Of possible interest. DLB On 22 Oct 2004, Pam Samuelson wrote:
The Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and the Berkeley Technology
Law
Journal will host their annual joint symposium, titled "Spyware: The Latest Cyber-Regulatory Challege," on Friday, April 1, 2005 on the UC Berkeley campus.
The proliferation of invasive software programs known as "spyware" is increasingly compromising users' control over their computers and ability
to maintain their online privacy. Efforts to respond to the spyware threat have raised definitional and regulatory challenges, including questions regarding proper jurisdiction and effective statutory schemes. Members from the academic, policy and industry communities will address these issues along with intellectual property and e-contracting concerns implicated by
spyware at the ninth annual BCLT/BTLJ conference.
The symposium Web site can be found at: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/spyware/index.html
Confirmed speakers who will submit papers for publication include:
Patricia Bellia, University of Notre Dame Law School (Surveillance) Dan Burk, University of Minnesota Law School (Intellectual Property) Susan Crawford, Cardozo School of Law (Regulatory Challenges) Michael Geist, University of Ottawa (International Jurisdiction) Peter Menell, Boalt Hall School of Law (Unfair Competition) Paul Schwartz, Brooklyn Law School (Privacy) Jane Winn, University of Washington School of Law (E-contracting)
Other confirmed speakers: Henry Chesbrough, Haas School of Business Timothy Ehrlich, Latham & Watkins Reed Freeman, Claria/Gator Jeffrey Friedberg, Microsoft Corp. Eric Goldman, Marquette Law School Seth Lesser, Lochs Law Firm Deirdre Mulligan, Boalt Hall School of Law Ira Rubinstein, Microsoft Corp. Pamela Samuelson, Boalt Hall School of Law Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy & Technology Christine Varney, Hogan & Hartson (keynote)
Dan L. Burk Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor University of Minnesota Law School 229 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA *************************************** Voice: 612-626-8726 Fax: 612-625-2011 bits: burkx006@umn.edu