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KnowRight 2012
Knowledge Rights - Legal, Societal and Related Technological Aspects
KnowRight conferences have been organized since 1995 with
the focus on regulation of the Knowledge Society. The invitation
to KnowRight 2012 put this as follows: “Traditionally
KnowRight focuses on the interaction between Intellectual
Property Rights, Information Rights, ethical issues, civil society
and information technology.” This description is a telling
example of how observations on the new societal significance
of intellectual property rights have prompted a need to
discuss the topic more broadly. This is the discussion we continued
in the KnowRight 2012 conference.
KnowRight 2012 in Helsinki was co-organised by the
University of Lapland, Institute of Legal Informatics, the
Austrian Computer Society (Oesterreichische Computer
Gesellschaft OCG), University of Helsinki, Department of
Social Research – Media and Communication Studies, and the
Centre for Computers and Law, University of Vienna, jointly
with the German Society for Informatics (Gesellschaft für
Informatik GI), the Intellectual Property Law Institute of the
Jagiellonian University in Krakow, and the German Society for
Law and Informatics (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Recht und
Informatik DGRI).
When the decision was made to hold KnowRight 2012 in
Helsinki, we saw a keener focus on the impacts of societal
changes on legal regulation. While this was prompted by
developments in society, it also had much to do with the
Network Society (NETSO) project, hosted by the University of
Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. The research in the project
examined changes in society and the state using approaches
and perspectives drawn from multiple disciplines. A major
contribution of NETSO consists in the views of Latin America
on privacy.
In 2013, the OCG intensified its initiatives in the field of data
protection and held a symposium on surveillance in October
2013. A summary of presentations and the fruitful discussions
is published in this volume.
The volume contains new scientific results as well as contributions
to practical problems and applications.
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