[ecrea] Call for papers for the 8th International Conference, on Internet Law & Politics, Barcelona (Spain), 9-10 July 2012

*8th International Conference on Internet, Law & Politics (IDP 2012). 
Challenges and Opportunities of Online Entertainment
Barcelona (Spain)
9-10 July 2012
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Deadline for abstract: *20 December, 2011*

Source of the information: http://edcp.uoc.edu/symposia/idp2012/cfp/?lang=en

The Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 
(http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/index.html) (Open University of 
Catalonia, UOC) Law and Political Sciences department 
(http://www.uoc.edu/portal/english/estudis_arees/dret_ciencia_politica/index.html) 
hereby invite scholars, practitioners and policy makers to participate 
in the *8th International Conference on Internet Law & Politics** (IDP 
2012): Challenges and Opportunities of Online Entertainment* by 
submitting papers, from either legal or political science perspectives, 
focusing on the following topics:

   - Online Entertainment and its implications in fields such as, among 
others, the legal framework of audiovisual communications, the liability 
of intermediaries, legal aspects of videogames and online gambling, social
   networking sites, behavioural advertising, privacy, data protection, 
defamation, protection of minors, intellectual property, new models of 
content distribution, user generated contents, illicit and harmful 
contents, net neutrality, new generation networks, antitrust.

Papers may also focus on:
   - Legal issues relevant to the current status and future 
perspectives of the Internet, such as, among others, online privacy, 
data protection, intellectual property, ISP liability, freedom of 
expression, cybercrime,   e-commerce.
   - Issues regarding electronic government, such as, among others, 
open data, reuse of public sector information, political participation 
online, e-procurement, Internet governance.

Interested participants should first submit an abstract (a 300-word 
outline) of their paper by 20 December, 2011, indicating clearly its 
subject and scope, and including a provisional title. There is no need 
to use a template for submitting the abstract. The abstracts received 
will be peer-reviewed and authors will be notified of the outcome by 10 
January, 2012.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to send the full paper by 
26 March, 2012. Full papers should not exceed 8,000 words in length, 
including notes and references. For the full paper authors should use 
the conference template that will be available to download from the web. 
The full papers will be peer-reviewed as well. The outcome will be 
notified by 16 April, 2012. Final version of the paper (camera ready) 
should be sent by 30 April, 2012. All papers accepted will be included 
in the electronic proceedings of the Conference, which will hold an ISBN 
number. Accepted papers may also be selected for oral presentation at 
the Conference.

*Important dates*

   - Abstract submission: please submit a 300-word outline by *20 
December,** 2011*.
   - Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 10 January, 2012.
   - Full paper submission: please submit the full paper by 26 March, 2012.
- Notification of full paper?s acceptance: 16 April, 2012.
   - Final version (camera ready): 30 April, 2012.
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Please send all submissions by electronic mail in a .DOC or .ODT 
document to: (uoc.idp2012 /at/ gmail.com)*