[WSIS CS-Plenary] Invitatation to WSIS panel: "P2P File-Sharing, Digital Rights, and e-Democracy" 17 Nov. in Tunis

[Robin Gross]

Please join us at a parallel event to be held at the World Summit on the 
Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis:

"P2P File-Sharing, Digital Rights, and e-Democracy"

17 November 2005, Wednesday (17:00 - 19:00)
  in Salle SOUSSE of Kram Exhibition Center at WSIS in Tunis


Moderator:
  ~ ROBIN GROSS, IP Justice Executive Director

Speakers:
  ~ MICHAEL GEIST, Research Chair in Internet & E-commerce Law at 
University of Ottawa (Canada)
  ~ MARKUS BECKEDAHL, Director of netzpolitik.org (Germany)
  ~ HEATHER FORD, Director of Creative Commons South Africa (South Africa)
  ~ CEDRIC LAURANT, Director of International Privacy Project at 
Electronic Privacy Information Center (USA)


Questions the panel will explore include:
  ~ Is it legal to share music or movies using P2P over the Internet?
  ~ How are courts and national legislatures dealing with P2P file-sharing?
  ~ What are the privacy rights implications of P2P technologies?
  ~ How are artists using P2P to promote their careers?
  ~ Is Hollywood's reaction to P2P endangering traditional civil liberties?
  ~ How can P2P encourage democratic participation?


This panel is sponsored by IP Justice and the Transnational Radical 
Party.  Questions regarding this WSIS parallel event should be directed 
to robin at ipjustice.org.


This announcement may be redistributed in its entirety and is available 
online at http://www.ipjustice.org/WSIS/P2P_panel.shtml