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The University of La Verne Law Review is seeking submissions for our Volume 30 (2008-2009) Symposium Issue, “The Organic Internet/The Digital Revolutionary.”

The Law Review seeks submissions addressing novel legal issues including, but not limited to, those raised in “The Organic Internet” (free and downloadable at mayfirst.org/organicinternet), such as:

* The Internet’s growth and character as an expression of humanity’s resistance and resilience; the Internet as a “social movement”; the Internet’s impact on the progressive movement and the progressive movement’s impact on the Internet
  * Free Software, Open Source
  * Email, spam, IM, text-messaging
  * Social networking sites (MySpace, Facebook)
  * Data-mining, digital surveillance, digital privacy/security
  * Virtual worlds, including property rights, free speech, adjudication therein
  * EULAs, “clickwrap” and “shrinkwrap” licenses
  * Copyright, copyleft, Creative Commons licensing, GNU GPL
  * Software patents, threats to Internet independence and freedom
  * The “digital divide,” race, gender, and access

The issue is scheduled to be published in April-May, 2009. Early submissions are encouraged. We will enter into binding Prepublication Agreements with selected Authors whose abstracts (not exceeding 1500 words) are received by September 1, 2008. All authors should anticipate delivery of edit-ready draft Articles by January 1, 2009.

Please email your abstracts, manuscripts, or any questions to Ben Ruesch, Symposium Articles Editor, lawrevsymposium [at] ulv.edu. Thank you for your interest.

The University of La Verne Law Review has adopted the Open Access Law Journal Principles. To learn about the Open Access Law Program, visit sciencecommons.org/projects/publishing/oalaw.