About nic
I am an active researcher in intellectual property and technology law. My current research interests focus on the emerging relations of power that are created and reinforced by networked technologies. I take a critical experiential approach to understanding the tensions that permeate the use of computer mediated communications. I teach in legal theory and IP / IT law, and have been heavily involved in volunteer advocacy.
Biography
Nic Suzor is a Lecturer in the law school at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Nic’s research interests are broadly in Intellectual Property and Technology law and more specifically on the emerging power relations in social media and networked technologies. His recently completed PhD examines digital constitutionalism and the legitimate governance of virtual communities. Nic teaches intellectual property, internet law, open content licensing, and jurisprudence in the law school’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
Nic has published widely on various issues in IP and Technology law, including parody and satire in copyright, the obstacles that blind people face to accessing information, legal issues associated with free software, third party discovery and privacy, and the legitimate governance of virtual communities.
Nic is a visiting researcher at Georgetown University Law Centre for the 2010/11 academic year. He was previously a visiting researcher at the University of Western Ontario in 2008, and attended the Oxford Internet Institute Summer Doctoral Program in 2005. He has been heavily involved in the Australian Creative Commons project and in other projects coordinated as part of the IP: Knowledge, Culture, and Economy research group at QUT. Nic was an iCi PhD scholar and is a researcher within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI).
Nic was also, until recently, the chair of Electronic Frontiers Australia, a national volunteer advocacy organisation concerned with the rights and interests of individuals in relation to networked technologies.
Short version
Nic Suzor is a Lecturer in the law school at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. Nic’s research interests are broadly in Intellectual Property and Technology law and more specifically on the emerging power relations in social media and networked technologies. His recently completed PhD examines digital constitutionalism and the legitimate governance of virtual communities. Nic teaches intellectual property, internet law, open content licensing, and jurisprudence in the law school’s undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
