"Is the emoticon an electronic statement?", "Could a StarCraft Warrior hero be inherited?", "Is there a copyright on Twitter messages?"
Opportunity to express opinion on such cases is provided by the kick-starting LIBRe Essay Contest 2016, which provokes students with multidisciplinary interests to demonstrate their knowledge and creativity in the field of regulation of the digital society. LIBRe Essay Contest 2016 is an initiative through which LIBRe Foundation aims to stimulate students in Bulgaria towards development in the extremely promising field of ICT Law.
The big prize is a free participation in the ICT Law Summer Academy of the Leibniz Universität Hannover – IT Will Be Fun! The organisers of the academy has prepared a diverse and intensive study program as well as exciting entertainment for students from all around the world.
LIBRe Essay Contest 2016 is open to Bulgarian students in regular or part-time study as well as PhDs, or students who are currently studying in a student exchange program abroad.
Focus is placed on the following topics:
- Privacy and Surveillance
- e-Commerce and e-Finance
- e-Government
- Intellectual Property Online
- International Law in the Field of Information and Communication Technologies
- Information Security and Cybercrime
- New Media and Social Society
- Psychology of Cyberspace
- Video Games and Society
The evaluation committee consist of specialists in ICT Law, including judges, lawyers in practice, representatives of the state administration, IT specialists, psychologists and others, depending on the subjects covered in the submitted essays.
The deadline for essays submission is 30.04.2016 and the deadline for evaluating the submitted works and results announcement is on 31.05.2016.
More information could be found at the contest’s webpage: www.contest2016.libreresearchgroup.org (in Bulgarian only)