Time

Subject Matter

Presenter

Page No

TOPIC ONE

Introduction to the Law and

Media Regulation

Monday

10 December

Session 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 Centre

1

 Intro PPT

Session 2

3:00 – 5:00

1.4 Media, communications and the Internet: the regulatory framework

1.5 Regulatory issues:

• digitisation and liberalisation
• infrastructure monopoly and competition

John Corker,

formerly ABA, Communications Law Centre

13

 Regulation PPT

TOPIC TWO

Doing Business in the Information Age

Tuesday

11 December

Session 3

1:00 –3:00

2.1 Introduction to electronic commerce

2.2 Contracts and electronic transactions

·       What is a contract?

·       Electronic transactions

2.3 Setting up a business entity

·       Trading entities

·       Domain names

David Vaile

49

Ecommerce PPT 

Session 4

3:00 – 5:00

2.4 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

TOPIC THREE

Broadband to where? – and –

Free Speech in the Information Age

Thursday

13 December

Session 5

1:00 –3:00

1.5A Broadband to where? Comms delivery systems; ACCC discussion paper on FANOC

Holly Raiche,
ISOC AU

Broadband PPT

ACCC paper 
  [Original]

Session 6

3:00 – 5:00

3.2 Defamation

·       Introducing defamation

·       Defamation online

3.3 Free speech, SMS, and sedition  

Russell Allen,
media lawyer

117

TOPIC FOUR

Restrictions on Media and

Online Content in the Information Age

Tuesday

18 December

Session 7

1:00 –3:00

3.1 Privacy

·       Privacy concerns arising from electronic communication

·       The emerging legal protections

David Vaile

87

Privacy PPT 

Session 8

3:00 – 5:00

4.1 Classification and censorship

·       Classification of film

·       Classification of television

4.2 Classification of online content

4.3 Regulation of online gambling

4.4 Regulation of spam

David Vaile

151

163

Content PPT

TOPIC FIVE

Intellectual Property and

Crime in the Information Age

Thursday

20 December

Session 9

1:00 –3:00

5.1 Intellectual property

·       Introducing copyright, trademarks, other types of intellectual property

·       Intellectual property in the digital age

David Vaile

185

IP 

Session 10

3:00 – 5:00

5.2 Cybercrime

·       Australian legal developments

·       International law developments

Alana Maurushat

219