Conference at Villa Sassetti (New York University) on the 10th-11th May. International sholars will introduce cutting-edge multi-disciplinary work that explores the relationship between social media and political participation (organised with the Center for New Media and Society of the New Economic School of Moscow). For more information and the full programme check our events calendar […]

Members (or future members of the Infosoc WG!) ,  are invited to a session of the WG to wrap up the semester. We envisage that the session will last for approx. 45 minutes, during which time we would like to discuss and exchange ideas for activities and planning for the next term. We will also […]

Just a quick note on a big US copyright case that was decided a couple of days ago in the Kirtsaeng case. It concerns the jurisdictional scope of the ‘first sale doctrine’ and from it I think we could quite soundly contemplate the emergence of an international first sale doctrine. Unfortunately it only concerns physical […]

Next Monday 4th March (17-19.00, Seminar Room 2, Badia) Prof. Ugo Pagallo, from the University of Turin will hold a lecture entitled ‘Regulating technologies : legal futures, regulatory frames, and technological fixes.’ Prof. Pagallo’s paper on this subject, entitled ‘Online Security and Civil Rights: Four Legal Spectrums’ can be found here. This lecture is in conjunction […]

Infosoc enthusiasts might be interested in getting involved in the Futurium platform, part of the Digital Futures project of the European Commission. The platform, created by DG Connect was created to induce more public participation in shaping future policies and visions of our digital future beyondthe Digital Agenda and Europe 2020. Here’s just a few things […]