Forthcoming CMCL events include:

Blogging and Media Law

Tuesday, 17th November 2009
Malleson Stephen Jaques, Sydney

Wednesday, 18th November 2009
Melbourne Law School

SPEAKER
Professor Brian Murchison, Washington and Lee University School of Law

COMMENTATOR
Steven Price, New Zealand barrister and blogger

CHAIR - Sydney: The Hon Justice Ruth McColl AO, NSW Court of Appeal
CHAIR - Melbourne: Professor Andrew Kenyon, Melbourne Law School

In this seminar, leading US commentator on journalism, media and law,
Professor Brian Murchison, will address key issues about blogging that
arise internationally, especially related to defamation and privacy law.
When can the identity of an anonymous blogger be obtained by a prospective
plaintiff? When can bloggers protect their own anonymity -- the
issue that faced English law in the recent “Night Jack” case? And how
much protection will the law give if those who have been targeted by blogs
“speak back”? Steven Price, experienced New Zealand barrister, journalist and blogger will provide commentary.

Sydney and Melbourne Registration Forms

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Media, Communications and Public Speech
2010 Conference of the CMCL–Centre for Media and Communications Law
University of Melbourne Law School
25-26 November 2010

Conference Announcement and Call for Papers
Abstracts due 1 August 2010

Plenary Speakers include

Professor Eva Hemmungs Wirtén , Professor in Library and Information Science, Uppsala University, Sweden. Recent publications include Terms of Use: Negotiating the Jungle of the Intellectual Commons ( 2008 ) and the co-edited  Mashing-up Culture: the Rise of Usergenerated Content (2009) .

Professor Peter K Yu , Kern Family Chair in Intellectual Property Law, Drake University Law School, US, whose work includes the edited Handbook on Intellectual Property and Global Development (2010) and the articles ' The Political Economy of Data Protection' and ' Intellectual Property and the Information Ecosystem'.

Associate Professor Lisa M Austin, University of Toronto Faculty of Law , Canada . Publications include the co-edited Technology, Privacy and Justice (2007), the article ‘Information Sharing and the “Reasonable” Ambiguities of s 8 of the Charter' (2007) and the co-written report Model Policy for Access to Court Records in Canada (2005, in collaboration with Judges Technology Advisory Committee for the Canadian Judicial Council).

To print a copy of the Call for Papers click here .

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Past events include

Cultural Collections, Creators and Copyright Conference
State Library of Victoria
23 October 2009

Piracy or Parody: Coming Through the Rye still banned in the USA?
Melbourne Law School
8 October 2009

Will Freeing Parallel Imports make books cheaper at the cost of authors?
Melbourne Law School
15 September 2009

Australian and New Zealand IP Academics Conference
26-27 June 2009, Melbourne Law School

“That IceTV is a hard case making bad law” - An academics' debate
Thursday 28th May 2009, Melbourne Law School
Friday 29th May 2009, Baker & McKenzie, Sydney

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An archive of all earlier CMCL events is available.