Legal Jurisdiction Issues Seminar

(Links to Strategy 2: Advocacy and Public Policy)

Sponsor: 

Staff Support: Jordan Carter

Status:  

Description:

This project will enable InternetNZ to convene a seminar that looks at how legal jurisdiction issues are being affected by the Internet. An example is the treatment of suppression orders in an environment where people can freely publish outside New Zealand but be read from within the country. Media, legal, government and interested members of the public would come together to consider the issues raised and how NZ Inc can best handle them.

Budget:

$20,000 in 2009/10.

Overall Progress Summary:

Project being initiated with August being the first intended month of event definition, seeking of speakers, etc.

Activities Planned for April-August 2009:

• Project design and initiation under way. This event will be scheduled for late 2009.

History:

See above.