Facing up to Facebook
The University of Ottawa Law and Technology program hosts something called the Torys Speaker Series which features thought leaders and subject matter experts discussing issues related to law and technology. The next public session looks great!
Facing up to Facebook
A discussion panel on social media and social networking
Please join the Law & Technology group as Professors Jane Bailey, Jeremy de Beer, Michael Geist, Ian Kerr, and Valerie Steeves discuss legal issues arising from Facebook and related social media technologies.
Date: Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Place: Fauteux Hall, room 351
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Please RSVP to techlaw@uottawa.ca.
Join the Facing up to Facebook event page.
By the way, Michael Geist, Ian Kerr, Jeremy de Beer and Jane Bailey are all contributors to the book, In the Public Interest: The Future of Canadian Copyright Law, published September 2005 and available for purchase (CDN$50 for a printed copy) or as a Creative Commons, by-the-chapter, download.
March 8th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
Looks interesting. Are you going?
I reposted it here to Slaw, a law & technology blog: http://www.slaw.ca/2008/03/08/legal-issues-from-facebook-and-related-social-media-technologies-panel-discussion/
Cheers,
Connie
March 8th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Hey Connie! Absolutely. I’ll be there.
March 8th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
Cool. I’ll look forward to a blog post about it. ;-)
I have to give a presentation to a library group in May about social networks so I’m trying to follow what these folks have to say.
Cheers!