[ecrea] Reminder: Computer Games, Law, Regulation and Policy Symposium

>Apologies for cross-posting.
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>Computer Games, Law, Regulation and Policy Symposium
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>14-15 February 2008
>QUT, Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane
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>The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative 
>Industries and Innovation presents a symposium to explore:
>    * struggles over the use and reuse of IP
>    * rights and responsibilities of modders and machinima creators
>    * cross-jurisdictional issues
>    * the clashes between developers and lawyers in creating terms of access
>    * the legitimacy or legality of terms in End 
> User Licence Agreements and Terms Of Service
>    * the legitimacy of secondary markets
>    * the status of ephemeral and user-created 
> content with classification boards and internet regulators
>    * in-game governance and exclusion policies
>    * integrating amateur content into 
> production and the implications for professionals
>    * privacy, data mining and surveillance
>    * appropriate government support for the emerging games industry
>
>This symposium will offer a chance to discuss 
>the issues of game governance, from code through 
>to government policy, and to explore 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.
>
>Speakers include:
>Fred von Lohmann, Senior Intellectual Property 
>Attorney, Electronic Frontier Foundation
>Dr Terry Cutler, President ACMI, Industry consultant and strategy advisor
>Professor Brian Fitzgerald, QUT Law School, Lead in Creative Commons Australia
>Professor Stuart Cunningham, Director Centre of 
>Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation.
>Dr Sal Humphreys, Convenor, Games and Law Research Group, QUT
>Dr John Banks, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Games researcher, QUT
>Industry representatives, Government Representatives, Player representatives
>
>To register: email symposium convener Sal Humphreys: (s.humphreys /at/ qut.edu.au)
>
>For more information visit the symposium website 
>at http://www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw
>
>
>Dr Sal Humphreys
>Post Doctoral Fellow
>Creative Industries Faculty
>Z6 501 The Hub
>Queensland University of Technology
>Musk Ave
>Kelvin Grove 4059
>Brisbane, Australia
><mailto:(s.humphreys /at/ qut.edu.au)>(s.humphreys /at/ qut.edu.au)
>Ph. 61 7  3138 8175
>Mob.  0414 456 078
>http://www.salhumphreys.org
>Projects:
><http://edgex.org.au/>http://edgex.org.au<http://www.edgex.org.au/>
>http://www.cci.edu.au/programs/gamesandlaw
>

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