Seminar – LawTechTalk |
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UNSW's
Cyberspace Law and Policy Centre and CHOICE |
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Topic: | Consumer Protection in the ‘Information Economy’ |
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Speaker: | Prof. Jane Winn, Charles I Stone Professor of Law, University of Washington, Seattle, USA |
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Date: |
Friday 7 March 2008 |
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Time: |
12.30-1.30pm, including time for questions and discussion (NB: this will be followed by an invitation-based roundtable, |
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Venue: |
Theatre G23, ground floor |
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Abstract: |
Prof Winn will consider the evidence
that a new consumer protection movement targeting "information economy"
issues is now emerging, and contrast that with some features of major
consumer protection movements in the past. This new movement faces numerous
challenges including increased scepticism about the effectiveness of legislation
in many areas and concern about unintended consequences of government
intervention in markets. Examples of important information economy issues
facing consumers (and consumer advocates) will be considered, including:
changes in contract and commercial law (e.g., unfair contract terms, or
the enforcement of one-sided shrinkwrap, clickwrap or browsewrap licenses);
network effects & competition (e.g., EU action against Microsoft;
vendor unhappiness with eBay price increases); technical standards &
interoperability (e.g., Blu Ray v. HD DVD, or lack of widely adopted strong
authentication); Social Commerce (e.g., social networking, open source,
wikipedia); information privacy & security (e.g., identity theft);
and IPR/DRM (e.g, the French copyright law that might require Apple to
stop using proprietary formats for iTunes). Using these examples, Prof
Winn will give some suggestions about possible future directions in consumer
protection law reform efforts. |
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About the Speakers: | Professor Winn is the Charles I Stone Professor of Law and Director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology at the University of Washington, Seattle. She is a leading international authority on electronic commerce law and technological and governance issues surrounding information security. Her current research interests include electronic commerce law developments in the United States, the European Union, and China. She is co-author of Law of Electronic Commerce and editor of Consumer Protection in the Age of the ‘Information Economy”. In 2007 she taught Cybersecurity Law and Electronic Commerce Law as part of the Masters of Law course at the University of Melbourne Law School. |
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Bookings: |
Entry is free, no need to book. If you are coming from off campus please RSVP to feedback [at] cyberlawcentre.org. |
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URL: http://www.cyberlawcentre.org/2008/talks/ltt_winn.htm |