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World Summit on the Information Society

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, Thursday (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)

       
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




 

 

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