Rethinking Intermediary Immunity

This is the topic for my seminar on Monday 6 December at 14.30.

There's no worked through paper because I've only just started thinking about the topic - the slides (available here) are more a set of questions to explore in the seminar.

Slides for Wednesday's seminar

Availabl from this link

Taking the Copy out of Copyright

The paper for my forthcoming seminar (Wed November 24) is here. Serious copyright scholars are welcome to rip it to shreds now, though I'm only wedded to the basic principles I set out - more work needs to be done on the detail.

Slides for seminar Tuesday 26 October 2010

Slide for "The Authority of Law in Cyberspace" are here (click).

The Authority of Law in Cyberspace

My investigation into how best to make law for cyberspace has led me into the murky world of jurisprudence! The sequence was as follows:

1. In practice, states find it very difficult to enforce their laws against non-resident cyberspace actors

2. Cyberspace needs to be a (generally) lawful place if it is to be useful to all of us

3. Thus laws need to be obeyed because they are laws, and not only if there is a real risk of enforcement

4. So why do cyberspace actors obey some laws but not others?

My draft conclusions are at: http://www.box.net/shared/imo5ok0qd6

Final seminar 2009-10

The aim of this final seminar is to explain where I think my research project is going. The slides here will form the basis of my presentation.

Thinking Globally (2)

Original post updated to give link to the seminar slides.

Thinking Globally

The title for my next seminar on 15 February is "Thinking Globally", in which I examine the extraterritorial reach of national law online, the problems this creates, and what states might do to reduce the problem.

The first draft of my paper is at http://www.box.net/shared/t795xsbkdq

Slides are now at http://www.box.net/shared/pegz52f2py

Online and Offline Equivalence

My seminar next week is on the topic of the equivalence of online and offline law. Is it important that they be broadly equivalent? If so, how can this be achieved?

The paper and slides can be downloaded from the links below:

Paper

Slides