Christoph Engemann (2005)
By Lauren Gelman on December 5, 2005 at 9:59 pm
The Citoyen of Electronic Government
with
Christoph Engemann
CIS Fellow
Monday December 5, 2005
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served
The Center brings a variety of speakers to the Stanford campus, on topics ranging from open source software to royalty collection in the digital age to intellectual property.
By Lauren Gelman on December 5, 2005 at 9:59 pm
The Citoyen of Electronic Government
with
Christoph Engemann
CIS Fellow
Monday December 5, 2005
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served
By Lauren Gelman on November 28, 2005 at 10:46 am
Tim Wu
Professor, Columbia University
Monday November 28, 2005
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served
By Lauren Gelman on November 21, 2005 at 11:40 am
Open Content Licensing: A Review of the Licensing Infrastructure & Experience of Creative Commons
with
Mia Garlick
General Counsel, Creative Commons
Monday November 21, 2005
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served
By Lauren Gelman on November 14, 2005 at 11:17 am
Podcasting: Legal Issues of the Revolution
with
Colette Vogele
Vogele & Associates
CIS Non-Residential Fellow
Monday November 14, 2005
12:30-1:30 PM
Room 280A
Stanford Law School
Open to All
Lunch Served
The extent to which internet intermediaries such as Facebook and Google should be liable for unlawful content on the internet is currently facing a great deal of scrutiny in Europe. Like in the US, internet intermediaries in Europe are expected to assist in the prevention of copyright infringement. However, they do not have the wide protection against defamation and privacy claims provided by section 230 of the Communications Decency Act 1996 in the US. Over the last few years, they have therefore found themselves being named in lawsuits in respect of user-generated content.
ChoicePoint, in the news early last year for having been the victim of thieves seeking unlawful access to consumers' personal information, has recently been described by a respected industry analyst has having gone