Day, Time

Subject Matter

Presenter

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Wednesday
2 December 
Law 303
(K-F8-303)

DAY ONE
Introduction to the Law and Media Regulation 

 Session 1
Chapter 1
1:00 –3:00

1.1 About the subject:

• content, assessment, writing style, speakers

1.2 What is the Information Age?
What is ‘convergence’?

1.3 What is ‘the law’, and how does it work?

David Vaile,Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre

1 

 Intro PPT 

Session 2

Chapter 2
3:00 – 5:00

2.1 Media, communications and the Internet: the regulatory framework

2.2 Regulatory issues:

• digitisation and liberalisation
• infrastructure monopoly and competition

John Corker, National Pro Bono Resource Centre, formerly ABA and Communications Law Centre

13

 Regulation PPT

Thursday
3 December
Chemical Sc M14 (ex AppliedSc) (K-F10-M14)

 
DAY TWO
Broadband to where? – and –
Doing Business in the Information Age

Session 3

Chapter 2
1:00 –3:00

2.3 Broadband to where? NBN, competition and fibre past the exchange.

• 'Carrier', 'Carriage Service provider', 'broadband'
• Government policy pronouncements
• Back to government monopoly?
• Who are the players?

Holly Raiche,
Internet and communications industry expert

 Broadband PPT

(Revised version)

Session 4

Chapter 3
3:00 – 5:00

3.1 Introduction to electronic commerce

3.2 Contracts and electronic transactions

• What is a contract?
• Electronic transactions

3.3 Setting up a business entity

• Trading entities
• Domain names 

David Vaile

49

Ecommerce PPT 

 Monday
7 December
Law Theatre G02 (K-F8-G02)

 DAY THREE
Doing business (cont.) – and –
Free Speech in the Information Age 

Session 5

Chapter 6
1:00 – 3:00

6.1 Defamation

• Introducing defamation
• Defamation online

6.2 Free speech, SMS, and sedition  

Russell Allen,
media lawyer

117

Session 6

Chapter 4
3:00 –5:00

4.1 Fair-trading, anti-competitive conduct and consumer protection

• What do ‘trade practices’ and ‘fair trading’ cover?
• Consumer protection and the internet

David Vaile

69 

 Fair trading PPT

 Wednesday

9 December
Law 303
(K-F8-303)

 DAY FOUR

Privacy – and –
Restrictions on Media and Online Content 

 Session 7

Chapter 5
1:00 –3:00

5.1 Privacy

• Privacy concerns arising from electronic comms
• The emerging legal protections

David Vaile

87 

Privacy PPT 

Session 8

Chapter 7 & 8
3:00 – 5:00

7.1 Classification and censorship

·       Classification of film, television, games

7.2 Classification of online content

7.3 Internet filtering

8.1 Regulation of online gambling

8.2 Regulation of spam

David Vaile

151

201

Content PPT  

 Thursday
10 December
Law Theatre G02 (K-F8-G02)

 DAY FIVE
Intellectual Property and
Crime in the Information Age

Session 9

Chapter 9
1:00 –3:00

 9.1 Intro to Intellectual property: copyright

·       IP in the digital age

9.2 Trademarks

9.3 - 9.6 designs, patents, confidential info, moral rights

David Vaile

211 

IP 

Session 10

Chapter 10
3:00 – 5:00

 10.1 Cybercrime

·       Australian legal developments

·       International law developments 

Alana Maurushat

245