[NYCInfoLaw] Fwd: NYU Information Law Institute ITS Colloquium - Monday, November 24, 2008

[Erin Simon]

Hi all,

The last NYU ITS Colloquium of the semester will be next Monday  
evening, and it looks like a fantastic group of people.  See attached.

Erin

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> From: Nicole Arzt <nicole.arzt at nyu.edu>
> Date: November 18, 2008 2:53:01 PM EST
> To: Nicole Arzt <nicole.arzt at nyu.edu>
> Subject: NYU Information Law Institute ITS Colloquium - Monday,  
> November 24, 2008
>
> The last ITS Colloquium of the fall semester will take place on:
>
> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008
> Time: 5:00-6:30pm
> Location: Room 216, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street
> Topic: Anonymity Reconsidered
> Speaker: Professor Ira Rubinstein, Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU  
> School of Law; Senior Fellow, Information Law Institute, https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=30084
> Discussants: Professor Richard Epstein, University of Chicago Law  
> School; Visiting Professor of Law, NYU School of Law, https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=26355
> Professor Philip J. Weiser, University of Colorado Law School;  
> Visiting Professor of Law, NYU School of Law, https://its.law.nyu.edu/facultyprofiles/profile.cfm?personID=30088
>
> Abstract: It is hard to trust the behavior of people or packets on  
> the Internet in part due to the absence of a native "identity  
> layer"--i.e., a reliable way of identifying with whom we are  
> communicating or to what we are connected.  As the need for online  
> identity grows, new concerns are raised over the loss of privacy and  
> civil liberties that might result if Internet users are forced to  
> give up their anonymity.  This tension between identity and  
> anonymity often results in a standoff.  But what does anonymity  
> mean?  And how important is it in protecting privacy or preserving  
> free speech? In this presentation, Ira Rubinstein takes a fresh look  
> at some of the underlying assumptions of the identity-anonymity  
> standoff by examining three related claims: 1) anonymity is the  
> default in cyberspace; 2) anonymity is a key tool in protecting  
> online privacy; and, 3) there is a right of anonymity under the  
> First Amendment.  Richard Epstein and Phil Weiser will serve as  
> commentators.
>
> Ira Rubinstein is a Senior Fellow at the Information Law Institute.  
> His research interests include Internet profiling, electronic  
> surveillance law, online identity, Internet security and software  
> liability. Rubinstein lectures and publishes widely on issues of  
> privacy and security and has testified before Congress on these  
> topics on numerous occasions. His most recent publication is "Data  
> Mining and Internet Profiling: Emerging Regulatory and Technological  
> Approaches," co-authored with Ron Lee and Paul Schwartz, 75 U. Chi.  
> L. Rev. 261 (2008). Prior to joining the ILI, he spent 17 years in  
> Microsoft's Legal and Corporate Affairs department, most recently as  
> Associate General Counsel in charge of the Regulatory Affairs and  
> Public Policy group. Before coming to Microsoft, he was in private  
> practice in Seattle, specializing in immigration law. He graduated  
> from Yale Law School in 1985. This semester, Rubinstein is teaching  
> a seminar entitled "Anonymity and Accountability on the Internet."
>
> Please RSVP to Nicole at arztn at exchange.law.nyu.edu if you wish to  
> attend. A reception will follow the talk.
>
> We hope you enjoyed our fall events and look forward to seeing you  
> at our spring ITS Colloquium.
>
> Regards,
> Nicole Arzt

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