[Foundation-l] URGENT: Call of Paper KnowRight 2006 DEADLINE 15.11.05

Fri Nov 11 17:45:50 UTC 2005

Hallo alltogehter,

found this Call of Paper and thought it will be kewl if someone can 
present the view of the Wikimedia Foundation. The deadline for 
submissions is the 15.11.05 but when you signal interest it can be 
extendet.

Contact:

Erich Schweighofer,U.Vienna&WZRI, A
Erich.Schweighofer at univie.ac.at

I have absolutly no time in moment to do it myself. Please write me a 
short massage if you will do it ;-)

PatrickD
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Call for Papers and Contributions
KnowRight 2006
Knowledge Rights –
Legal, Societal and Related Technological Aspects
http://KnowRight06.ocg.at
University of Vienna (Juridicum - Law Faculty Building)
16 - 17 February 2006
Organized by: Austrian Computer Society (OCG) jointly with
IRIS (Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposium)
http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2006/

CONFERENCE OUTLINE
This conference will resume the general interest of the KnowRight
Conferences, held since 1995, on the interaction of Intellectual Property
Rights, related Information Rights, Ethical Problems, and Information
Dependent Technology. It will be supported by the Austrian Computer
Society and will be held in tandem with the IRIS conference
(Internationales Rechtsinformatik Symposion). It will provide strong
emphasis on the social environment in which the intellectual and
information property system, information services, mobile applications,
e-commerce and the electronic civil society evolve.
The concept of an ”Information Society” or "Knowledge Society" is
neither well defined nor are its foundations and implications well
understood. Governments and authorities in many countries and
regions (e.g. the EU) are still discussing options to establish and
regulate at least special aspects of an Information Society. Increasingly
it becomes harder to master future technologies with traditional laws
based on national or regional methods and concepts. We have to
develop new forms of international legal regimes and practices. They
should empower coordinated means to avoid abuse of such new
technologies.. Fairness should be preserved in the emerging non-local
availability of up to now local resources. Open Source and Open
Content are investigated as examples of dynamic innovations of legal
concepts. The conference will discuss which requirements - such as
safety and security of related methods and media - must be fulfilled and
how these requirements may be enforced. Which regulations and
preventive measures should be promoted in the light of conflicting
interests. Regulating the flow of information must guarantee that
clashes between individual rights (e.g. of intellectual/ industrial 
property,
privacy and data protection) and collective demands (e.g. for security,
universal access as well as preserving and expanding the heritage of
mankind) are treated and resolved in human ways. Information in the
public domain on the wired or unwired communication channels should
deserve special attention. Commercial interests should be balanced
with moral and civic obligations.

MAJOR CONFERENCE TOPICS
Intellectual Property
• Status of IP law for e-products and e-services
• Bundle of WIPO Treaties: To be enlarged?
• TRIPS: Efficient against large scale IP infringements?
• Competition and regulation in the music and video industry
• Media and entertainment law - responsibility and liability of IPproviders
• Rules for mobile applications
• Private use and fair use of intellectual property
• Rights management systems
• Open source and open content
• Open access: Copyright restrictions for science and research
• Copyright and copyleft
• Global trademarks
• Software patents
Access to and Reuse of Public Sector and Private Information
• Freedom of information and data protection
• Access to public documents
• Legal framework of public sector information reuse
• Socioeconomic conditions of PSI reuse
• Extent of and limitations on database protection in Europe
• Long term archiving of public and private information
Network Security
• Technological proposals and implementations
• Embedding regulation into hard- and software
• Regulations and their development
• Privacy and identification - electronic identities
• Authentification, authorisation and remuneration
• Electronic signatures
• Fraud on the internet: Tech-tools and legal framework
• Online policing
Data protection
• Pervasive computing
• Automatic “forgetting” of database
• Retention of data
• Legal means against violation of data protection
Information Ethics
• Information in the public domain - balancing commercial interests with
moral and civic obligations
• Fair use concept at the global level: equitable use of global and local
knowledge
• Access to personal data: protecting citizens' and users’ security and
privacy versus public interest
• Equity in the access to information (tariffs, fees, taxes)
• Special regulation for developing countries?
• Free speech and censorship
• Minors access to violence and adult content
• Age verification and privacy
• Responsibility of internet professionals
Don't feel restricted if your innovative topic fits the general purpose of
the conference but none of the special items on the list.
PROGRAM COMMITTEE (co-chairs bold)
John Bing, Univ. of Oslo, NO, - jonb at jus.uio.no (Jon Bing)
Walter Blocher, Vienna U Busin Adm, AT walter.blocher at wu-wien.ac.at
Daniele Bourcier, University of Paris II, FR - bourcier at msh-paris.fr
Alfred Büllesbach, Bremen,DE Alfred.Buellesbach at daimlerchrysler.com
Gunter Ertl, Regional Court of Appeal, AT - g.ertl at kabsi.at
Fernando Galindo, Univ. of Zaragoza, ES, cfa at posta.unizar.es
Jens Gaster, European Commission, EU - Jens.Gaster at cec.eu.int
Thomas Hoeren, U.of Münster, DE, - Hoeren at uni-muenster.de
Bernt Hugenholtz, Univ. of Amsterdam, NL, hugenholtz at ivir.nl
Dietmar Jahnel, University of Salzburg, AT - Dietmar.Jahnel at sbg.ac.at
Veith Risak, Univ.of Salzburg & Bratislava AT,CZ - risak at ocg.or.at
Ahti Saarenpaa, Univ. Helsinki FI, Ahti.Saarenpaa at ulapland.fi
Peter P Sint, Austrian Academy of Science, A - sint at oeaw.ac.at
(Coordinator)
A Min Tjoa, Univ. of Vienna, AT, tjoa at ifs.tuwien.ac.at
Erich Schweighofer,U.Vienna&WZRI, A Erich.Schweighofer at univie.ac.at
David Vaver, Univ.of Oxford, UK - david.vaver at st-peters.oxford.ac.uk
Peter Wahlgren, Univ. Stockholm, SE, Peter.Wahlgren at juridicum.su.se
Andreas Wiebe,Vienna U.Busin Adm.AT andreas.wiebe at wu-wien.ac.at

SUBMISSION OF CONTRIBUTIONS
Papers should be of high quality, original, unpublished, and not
submitted elsewhere. Authors of papers are asked to submit an
abstract or a full text version (strongly recommended) of the
respective contribution (abstract: 2-4 pages including main references,
full text: 8 to 10 pages).
The guidelines for the final version are available at
http://www.ocg.at/publikationen/books/paper.html.
Submissions of contributions to the conference be handed in as printout
and in electronic form to
Austrian Computer Society
Wollzeile 1-3
A-1010 Vienna, Austria, Europe

DEADLINES
• Submission of full papers or abstracts: 15 November 2005
• Notification of acceptance: 30 November 2005
• Final paper: 20 December 2006 (some extensions may be
negotiated)
Due to the tight timetable and the target to have the published
proceedings available during the conference try to send the
papers by the beginning of November.

CONFERENCE VENUE
The conference will take place in the University of Vienna (Juridicum -
Law Faculty building) in the city centre.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The conference language willl be English.

PARTICIPATION
If you are interested in participation or to keep informed on the further
development contact the
Austrian Computer Society (OCG) KnowRight 2006
Wollzeile 1-3
A-1010 Vienna
E-Mail: KR06 at ocg.at
Phone: +43 1 512 02 35, Fax: +43 1 512 02 35 9
or visit the conference webpages:
http://KnowRight06.ocg.at (or http://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS2006/ )

REGISTRATION AND PROCEEDINGS
Authors should have registered by 10 Jan. 2006.
Participation including conference proceedings and social event:
EUR 70,--
The proceedings will be published by the Austrian Computer Society
and will appear in the books at ocg series.