Brian Fitzgerald (academic)

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name = Brian Fitzgerald


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education = Queensland University of Technology, Oxford University, Harvard University and Griffith University
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Brian Fitzgerald is an Australian academic and Barrister of the [http://www.hcourt.gov.au/ High Court of Australia] . He is an Intellectual Property and Information Technology/Internet lawyer who has pioneered the teaching of Internet/Cyber Law in Australia. Fitzgerald is currently a specialist Research Professor at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT).

Education and Career

Fitzgerald studied law at QUT, graduating as University Medallist in Law, and holds postgraduate degrees in law from Oxford University, Harvard University, and Griffith University. From 1998-2002 Fitgerald was Head of the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia and from 2002–2007 he was Head of the School of Law at QUT in Brisbane. Fitzgerald is a Chief Investigator and Program Leader for Law in the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence on Creative Industries and Innovation and Project Leader for the DEST funded [http://www.oaklaw.qut.edu.au/ Open Access to Knowledge Law Project] (OAK Law) studying legal protocols for open access for the Australian research sector, and the DEST funded Legal Framework for an [http://www.e-Research.law.qut.edu.au/ e-Research] Project examining the legal framework needed to enhance e-Research. He is also a Program Leader for the Access to Public Sector Information (PSI) Project within the [http://www.crcsi.com.au/ CRC Spatial Information] and the Project leader of Creative Commons in Australia. His current projects include work on intellectual property issues across the areas of Copyright, Digital Content and the Internet, Copyright and the Creative Industries in China, Open Content Licensing and the Creative Commons, Free and Open Source Software, Research Use of Patents, Patent Informatics Administration Licensing, Science Commons, e-Research, Licensing of Digital Entertainment and Anti-Circumvention Law.

Brian Fitzgerald was featured in The Sydney Morning Herald,cite web|url= http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/private-eyes-on-public-data/2007/09/24/1190486224755.html?page=fullpage|title=Private Eyes on Public Data |last=Bushell-Embling|first=Dylan|date=2007-09-25|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=2008-09-24] The Science Show,cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2007/2122486.htm |title=Alfred Deakin Innovation Lecture|last=Williams|first=Robyn|date=2007-12-01|publisher= ABC Radio National|accessdate=2008-09-24] and The Law Report cite web|url= http://www.abc.net.au/rn/talks/8.30/lawrpt/stories/s639926.htm
title=The World of Pirates, Playstations and Mod-Chips|last=Carrick|first=Damien|date=2002-08-06|publisher=ABC Radio National|accessdate=2008-09-24] discussing the copyright related legal issues.

Books

*"Cyberlaw: Cases and Materials on the Internet, Digital Intellectual Property and E Commerce (2002)"
*"Jurisdiction and the Internet (2004)"
*"Legal Issues Relating to Free and Open Source Software (2004)"
*"Intellectual Property in Principle (2004)"
*"Internet and Ecommerce Law (2007)"
*"Games and law: History, content, practice and law (2007)"
*"Copyright Law, Digital Content and the Internet in the Asia Pacific (2008)"
*"Legal Framework for e-Research: Realising the Potential (2008)"
*"Going Digital 2000 (2008)"

Footnotes

External links

* [http://www.law.qut.edu.au/staff/lsstaff/fitzgerald.jsp Brian Fitzgerald Profile]
* [http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Fitzgerald,_Brian.html Additional publications are available at]