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Dr
Carlisle George, invited speaker at Podasting for Education
Conference, April 2008.
April
2008
Dr
Carlisle George, Barrister
& Senior Lecturer in the School of Computing Science,
was
an invited speaker at the Podcasting
for Education Conference 2 & 3 April 2008, held at
the University of Warwick. The two day conference (a collaboration
between Discovering Futures and the University of Warwick’s
web and communications teams) brought together for the first
time a selection of professional experts to discuss and review
the use of podcasting in academia and associated student and
recruitment services.
Dr
George spoke on the impact of Web 2.0 and legal aspects of
Podcasting. In his talk he explained the nature of Web 2.0
and the global impact that it continues to have especially
in facilitating: user generated content; social and professional
interactivity/networking; and social, cultural, economic and
political change. Dr George also highlighted some of the legal
aspects of podcasting and discussed issues such as the recent
Audiovisual Media Services Directive 2007/65/EC,
Intellectual Property law (Copyright & Trade marks), Licensing,
Liability for content, and Data Protection amongst others.
April
2008
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