Build Your Own World: User Generated Content, Second Life and Creative Commons
Andres Guadamuz, University of Edinburgh, AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
When: Wed 21st November 2007, 10am - 12.30pm
Where: The Lighthouse, Glasgow
Andres Guadamuz is an academic interested in the ownership implications of new technologies; in particular he researches intellectual property issues in User Generated Content and the so-called Web 2.0 phenomenon. He will deliver a presentation in which he will look at the creation of urban spaces within so-called virtual worlds, such as the popular environment known as Second Life. He will ask about the ownership issues that surround the creation of intangible property, putting forward the idea that we already have legal tools to think about virtual existence.
Biography
Andres is a keen blogger (technollama), a member of Creative Commons Scotland, and he has also acted as a consultant for the World Intellectual Property Organization. Currently Andres is a Lecturer in E-Commerce Law at the University of Edinburgh, where he is also a co-Director of SCRIPT (Scottish Centre for Intellectual Property and Technology).
To reserve a place contact Event Manager, Yvonne Kincaid at [email protected] or call 0141 225 0103. Please note that places are limited and are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
