Media and Communications Law — Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne Law School‘s Centre for Media and Communications Law invites submissions from researchers in law, media studies, and related fields for its 2013 conference, Media, Communication, Publics Feb. 25-26, 2013. Abstracts are due by Sept. 14, 2012.

Topics could include:

– Broadband futures
– Content creation, use and re-use
– Copyright law, technology and control
– Data and surveillance
– Defamation and public debate
– Digital publics
– Journalism and popular media
– Media access
– Media futures
– Media representations of law
– Networks and social networking
– Privacy and publicity
– Public knowledge
– Public media
– Reporting courts
– Technology and rights
– Trade marks and speech
– User-generated content

Hat tip: Papers Wanted: Law.