including how to log on and participate in SOPA classes at StateofPlayAcademy.com

We will be adding more classes as the semester progresses. I will add them to the website and post them on our blog. You can also join our mailing list to get regular updates to our schedule.

Please let me know if you are interested in leading one of our conversations this semester as I have some slots available.

Attached is my power point presentation from the Web 2.0 Expo on user generated content and privacy