Explorers and Exploits in Online Social Networking: Balancing the Risks to Copyrights, Privacy, and Security
Thursday, November 13, 2008 6 PM – 9 PM

A panel discussion of online social networks, such as those formed through Facebook, YouTube, LOOPT and Twitter. The panel will explore the personal and organizational challenges of these networks and assess the efforts to balance the copyright, security and privacy risks.

Moderator:
ROLAND L. TROPE
Trope and Schramm LLP; Adjunct Professor, Department of Law, U.S. Military Academy; co-author of Checkpoints in Cyberspace: Best Practices for Averting Risks in Cross-Border Transactions

Speakers:
STEVEN M. BELLOVIN
Professor Computer Science Department, Columbia University, co-author of Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker

TOM CROSS
Internet Security Researcher with IBM's X-Force

CHRIS KELLY
Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook

LOUISE NEMSCHOFF
Entertainment and Intellectual Property Lawyer, Nemschoff Law Offices, Los Angeles, California, board member of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund

CADET ASHLEY OLDS
United States Military Academy, majoring in computer science, Class 2009

JOHN PALFREY
Henry N. Ess III Professor of Law and Vice Dean, Library and Information Resources, Harvard Law School; Faculty Co-Director, Berkman Center for Internet & Society; Co-author, Born Digital: Understanding the First Generation of Digital Natives

Sponsored by:
Committee on Copyright & Literary Property Law, Joel Hecker, Chair