FC: Three events: Oxford University, Stanford University, and DC

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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From: "Christian Ahlert" <christian.ahlert () socio-legal-studies oxford ac uk>
To: <declan () well com>
Subject: POLITICS OF CODE CONFERENCE at OXFORD
Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 15:19:43 -0000

Dear Declan:

I am a long time reader of your wonderful list and wonder now if you'd
be willing to post the following announcement re a conference we are
organizing at Oxford on the "Politics of Code".

Best
Ch


POLITICS OF CODE - CONFERENCE AT OXFORD UNIVERSITY

The Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy is convening the
Conference "Politics of Code - Shaping the Future of the Next Internet"
to be held in Oxford on February 6th 2003.

The Internet is at a crossroads and critical choices will be made about
the Internet's architecture that will shape the Internet for years to
come. PCMLP is therefore convening a conference in Oxford to not only
identify what those critical choices are, but to discuss in an
innovative cross-disciplinary set-up of practitioners and academics how
we can shape the future of the next Internet.

High profile speakers - among them Prof. Larry Lessig, renowned thinker
on Cyberlaw and Esther Dyson, celebrated digerati and founding chairman
of ICANN - will discuss the key choices that need to be made on privacy,
security, access, openness and control in the design of Internet
technology and Internet Governance.

Currently numerous initiatives are under way, that sound cryptic to the
average user, challenge policymakers and cannot be left to software
engineers alone. Developments such as IPv6, digital rights management
systems, and digital identity and authentication technologies - to name
a few - have the potential to transform the global network, while the
implications of these developments are poorly understood.

Against this context it is the main goal of the conference to increase
our understanding of the interdependence between technology and use on
the Net to subsequently develop governance processes that are able to
foster technical innovation and take political values into account. We
aim therefore not only to identify, monitor and discuss what those
critical choices are, but also how we can improve the governance of the
Internet.

To register and find more information please go to our website,
http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/code/

Christian Ahlert
Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy
Oxford University
Tel: +44 (0)1865-284 247

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Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 16:00:15 -0800
To: declan () well com
From: Lauren Gelman <gelman () stanford edu>
Subject: Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?

For Politech..

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Spectrum Policy:
Property or Commons?
Stanford Law School
Saturday, March 1, 2003

Sponsored by:
Thomas Hazlett, the Manhattan Institute, and
Lawrence Lessig of the Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society

http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/spectrum/
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Spectrum policy is undergoing a fundamental reorientation in the United 
States and elsewhere. An emerging consensus holds that the traditional 
system of governmentally-allocated spectrum rights inhibits innovation and 
competition. The central question now facing policy makers is what form of 
spectrum management should replace the existing system.

In an effort to encourage innovation, critics of the current model have 
proposed radical - and radically different -- reforms. Some say spectrum 
should be treated like 'property', giving purchasers the same rights 
afforded any property owner, including the right to exclude others from 
using it, and the right to transfer ownership. In contrast, proponents of a 
'commons' model argue that spectrum is like a stream that belongs to all of 
us, and that current technological innovations allow sharing of the 
resource-a practical, not moral, argument.

At "Spectrum Policy: Property or Commons?" leading figures in this debate 
will explain their views on today's wireless technology and market 
conditions, and discuss the complex implications of the competing models. 
Then they'll debate their positions before a blue ribbon panel of judges: 
FCC Chairman Michael Powell, renowned economist Harold Demsetz, and Ninth 
Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski.

The aim of the day will be to explore both paradigms, their relationships 
to the work of Ronald Coase, and the vital unanswered questions facing the 
future of spectrum management

--
Lauren Gelman, Esq.
gelman () stanford edu

Assistant Director
Program for  Law, Science and Technology
Assistant Director
Center for Internet and Society

Stanford Law School
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610

(ph) 650-724-3358
(fax) 650-723-4426

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Date: Mon, 9 Dec 2002 14:43:37 GMT
From: Daniel Berninger <dan () pulver com>
To: Declan Mccullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: [reminder] comms renaissance events this week

Declan:

Just a quick reminder about the three communications renaissance events 
this week:

Daniel Berninger answers questions about the report: "Broken Trust - 
Indictment of the Bell Company CEO"
Tuesday, December 10, 2002 - National Press Club, Washington, DC 9:00-10:00 am
The 233 page report is available for free download in final draft form at:
http://www.pulver.com/antitrustreport/sample.html

Jeff Pulver answers questions about launch of the voice over broadband 
service Free World Dialup
Wednesday, December 11, 2002 - The Grand Hyatt, New York City - 10:00-11:00 am
See http://www.pulver.com/fwd

Event honoring and fundraiser for Bruce Kushick and Teletruth.org
Thursday, December 12, 2002 - Chef Geoffs, Washington DC (13th between E&F) 
- 6:00-9:00 pm
See http://www.teletruth.org

Feel free to call or reply if you have questions.

Best regards,

Dan
.................................................
Daniel Berninger
Managing Director
pulver.com
115 Broadhollow Road
Melville, NY 11747
v: 410.279.1220
e: dan () pulver com
w: www.pulver.com/antitrustreport




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