February 2002 Seminar
"LEGAL
ISSUES
ON THE WEB"
was presented on Thursday, February 7, 2002 at Little America
Hotel Cheyenne, Wyoming
WHAT THE SEMINAR WAS ALL
ABOUT
As businesses, government and individuals use of the web increases, it raises many legal issues on what is allowed (or not allowed) on web sites.
Copyright and Fair Use - What can you do? What are our fair use rights?
Digital Issues: Can you copy another sites design, link without permission, or frame another site?
Web Site Trespassing and Trademark Issues
Defamation on Web Sites - What can you use on a web site? (Video clips, audio files, logos, characters, graphics)
Developing Web Site Legal Page that includes Notices and Disclaimers, Terms and Conditions
Licensing and UCITA Issues
This seminar focuses upon copyright and related property/intellectual property issues in web site use and design and other digital sources of information; it is not about crimes, or financial privacy laws.
WHAT IS UCITA?
UCITA is the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act. It is a contract law statute that applies to computer software, multimedia products, computer data and databases, online information, and other such products. Proponents argue that UCITA provides a unified body of law applicable to software and information license transactions while Opponents argue that UCITA gives software manufacturers and information services an unfair advantage and leaves consumers with little recourse when they find themselves with bad software.
There were 87 attendees and four vendors present
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tomas A. Lipinski has worked in a variety of legal settings including the private, public and non-profit sectors. He has taught at the American Institute for Paralegal Studies and at Syracuse University College of Law. In summers of 1999, 2000, and 2001 he has been a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and at the Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. He currently researches and teaches in the areas of information law, policy and ethics, and serves as Co-Director of the Center for Information Policy Research at the University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee.
Mr. Lipinski was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on November 16, 1958. After completing his Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Marquette University Law School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he received a Master of Law (L.L.M.) from The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, and a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Mr. Lipinski has authored a number of publications: "The Developing Legal Infrastructure and the Globalization of Information: Constructing a Framework for Critical Choices in the New Millennium Internet – Character, Content and Confusion" Richmond Journal of Law & Technology (2000); "An Argument for the Application of Copyright Law to Distance Education," American Journal of Distance Education; "New Life for Pico: Filtering and Other Response to Controversial Materials in School Network Environments," Education Law Reporter (6/24/99); "Designing and Using Web-Based Materials in Education: A Web Page Legal Audit--Part I, Intellectual Property Issues; Part II, Information Liability Issues," Education Law Reporter (10/14/99); "Legal Issues in Web-Based Distance Education," (Expected Fall, 2001).
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