The Information Society Project at Yale Law Schoolis putting on an interesting conference in a few months called ‘The Global Flow of Information: A Conference on Law, Culture, and Political Economy.’ (link)

Patterns of information flow are one of the most important factors shaping
globalization. Today, all sorts of entities — individuals, groups,
countries, and international organizations — are trying to promote and
control the flow across national borders of different kinds of
information, including intellectual property, scientific research,
political discourse, brand names, and cultural symbols. Ever-proliferating
digitally networked environments subject information to yet new methods of
distribution and manipulation. Control and influence of information flow
will help define who holds power in the global information economy.

My only complaint about what otherwise looks like an interesting conference is in the typically obsolete use of the term ‘culture.’ There is an interesting panel on the subject, but if we are to believe the abstract the main concern is with the circa 1982 notion of culture as high culture - art, movies, music, books…