[Air-l] Fwd: Berkeley spyware conference--April 1

[Dan L Burk]

On 15 Mar 2005, Pam Samuelson wrote:
> The Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and the Berkeley Technology Law 
> Journal invite you to register for our 9th annual conference on Spyware: 
> The Latest Cyber-Regulatory Challenge to be held on April 1, 2005
(Friday) 
> at the Bancroft Hotel in Berkeley, CA across from Boalt Hall School of
Law.
> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclt/spyware
> Registration can be done online at:
> http://www.law.berkeley.edu/institutes/bclt/spyware/registration.html
> 
> C O N F E R E N C E D E S C R I P T I O N
> Utah has already made spyware illegal (although a state court has struck 
> down this law as unconstitutional). Even though the Federal Trade 
> Commission has concluded that new regulation of spyware is unnecessary,
the 
> U.S. Congress is moving forward with its own regulation which would
preempt 
> state laws such as Utah's. Meanwhile, Internet users are bombarded with
ads 
> trying to sell them technologies that purport to detect and eliminate 
> spyware which may (or may not) have been installed on their computers
when 
> they signed up for a product or service on the Internet.
> Is spyware the latest form of malware, along with viruses, worms, spam,
and 
> file-sharing of illicit content? Or are technologies embedded in users' 
> computer systems that monitor certain functions and offer updates, 
> services, or ads for products users might want an engine of e-commerce
that 
> should remain unregulated and indeed encouraged?
> How does and how should the law define "spyware"? What kind of notice and

> consent should be required before installation of such software is 
> permitted? What obligations (if any) do makers of spyware or users of 
> spyware have as to collection and transmission of personally identifiable

> information? Are some forms of spyware surveillance unlawful, even 
> criminal? Does spyware make user computers more insecure? What
intellectual 
> property rights (if any) are implicated by spyware that serves ads to
users 
> of websites that have their own ads to offer? Should states or the
federal 
> government regulate spyware, or is effective regulation impossible given 
> the global nature of the Internet and the ease with which off-shore
servers 
> can provide havens?
> We hope to see you in attendance.
> 
> S C H E D U L E - A P R I L 1, 2 0 0 5
> 8:30 - 9:30 am
> Tutorial on Spyware Technology
> - Jeffrey Friedberg (Microsoft Corporation)
> 9:30 - 9:45 am
> Break
> 9:45 - 10:00 am
> Introduction
> - Pam Samuelson (BCLT & Boalt Hall School of Law)
> 10:00 - 11:15 am
> Privacy and Surveillance Issues
> - Paul Schwartz (Brooklyn Law School)
> - Patricia Bellia (University of Notre Dame Law School)
> - Ari Schwartz (Center for Democracy & Technology )
> - Seth Lesser (Locks Law Firm)
> - Reed Freeman (Claria Corporation)
> 11:15 - 11:45 am
> Break
> 11:45 - 1:00 pm
> Intellectual Property and Contracting Issues
> - Tim Ehrlich (Latham & Watkins)
> - Dan Burk (University of Minnesota Law School)
> - Jane Winn (University of Washington School of Law)
> - Alex MacGillivray (Google)
> 1:00 - 2:15 pm
> Lunch break
> 2:15-2:45 pm
> Nelson Memorial Keynote Address
> sponsored by
> MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
> - Introduction: Dean Christopher Edley (Boalt Hall School of Law)
> - Speaker: Christine Varney (Hogan & Hartson LLP)
> 2:45 - 4:45 pm
> Regulatory Challenges
> - Peter Menell (BCLT & Boalt Hall School of Law)
> - Susan Crawford (Cardozo School of Law)
> - Michael Geist (University of Ottawa)
> - Ira Rubinstein (Microsoft)
> - Henry Chesbrough (Haas School of Business)
> - Deirdre Mulligan (BCLT & Boalt Hall School of Law)
> - Eric Goldman (Marquette University Law School)
> 
> 
Dan L. Burk
Visiting Professor
Cornell Law School
Myron Taylor Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

Oppenheimer, Wolff & Donnelly Professor
University of Minnesota Law School
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
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