>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:55:24 -0700 >From: "Edward W. Felten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[Feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested.] > >=============== >ACM Forum on Legal Regulation of Technology >(http://www.cs.princeton.edu/lawtech) > >Laws and legal regulations are increasingly affecting what technologists >can do. The ACM Forum on Legal Regulation of Technology is a new venue for >technologists to discuss how the law is changing their work. > >There are many examples of the law's impact on technology. The growth of >intellectual property claims, including software and business-model >patents, has affected many technologists. Prohibitions on specific >technologies, such as those in the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act, >have affected both researchers and practitioners. Applications of >antitrust law have shaped the landscape for companies both large and small. > >Legal scholars have been discussing these issues for some time, but >computer scientists have not been nearly as active in the debate. The >forum seeks to bring technologists into the debate. Although we welcome >the contributions of legal scholars, the forum belongs to technologists >and has a technology-centric view. > >Many discussions will necessarily focus on the laws of a particular >country, often the United States, but the forum is international in scope. >Discussion of any country's laws will be welcome. In light of economic >globalization, international treaties, and countries' efforts to harmonize >their laws with each other, we expect technologists throughout the world >to face many of the same issues. > >The forum will follow the model of ACM's successful RISKS Forum, issuing a >periodic digest of contributions. Contributions will be chosen by a >moderator, and generally will be short but may point to lengthier >discussions elsewhere. > >The forum is sponsored by ACM. It is hosted by the Department of Computer >Science at Princeton University. The moderator is Edward W. Felten. > >======= >How To Subscribe > >To subscribe, send an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The >body of the message should contain the single line "subscribe lawtech". If >all goes well, you will receive a reply message saying that you have been >subscribed to the forum.
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