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Paul Jacobson

Adjudicator (Part time)

Wireless Application Service Providers'...

Johannesburg, South Africa

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About Paul Jacobson

I started out my career as a commercial lawyer with Werksmans Incorporated and left to start my own practice, Jacobson Attorneys, in August 2005. On 1 August 2007 I launched a new media law and policy focus area in Jacobson Attorneys. This new emphasis for my work as a lawyer draws on my experience with social media to provide an innovative service to clients involved in the new media space.

I focus on the intersect between social media (I prefer the term "new media") and the law. There are four themes I find most interesting and they are content licensing (I am biased towards open content licenses like Creative Commons licenses); expression and defamation; privacy and unlawful competition. Of course general commercial law principles apply to new media implementations so I also prepare terms and conditions and a variety of policy documents for clients as well.

birthday

December 8th, 2000
religious views

Jewish with a dash of Buddhism and a little Spiritual sauce on the side
hometown

Johannesburg
relationship status

Married
activities

Writing, working (a lot), spending time with my family, blogging, networking, reading, movies, tv, dvds, blogging, networking, reading, movies, tv, dvds
interests

blogs, new media, online media, wikis, podcasts, science fiction, star trek, star wars, superman, superheroes, archetypes, puppies, dachshunds
music

Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews Band, Fleetwood Mac, Tracy Chapman, CCR, Eric Clapton, Coldplay, Katie Melua, Norah Jones, Moloko, Watershed, Just Jinger, Massive Attack, Bruce Hornsby and the Range
tv shows / movies

Angel, CSI, CSI:NY, CSI:Miami, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG1, In Justice, Numbers, Smallville, 4400, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Star Trek Enterprise, Heroes, 24, Prison Break Highlander, Star Trek Insurrection, The Holiday, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Spiderman 1 and 2, X-Men movies, Angel, CSI, CSI:NY, CSI:Miami, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate SG1, In Justice, Numbers, Smallville, 4400, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Voyager, Star Trek Deep Space 9, Star Trek Enterprise, Heroes, 24, Prison Break Highlander, Star Trek Insurrection, The Holiday, Superman Returns, Batman Begins, Spiderman 1 and 2, X-Men movies, Bourne movies
books

The Cluetrain Manifesto, Illium, Olympos, A Path With Heart, The Business, The Cluetrain Manifesto, Illium, Olympos, A Path With Heart, pretty much any of Iain M Banks' scifi
Paul Jacobson's Contact Info
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work email

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paulj@jacobson.co.za (GTalk)

pljcbsn (Skype)
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+2783 444 8260
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+2711 786 5721
website

http://webtechlaw.com
work address

P O Box 189
Melrose Arch
Johannesburg Gauteng
2076 South Africa
skype id

pejrm1
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Paul Jacobson RT @laughingsquid: Jeff Goldblum interrupts The Colbert Report to let Stephen know that he's not dead http://bit.ly/uK9Qf via @jowyang @myen 9 hours ago via Twitter

Paul Jacobson @shari Not really, no. A couple set up fan pages for people they would prefer not be profile friends. 9 hours ago via Twitter

Paul Jacobson Preparing website terms for sites with social elements becomes a pretty creative and multidimensional process, as weird as that sounds ... 9 hours ago via Twitter

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Paul Jacobson ok, we have two almost-last-minute changes to the #altconf line-up for Saturday. I'll post details when the schedules are finalised. 11 hours ago via Twitter

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Paul Jacobson's Professional Experience
Adjudicator (Part time)
Wireless Application Service Providers' Association
2008 - Present
I was appointed to adjudicate complaints referred to WASPA by members of the public against WASPA members. WASPA is a volunteer industry association which represents its members in various fora and performs a governance function. One of its roles is to adjudicate complaints filed against its members which is where I play a role.
Project Lead
Open Law Project
2007 - Present
The Open Law Project is an advocacy initiative that promotes the creation and development of these open law projects.
Web and Digital Media Lawyer
Jacobson Attorneys
2005 - Present
I advise my clients on general commercial issues and assist them with commercial litigation in the lower and superior courts. I also provide advice on issues pertaining to the flow of ideas and content on the Web, including copyright, alternative content licensing and managing access to and use of clients' web sites and online services.
Member of the Advisory Council
The Open Knowledge Definition Project Advisory Council
2008 - 2008
The Advisory Council was created in the Autumn of 2007 as the body formally responsible for maintaining and developing the Definitions and associated material found on this site. Its basic goal is to take forward the 'Open Definition' work for the general benefit of the open knowledge community. You can find out more information about the project at http://opendefinition.org/
General Counsel and Company Secretary
iCommons Limited
2008 - 2008
I am the lead legal person for iCommons, reporting to the Executive Director and Board on a range of legal and regulatory issues affecting iCommons.

I also have an opportunity to become involved in policy matters and iCommons' ongoing activities.
Fellow
iCommons
2007 - 2008
I provided legal assistance to the iCommons team as well as support for various projects undertaken and managed by iCommons from time to time.
Attorney
Werksmans Attorneys
1999 - 2005
Conduct general commercial litigation with focus on long terms insurance based litigation on behalf of large insurance companies. Render general legal advice to corporates. I was able to work relatively autonomously although, where required, I supported work being handled by directors of the firm.
Paul Jacobson's Education
University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Laws, Law, 1998
University of the Witwatersrand
Bachelor of Arts, Philosophy and Law, 1996
King David High School (Victory Park)
1993
Sandown High School
1990
 
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