24
Oct 2016
I&J Speaks at Stanford's "Law, Borders, and Speech" Event
I&J contributed
October 11, 2016
Internet, Law, and National Sovereignty
On October 24, 2016, Internet & Jurisdiction’s Bertrand de La Chapelle joined a renowned panel of experts to speak at the Law, Borders, and Speech event. The one-day conference was held at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, California.
This event celebrated the twentieth anniversary of David G. Post and David R. Johnson’s seminal article, "Law and Borders." In 1996, the authors wrote:
The rise of the global computer network is destroying the link between geographical location and: (1) the power of local governments to assert control over online behavior; (2) the effects of online behavior on individuals or things; (3) the legitimacy of the efforts of a local sovereign to enforce rules applicable to global phenomena; and (4) the ability of physical location to give notice of which sets of rules apply.
Post and Johnson proposed that national law must be reconciled with self-regulatory processes emerging from the network itself. I&J's Bertrand de La Chapelle joined David Post and David Johnson on the "Big Picture Panel" opening the event, which addressed the following questions:
- Twenty years on, what have we learned?
- How are we reconciling differences in national laws governing speech, and how should we be reconciling them?
- What are the responsibilities of Internet speakers and platforms when faced with diverging rules about what online content is legal?
- Do users have relevant legal rights when their speech, or the information they are seeking, is legal in their own country?
Bertrand de La Chapelle's presentation during the "Law, Borders, and Speech" conference. Video courtesy of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.
Speakers
Bertrand de La Chapelle
Executive DirectorInternet & Jurisdiction Policy Network
David Johnson
CEOargumentz.com
Andrew McLaughlin
Head of ContentMedium NYC
David Post
Retired Professor of LawTemple University's Beasley School of Law
Paul Sieminski
General CounselAutomattic
Nicole Wong
Senior AdvisorAlbright Stonebridge Group
About the Center for Internet and Society
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is a public interest technology law and policy program which focuses on the interaction of new technologies, innovation, and the law. CIS brings together a wide array of stakeholders from around the globe, including scholars, academics, legislators, students, programmers, security researchers, and scientists, with the ultimate aim of improving both technology and law and furthering democratic values.
Conference Participants
Annemarie Bridy
Affiliate ScholarStanford Center for Internet and Society
Bruce D. Brown
Executive DirectorReporters Committee for Freedom of Press
Agustina Del Campo
DirectorCenter for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
Anupam Chander
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of LawUniversity of California, Davis, School of Law
James Dempsey
Executive DirectorBerkeley Center for Law & Technology
Juniper Downs
Global Head of Public Policy and Government RelationsYouTube
David Drummond
Senior Vice PresidentAlbert Gidari
Director of PrivacyThe Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
Mike Godwin
Senior FellowR Street Institute
Jennifer Granick
Director of Civil LibertiesStanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Chief TechnologistCenter for Democracy & Technology
Min Jiang
Associate Professor of CommunicationUNC Charlotte
Nathaniel Jones
Assistant General CounselMicrosoft
Amy Keating
Senior Legal DirectorDaphne Keller
Director of Intermediary LiabilityStanford Law School, Center for Internet and Society
Ross Kirschner
Head of Content PolicyUta Kohl
Senior LecturerAberystwyth University
Emma Llansó
Director, Free Expression ProjectCenter for Democracy and Technology
Dean Marks
Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief, Global Content ProtectionMotion Picture Association of America
Corynne McSherry
Legal DirectorElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Luiz Moncau
Intermediary Liability FellowStanford Center for Internet and Society
Mathias Moulin
Deputy Director - Rights Protection & SanctionsCNIL - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
Kyung-sin Park
Co-founderOpennet
Jason Pielemeier
Policy DirectorGlobal Network Initiative (GNI)
Paul Schabas
PartnerBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Lea Shaver
Professor of Law and Dean's FellowIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Graham Smith
PartnerBird & Bird LLP
Dan Svantesson
Co-director of the Centre for Commercial LawBond University
Marketa Trimble
Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property LawWilliam S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Joris van Hoboken
Research FellowInstitute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam
Internet, Law, and National Sovereignty
On October 24, 2016, Internet & Jurisdiction’s Bertrand de La Chapelle joined a renowned panel of experts to speak at the Law, Borders, and Speech event. The one-day conference was held at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, California.
This event celebrated the twentieth anniversary of David G. Post and David R. Johnson’s seminal article, "Law and Borders." In 1996, the authors wrote:
The rise of the global computer network is destroying the link between geographical location and: (1) the power of local governments to assert control over online behavior; (2) the effects of online behavior on individuals or things; (3) the legitimacy of the efforts of a local sovereign to enforce rules applicable to global phenomena; and (4) the ability of physical location to give notice of which sets of rules apply.
Post and Johnson proposed that national law must be reconciled with self-regulatory processes emerging from the network itself. I&J's Bertrand de La Chapelle joined David Post and David Johnson on the "Big Picture Panel" opening the event, which addressed the following questions:
- Twenty years on, what have we learned?
- How are we reconciling differences in national laws governing speech, and how should we be reconciling them?
- What are the responsibilities of Internet speakers and platforms when faced with diverging rules about what online content is legal?
- Do users have relevant legal rights when their speech, or the information they are seeking, is legal in their own country?
Bertrand de La Chapelle's presentation during the "Law, Borders, and Speech" conference. Video courtesy of the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School.
Speakers
Bertrand de La Chapelle
Executive DirectorInternet & Jurisdiction Policy Network
David Johnson
CEOargumentz.com
Andrew McLaughlin
Head of ContentMedium NYC
David Post
Retired Professor of LawTemple University's Beasley School of Law
Paul Sieminski
General CounselAutomattic
Nicole Wong
Senior AdvisorAlbright Stonebridge Group
About the Center for Internet and Society
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is a public interest technology law and policy program which focuses on the interaction of new technologies, innovation, and the law. CIS brings together a wide array of stakeholders from around the globe, including scholars, academics, legislators, students, programmers, security researchers, and scientists, with the ultimate aim of improving both technology and law and furthering democratic values.
Conference Participants
Annemarie Bridy
Affiliate ScholarStanford Center for Internet and Society
Bruce D. Brown
Executive DirectorReporters Committee for Freedom of Press
Agustina Del Campo
DirectorCenter for Studies on Freedom of Expression and Access to Information
Anupam Chander
Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of LawUniversity of California, Davis, School of Law
James Dempsey
Executive DirectorBerkeley Center for Law & Technology
Juniper Downs
Global Head of Public Policy and Government RelationsYouTube
David Drummond
Senior Vice PresidentAlbert Gidari
Director of PrivacyThe Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
Mike Godwin
Senior FellowR Street Institute
Jennifer Granick
Director of Civil LibertiesStanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS)
Joseph Lorenzo Hall
Chief TechnologistCenter for Democracy & Technology
Min Jiang
Associate Professor of CommunicationUNC Charlotte
Nathaniel Jones
Assistant General CounselMicrosoft
Amy Keating
Senior Legal DirectorDaphne Keller
Director of Intermediary LiabilityStanford Law School, Center for Internet and Society
Ross Kirschner
Head of Content PolicyUta Kohl
Senior LecturerAberystwyth University
Emma Llansó
Director, Free Expression ProjectCenter for Democracy and Technology
Dean Marks
Executive Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Chief, Global Content ProtectionMotion Picture Association of America
Corynne McSherry
Legal DirectorElectronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
Luiz Moncau
Intermediary Liability FellowStanford Center for Internet and Society
Mathias Moulin
Deputy Director - Rights Protection & SanctionsCNIL - Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés
Kyung-sin Park
Co-founderOpennet
Jason Pielemeier
Policy DirectorGlobal Network Initiative (GNI)
Paul Schabas
PartnerBlake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Lea Shaver
Professor of Law and Dean's FellowIndiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law
Graham Smith
PartnerBird & Bird LLP
Dan Svantesson
Co-director of the Centre for Commercial LawBond University
Marketa Trimble
Samuel S. Lionel Professor of Intellectual Property LawWilliam S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Joris van Hoboken
Research FellowInstitute for Information Law (IViR), University of Amsterdam