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Legal Issues of Web 2.0

by Jane Lambert

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Presentation to BarCamp Bradford on 14 November 2009. Discusses the following issues: title to user generated content; liability for user generated content; privacy; dispute resolution. Introduction ...

Presentation to BarCamp Bradford on 14 November 2009. Discusses the following issues: title to user generated content; liability for user generated content; privacy; dispute resolution. Introduction to LawCamp blog, twitter account and LawCamp unconferencs

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This session is intended not to be a lecture but a dialogue between you (as representatives of the digital and creative industries) and me (as a representative of the legal profession) on the legal issues that affect or are likely to affect your business.
Because time is limited to 30 minutes per session, I suggest we divide the time between a short background statement by me to be followed by 5 minutes discussion of each of the following issues: Title to user generated content Liability for user generated content Privacy Dispute Resolution.I want to devote the last 5 minutes to discussing some of the possibilities for continuing the dialogue such as a BarCamp devoted solely to those issues (to be known as “LawCamp”) and the LawCamp blog and twitter account.
Since the mid-1990sthe world wide web has created enormous opportunities for business such as e-commerce and electronic banking as well as spawning whole new industries such as web hosting, web design and domaining.But it also created a whole set of new problems for industry which required a legal response: Authentication of electronic transactions Consumer protection Intellectual Property Privacy Jurisdiction.This led in some cases to a legislative response at international, European and national level in such areas as authentication of electronic signatures, copyright and data protection and in other cases to an industry response such as the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Procedure for domain name disputes.Web 2.0 (by which I mean the use of the web as a platform for all sorts of applications ranging from self-publishing such as Lulu and YouTube to social networking such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing and twitter has created a whole new set of issues which will affect the way the creative and digitakl industries carry on business.
Title to User Generated ContentWho should own copyright in user generated films, photos and other works, the author, the website owner or a third party?Who should sue, how and where?Differences in perception between the state and rights holders and the general public on whether it is right to download songs and films without paying for them?Are differences in legal protection of intellectual assets in different countries affecting the development of new products and services?
Liability for User Generated ContentSocial networking can be a very powerful tool as illustrated by the “twitter” campaign against the super injunctions obtained by the claimant in the toxic dumping case which was arguably to the good but it can also do harm. Who should be liable when harm occurs?
PrivacyAt present privacy is governed by: OECD guidelines at international level Data protection and telecommunications directives National legislation such as the Data Protection Act 1998However, some countries such as the USA rely on self-regulation and even regard data protection legislation as protectionist. There have been some attempts to resolve these differences by the Safe Harbour agreements whereby US companies contract to enforce EC data protection standards but these were agreed in the late 1990s before social networking and other Web 2.0 applications.
Dispute ResolutionLitigation is very expensive especially in common law countries such as England and Wales and most of the USA and it is not always effective.The UDRP has been spectacularly successful for gTLD domain name disputes with over 16,000 decisions but it is not without its critics.HM government has proposed restricting file shareres’ access to the internet outside the court system in its response to the “Digital Britain “ report but will this be compatible with their human rights and will it be effective?Will the proposed European Patents Court and reforms to IP litigation make a difference for start-ups and SME in the digital and creative industries?
Continuing the DialogueEarlier in the year I proposed a BarCamp on these issues to be known as LawCamp at Leeds NTI for April 2009 but I had to cancel it because we had only a handful of acceptances. I set up the blog and twitter account to promote discussion of those issues. Is there any interest in a LawCamp now?

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Legal Issues of Web 2.0 Presentation Transcript

WEB 2.0 AND THE LAW
Jane Lambert
Agenda
Set out the Background
Introducethe Issues:
- Title to User Generated Content
- Liability for User Generated Content
- Privacy
- Dispute Resolution
Forums for continuing the Dialogue
Background
Internet created a whole new range of business opporturnities such as e-commerce and electronic banking and spawned new industries such as web design and domaining
But it also created a whole new range of legal issues that required a legislative or industry response
Web 2.0 offers similar opportunities but presents similar problems
Title to User Generated Content
Photos on Flickr and Twitpic
Films on YouTube
Documents, spreadsheets and presentations on Google
Google’s digital library
Software and business method patents
Liability for User Generated Content
Defamation: does English law encourage “libel tourism” and should it be discouraged?
Intellectual Property Infringement: are the government’s proposals for discouraging file sharing enough
Is it enough to rely on service providers’ standard terms and conditions?
Privacy
Is the present data protection regime sufficient or should it be enhanced with the advent of social networking and other technologies?
Dispute Resolution
How should disputes of the kind discussed above be resolved?
Where should such disputes be resolved?
What should be the remedies?
Continuing the Dialogue
LawCamp Blog
LawCamp “twitter” account
Possible LawCamp conference in the Future?
Contact
Jane Lambert
NIPC
The Media Centre
Huddersfield
HD1 1RL
T 0870 990 5081
E jane.lambert@nipclaw.com