[free-sklyarov] New ACM List on Technology under Regulation

[Seth Johnson]

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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 11:46:46 -0700
From: "James S. Tyre" <jstyre at JSTYRE.COM>

>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 06:55:24 -0700
>From: "Edward W. Felten" <felten at cs.princeton.edu>
>
>[Feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested.]
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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.

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How To Subscribe

To subscribe, send an email message to majordomo at cs.princeton.edu. 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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