When: 14 - 15 February
Where: QUT Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane
There are many uncertainties involved in the regulation of online games, including jurisdictional issues, the legitimacy of secondary markets, rights and responsibilities of modders and machinima creators, struggles over the use and reuse of IP, the legitimacy or legality of certain terms in EULAs and TOS, the status of ephemeral and user-created content with classification boards and internet regulators, governance in-game and exclusion policies, privacy and data mining and more.
This symposium will offer a chance to discuss the issues of game governance, from code through to government policy, and to move towards finding an integrated set of solutions to the current problems. Bringing together people from creative industries, media studies, law, business and IT faculties, industry, government and player groups, the emphasis will be on exploring and suggesting alternatives to current practices.
Keynote speakers include:
Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, specializing in intellectual property matters. In that role, he has represented programmers, technology innovators, and individuals in a variety of copyright and trademark litigation, including MGM v. Grokster, decided by the Supreme Court in 2005. He is also involved in EFF's efforts to educate policy-makers regarding the proper balance between intellectual property protection and the public interest in fair use, free expression, and innovation. Before joining EFF, Fred was a visiting researcher with the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology and an associate with the international law firm of Morrison & Foerster LLP. He has appeared on CNN, CNBC, ABC's Good Morning America, and Fox News O'Reilly Factor and has been widely quoted in a variety of national publications. Fred has an A.B. from Stanford University and a J.D. from Stanford Law School.
Please email Sal Humphreys at s.humphreys@qut.edu.au to register for the event.
For more information visit www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw
