[NYCInfoLaw] This Week with nycinfolaw.org

[Joshua L. Simmons]

Even though Thanksgiving is next week, and finals are around the
corner, this week has some interesting events for those who have some
time to spare.

NYCINFOLAW NEWS

Tim Wu Interviewed by Jeffrey Toobin

Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu gave an interesting interview in the
Columbia Law School Magazine.
http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/november2008/big_picture_mag

INFORMATION LAW EVENT

NYU ITS Colloquium: Anonymity Reconsidered
November 24, 2008 @ 5:00pm
NYU, Room 216, Furman Hall, 245 Sullivan Street

Speaker: Professor Ira Rubinstein, Adjunct Professor of Law, NYU
School of Law; Senior Fellow, Information Law Institute

Discussants: Professor Richard Epstein, University of Chicago Law
School; Visiting Professor of Law, NYU School of Law
Professor Philip J. Weiser, University of Colorado Law School;
Visiting Professor of Law, NYU School of Law

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.

OTHER EVENT OF INTEREST

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and view our calendar.

Network Civilization - Peer-to-Peer and the Rise of Green Capitalism
November 23, 2008 @ 7:00pm
NYU, Warren Weaver Hall, 251 Mercer Street, Room 109

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