GENL0231 LAWS3431 Law in the Information Age 2.0 Timetable

GENL 0231 Law in the Information Age 2.0 (LAWS3431)

Detailed Timetable – Summer 20011/12
See also: Handbook timetable

Venue: Quadrangle G032 (K-E15-G032)

Note: order of Sessions may be subject to change, depending on availability of guest speakers.
'Chapters' refer to the Chapter in the materials, which will not change regardless of speaker availability.
(The new 6 unit course GENL 0231, Law in the Information Age 2.0, has core 2 hour classes and an
extra hour of additional material or workshop discussion relating to Web 2.0, SNS etc. after each of the core classes.)

Day, Time	Subject Matter	Presenter	Page No
Tuesday 6 December	DAY ONE Introduction to Law and Media Regulation
Session 1 10:00 –12:00	Ch. 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
12–1:00	[ extra material] Sources of law. What is 'Web 2.0' and how does it impact regulating communications and IT industries?
Session 2 2:00 – 4:00	Ch. 2.1 Media, communications and the Internet: the regulatory framework 2.2 Regulatory issues: digitisation and liberalisation infrastructure monopoly and competition	John Corker, former ABA & Communications Law Centre counsel	13 Regulation PPT
4–5:00	[ extra material]
Thursday 8 December	DAY TWO Broadband to where? – and – Intro to eCommerce
Session 3 Chapter 2 10:00 –12:00	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
12–1:00	Brendan Scott's blog 'National Broadband Network' (2010) Australian Government, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (News on the NBN, and progress on building the network and new regulatory frameworks) 'Telecommunications Regulatory Reform' (2010) DBCDE Telecommunications Legislation Amendment (Competition and Consumer Safeguards) Bill 2010, and its Explanatory Memorandum and Second Reading Speech.
Session 4 10:00 – 12:00	Ch. 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: auDA policies: http://www.auda.org.au/policy/current-policies/	David Vaile	49 Ecommerce PPT ‘Thinking of starting a business?’ (FAQ) Aust Gov. portal ‘Online business’ (FAQ), Aust Gov. portal
4–5:00	[ extra material] Ebay and Trademarks

Friday 9 December	DAY THREE Doing Business in the Information Age - and - Privacy and personal information security	Presenter	Page No.
Session 5 10:00 – 12:00	Ch. 4.1 Fair-trading, anti-competitive conduct and consumer protection (Australian Consumer Law 2010) What do ‘trade practices’ and ‘fair trading’ cover? Consumer protection and the internet	David Vaile	69 Fair trading PPT
12–1:00	[ extra material] Overview of the Australian Consumer Law reforms - how does the law change from 1 January 2011? Australian Consumer Law in a Nutshell (govt FAQ)
Session 6 2:00–4:00	Ch. 5.1 Privacy Privacy concerns arising from electronic comms The emerging legal protections	David Vaile	87 Privacy PPT
4–5:00	[ extra material] Submissions to online privacy inquiry: ADMA \| APF \| EFA \| Google \| PC \| Yahoo US SSN.
Tuesday 13 December	DAY FOUR Restrictions on Free Speech: Defamation - and - Regulation of Content
Session 7 10:00 –12:00	Ch. 6.1 Defamation Introducing defamation Defamation online 6.2 Free speech, SMS, and sedition	Russell Allen, media lawyer	117
12–1:00	[ extra material] Tweet material Defamation notes
Session 8 2:00 – 4:00	Ch. 7.1 Classification and censorship · Classification of film, television, games 7.2 Classification of online content 7.3 Internet filtering Ch. 8.1 Regulation of online gambling 8.2 Regulation of spam	David Vaile	151 201 Content PPT Filtering
4–5:00	[GENL0231 extra: - classification - gambling] Wikileaks: is it journalism? National Security threat? Illegal? (Necessary?) Secrecy of state v. levelling intent of individuals
Thursday 15 December	DAY FIVE Intellectual Property: Copyright - and - Patent and other forms of IP
Session 9 10:00 –12:00	Ch. 9.1 Intro to Intellectual property: copyright · IP in the digital age 9.2 Trademarks	Holly Raiche, Internet Society Raiche PPT	211 IP outline Intro to IP
12–1:00	[ extra material]
Session 10 2:00 – 4:00	9.3 - 9.6 Patents, designs, confidential info, and moral rights	David Vaile	Notes on US doctrine
4–5:00	[ extra material]
Friday 16 December	DAY SIX Crime in the Information Age: Cybercrime in Australia - and- International developments
Session 11 Chapter 10 10:00 –12:00	Ch. 10.1 Cybercrime · Australian legal developments [examples]	David Vaile	245 Materials Intro materials
12–1:00	[extra material: cybercrime and twittering classes]
Session 12 Chapter 10 2:00 – 4:00	International law developments: Cybercrime Convention and Cyber crime strategies in other countries Malware, terrorism, cross border attacks, Wikileaks?	David Vaile	See above
4–5:00	[ extra material]

GENL 0231 Law in the Information Age 2.0 (LAWS3431)

Detailed Timetable – Summer 20011/12
See also: Handbook timetable

GENL 0231 Law in the Information Age 2.0 (LAWS3431)

Detailed Timetable – Summer 20011/12 See also: Handbook timetable

Detailed Timetable – Summer 20011/12
See also: Handbook timetable