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Daphne Keller, Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, has published Internet Platforms: Observations on Speech, Danger, and Money as Hoover Institution's Aegis Paper Series; 1807 (2018). Policymakers increasingly ask Internet platforms like Facebook to Here is the abstract. MORE
Elena Falletti, Carlo Cattaneo LIUC University, has published The Scandals of Caroline, Max and Kate: Does Celebrity Privacy Threaten Press Freedom in the Internet Age? in Medien und Privatheit (Simon Garnett, Stefan Halft, Matthias Herz, and Julia Maria Moenig, eds MORE
Smith, University of Montana School of Law, is publishing Beware the Slender Man: Intellectual Property and Internet Folklore in volume 70 of the Florida Law Review (2017). Internet folklore is folklore created collaboratively Cathay Y. Here is the abstract. MORE
Internet Archive. Dear Mr. Kahle: I write to you as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, following the Internet Archive’s recent announcement of its National Emergency “Library” initiative amid the coronavirus pandemic. Internet Archive Meltdown News from the Data Lords News from the Goolag brewster kahle Internet Archive Senator Thom Tillis MORE
Ellery Robert Biddle, Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, has published Rationing the Digital: The Politics and Policy of Internet Use in Cuba Today as Internet Monitor Special Report Series No. Here is the abstract. Cuba has MORE
The Internet has devalued content to the point where it is often offered at no charge—newspapers, for instance—or widely misappropriated, as with music and movies. Underlying both is the belief that content on the Internet should be free (a notion reinforced by the other four factors). The answer lies in the origin of the Internet. The DoD, of course, seldom fosters self-gratification, a trait that underlies the “free content” culture of the Internet. MORE
danah boyd, Microsoft Research and New York University Department of Media, Culture and Communication, and University of New South Wales, and Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and Alice E. Marwick, Microsoft Corporation, and Harvard University, Berkman Center MORE
Natalia Cianfaglione, Boston University School of Law & Bard College, has published Hollywood Online: Fan Fiction, Copyright, and the Internet. The Internet has allowed fan fiction to reach new heights. Here is the abstract. YouTube and similar technologies have allowed MORE
Among the provisions that have now gone into effect, is the new Rule 506(c), which permits a seller of securities to use general solicitation (such as advertising in print or on the internet), to find buyers. Now Legal: Use the Power and Reach of the Internet to find Investors. Up until earlier this week, it was illegal to promote sales of securities through so-called “general solicitation” if relying on the private offering exemptions of Regulation D. MORE
For many of us, the once ubiquitous fax machine has been replaced by internet faxing services. […]. The post Internet Fax Service eFax Acquires MaxEmail appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. You may ask yourself, “Is faxing still a thing?” ” While the fax may seem like a vestige of a bygone technology era, the actuality for many lawyers is that the ability to send and receive faxes remains a necessity. MORE
Mailyn Fidler, Harvard University Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, is publishing The New Editors: Refining First Amendment Protections for Internet Platforms in the Notre Dame Law School Journal on Emerging Technology (2021). MORE
Jyh-An Lee, National Chengchi University, and Ching-Yi Lee have published Forbidden City Enclosed by the Great Firewall: The Law and Power of Internet Filtering in China in volume 13 of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2012). MORE
Miller, Drake University Law School, has published Public Policy and the Inevitability of Internet Gambling in volume 60 of Drake Law Review Discourse (2012). Keith C. Here is the abstract. The gaming industry is at a crossroads in the United MORE
2267 , the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The Act would establish an Internet Licensing Program to facilitate the legalization and regulation of Internet gambling. 2268 , sponsored by Congressman Jim McDermott of Washington, would impose an Internet gambling license fee, withhold taxes on Internet gambling winnings, and require operators to disclose themselves and those placing bets with them. MORE
DeVoy Whether out of naivete or ignorance, dozens of individuals and companies fail to appreciate the Internet’s true nature when engaging their latest crusade or promotion. Our latest victim is Mountain Dew, the popular(?) Mountain Dew attempted, as young goateed-types often suggest, to “crowdsource” the name of its new flavor [.]. imbeciles MORE
Lacy, University of Washington School of Law, has published Should Jurors Use the Internet? During trials jurors are increasingly using cell phones and other devices capable of accessing the Internet. Gareth S. Here is the abstract. Courts are responding by MORE
It’s because there are other resources for the “Internet bound.” ” Internet bound. Yet the crepuscular “National Emergency Library” is fading into the sunset according to an Internet Archive blog post. We have learned that the vast majority of people use digitized books on the Internet Archive for a very short time. Internet Archive Meltdown Uncategorized brewster kahle MORE
Giancarlo Frosio, Universite de Strasbourg, CEIPI; Stanford University Law School Center for Internet and Society, is publishing It's All Linked: How Communication to the Public Affects Internet Architecture in volume 36 of the Computer Law & Security Review (forthcoming). MORE
Internet Brands , the company that acquired Avvo in January and that already owned several legal sites including Martindale-Hubbell and Lawyers.com, will announce tomorrow that it is rebranding its group of legal sites under the umbrella and Martindale-Avvo, I’ve been told by two people who work for the company. Internet Brands is one of the world’s largest operators of websites that serve targeted vertical markets, including automotive, home and travel and health. MORE
As Locast was streaming the signals of the television stations without permission, the rights of the copyright holders to control the public performance of their works through their retransmission on the internet was infringed. MORE
Dan Svantesson, Bond University School of Law, has published A Legal Method for Solving Issues of Internet Regulation; Applied to the Regulation of Cross-Border Privacy Issues as EUI Working Papers LAW No. 2010/18. Here is the abstract. This article presents MORE
[Editor Charlie sez: Scott Cleland takes an excellent deep dive into the “leechonomics” of the safe harbors afforded to the special people who are members of the Internet Association and the Digital Media Association. Internet Industrial Policy — Artist Rights Watch. MORE
Senator Thom Tillis is hot on the trail of the Internet Archive’s “National Emergency Library” scam that we have been writing about for weeks. We go a little farther in Senator Tillis’s direction by identifying the Internet Archive’s scheme as taking advantage of a declared national disaster to get away with behavior outside the law to the detriment of others. All this legislation could be used to address the Internet Archive’s bad behavior. MORE
Internet Archive. In my April 8, 2020 letter, I expressed my concern that the Internet. The Copyright Office went on to say that “while the Internet Archive’s goal of making research and educational materials publicly available may be laudable, so is respect for copyright.”2. But I am concerned that the Internet Archive thinks that it-not Congress-gets to determine the scope of copyright law. Internet Archive Meltdown Internet Archive MORE
Quick–how many times have you heard Google try to beat back challenges to their bad behavior with the old “Don’t Break the Internet” meme? Breaking the Internet, etc. Will the Internet be broken? MORE
Frederick Mostert, King's College London, has published Free Speech and Internet Regulation at 14 Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 607 (August 2019). The article analyses free speech and internet regulation. MORE
Legal directory site Avvo has been acquired by Internet Brands, it was announced this morning. Internet Brands already owns legal sites Nolo, Martindale-Hubbell, Ngage and Total Attorneys. The post Breaking: Avvo Is Acquired By Internet Brands appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. See also my follow-up interview with CEO Mark Britton.] I am at a conference and will follow up with more details when I can, but for now, here is […]. MORE
Menell, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, has published This American Copyright Life: Reflections on Re-Equilibrating Copyright for the Internet Age as UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. Peter S. 2347674. Here is the abstract. This article calls MORE
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, has published Countering Hate on the Internet at 22 Annual Review of Law and Ethics 431 (2014). Here is the abstract. Hate speech is designed to threaten certain groups publicly and act as propaganda for MORE
Luca Belli, Independent, and Primavera De Filippi, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas 2013, have published The Value of Network Neutrality for the Internet of Tomorrow. Here is the abstract. The report explores some of the most crucial facets of Network MORE
Neill, New Media Rights & California Western School of Law, has published How the FCC Can Preserve the Open Internet & Net Neutrality Through Title II Reclassification. The case for reclassifying broadband internet access Arthur H. Here is the abstract. MORE
ICYMI: Data Protection and Privacy: The Internet of Bodies (Ronald Leenes, Rosamunde van Brakel, Serge Gutwirth, and Paul De Hert, eds., Hart Publishing, 2018). Here from the publisher's website is a description of the book's contents. The subjects of Privacy MORE
Nancy Leong and Joanne Morando, both of the University of Denver College of Law are publishing Communication in Cyberspace in volume 94 of the North Carolina Law Review (2015). Here is the abstract. This Article examines a problem in cybercrime MORE
Christine Suzanne Davik, University of Maine, has published We Know Who You Are and What You''re Made Of: The Illusion of Internet Anonymity and Its Impact on Genetic Discrimination, at 64 Case Western Law Review 17 (2013 MORE
Francis, University of Utah College of Law, is publishing Freedom of Thought in the United States: The First Amendment, Marketplaces of Ideas, and the Internet in the European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance. Leslie P. MORE
The Law Commission of Ontario has published Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (March 2020). This is the Final Report of the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO’s) Defamation Law in the Internet Age project. MORE
This is a guest post from defamation & anti-SLAPP lawyer Adrianos Facchetti. You may be shocked to learn that much of your private information is online: and I’m not talking about data you voluntarily post on Facebook or Twitter after a party. I’m talking about info like your age, phone number, income, e-mail, political contributions, and even your home address. How can this be, you wonder? It’s because there’s a thriving market for your personal information. MORE
Carlo Pedrioli, Liverpool Hope University, has published Is Incitement on the Internet Easier to Punish than Incitement on Television? A Case Study of the Koran-Burning of Florida Pastor Terry Jones at Free Speech, Privacy and Media: Comparative Perspectives 49 (Russell MORE
According to Silicon Valley mouthpiece Torrentfreak , guess who is going to be defending the Internet Archive and the eponymous Mr. Kahle in their massive copyright infringement suit from publishers? MORE
C) of the Commission's rules "to allow it to continue to operate its coach-to-coach communications system in the limited circumstance of an Internet outage in The FCC has conditionally granted the National Football League's request for a waiver of Section 96.39(C) MORE
Online Harms White Paper and the Internet’s Cable-ized Future in the Ohio State Tech L.J. Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law, is publishing The U.K. Here is the abstract. In April 2019, the U.K. released a white paper MORE
The Internet is over (at least for now). The long saga of Rakofsky v. The Order is here. Stay tuned, I’d imagine that there will be an appeal. ORDER UPDATED Filed under: misc. MORE
Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University Department of Law is publishing Fake News, Internet and Metaphors (to Be Handled Carefully) in Rivista di diritto dei media, 2017. Here is the abstract. The metaphor of the free marketplace of ideas is frequently referred MORE
The Internet is over (at least for now). The long saga of Rakofsky v. The Order is here. Stay tuned, I’d imagine that there will be an appeal. The order is a bit soft, but the findings of fact are devastating. Filed under: misc. MORE
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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021
As Locast was streaming the signals of the television stations without permission, the rights of the copyright holders to control the public performance of their works through their retransmission on the internet was infringed.
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 4, 2021
Mailyn Fidler, Harvard University Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, is publishing The New Editors: Refining First Amendment Protections for Internet Platforms in the Notre Dame Law School Journal on Emerging Technology (2021).
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 12, 2020
It’s because there are other resources for the “Internet bound.” ” Internet bound. Yet the crepuscular “National Emergency Library” is fading into the sunset according to an Internet Archive blog post. We have learned that the vast majority of people use digitized books on the Internet Archive for a very short time. Internet Archive Meltdown Uncategorized brewster kahle
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 27, 2020
According to Silicon Valley mouthpiece Torrentfreak , guess who is going to be defending the Internet Archive and the eponymous Mr. Kahle in their massive copyright infringement suit from publishers?
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 9, 2021
C) of the Commission's rules "to allow it to continue to operate its coach-to-coach communications system in the limited circumstance of an Internet outage in The FCC has conditionally granted the National Football League's request for a waiver of Section 96.39(C)
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 23, 2020
Frederick Mostert, King's College London, has published Free Speech and Internet Regulation at 14 Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice 607 (August 2019). The article analyses free speech and internet regulation.
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 8, 2020
Internet Archive. Dear Mr. Kahle: I write to you as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, following the Internet Archive’s recent announcement of its National Emergency “Library” initiative amid the coronavirus pandemic. Internet Archive Meltdown News from the Data Lords News from the Goolag brewster kahle Internet Archive Senator Thom Tillis
The Legal Satyricon
MAY 10, 2013
The Internet is over (at least for now). The long saga of Rakofsky v. The Order is here. Stay tuned, I’d imagine that there will be an appeal. ORDER UPDATED Filed under: misc.
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 30, 2013
Ellery Robert Biddle, Harvard University, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, has published Rationing the Digital: The Politics and Policy of Internet Use in Cuba Today as Internet Monitor Special Report Series No. Here is the abstract. Cuba has
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 16, 2020
Giancarlo Frosio, Universite de Strasbourg, CEIPI; Stanford University Law School Center for Internet and Society, is publishing It's All Linked: How Communication to the Public Affects Internet Architecture in volume 36 of the Computer Law & Security Review (forthcoming).
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 14, 2021
Francis, University of Utah College of Law, is publishing Freedom of Thought in the United States: The First Amendment, Marketplaces of Ideas, and the Internet in the European Journal of Comparative Law and Governance. Leslie P.
Gordon P. Firemark
NOVEMBER 16, 2011
This is a guest post from defamation & anti-SLAPP lawyer Adrianos Facchetti. You may be shocked to learn that much of your private information is online: and I’m not talking about data you voluntarily post on Facebook or Twitter after a party. I’m talking about info like your age, phone number, income, e-mail, political contributions, and even your home address. How can this be, you wonder? It’s because there’s a thriving market for your personal information.
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 12, 2013
Menell, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, has published This American Copyright Life: Reflections on Re-Equilibrating Copyright for the Internet Age as UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. Peter S. 2347674. Here is the abstract. This article calls
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Daphne Keller, Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society, has published Internet Platforms: Observations on Speech, Danger, and Money as Hoover Institution's Aegis Paper Series; 1807 (2018). Policymakers increasingly ask Internet platforms like Facebook to Here is the abstract.
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 9, 2020
Senator Thom Tillis is hot on the trail of the Internet Archive’s “National Emergency Library” scam that we have been writing about for weeks. We go a little farther in Senator Tillis’s direction by identifying the Internet Archive’s scheme as taking advantage of a declared national disaster to get away with behavior outside the law to the detriment of others. All this legislation could be used to address the Internet Archive’s bad behavior.
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 9, 2018
Oreste Pollicino, Bocconi University Department of Law is publishing Fake News, Internet and Metaphors (to Be Handled Carefully) in Rivista di diritto dei media, 2017. Here is the abstract. The metaphor of the free marketplace of ideas is frequently referred
Digital Media Law
JULY 22, 2009
The Internet has devalued content to the point where it is often offered at no charge—newspapers, for instance—or widely misappropriated, as with music and movies. Underlying both is the belief that content on the Internet should be free (a notion reinforced by the other four factors). The answer lies in the origin of the Internet. The DoD, of course, seldom fosters self-gratification, a trait that underlies the “free content” culture of the Internet.
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 9, 2015
Raphael Cohen-Almagor, University of Hull, has published Countering Hate on the Internet at 22 Annual Review of Law and Ethics 431 (2014). Here is the abstract. Hate speech is designed to threaten certain groups publicly and act as propaganda for
Media Law Prof Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
danah boyd, Microsoft Research and New York University Department of Media, Culture and Communication, and University of New South Wales, and Harvard University Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and Alice E. Marwick, Microsoft Corporation, and Harvard University, Berkman Center
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 26, 2014
Luca Belli, Independent, and Primavera De Filippi, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas 2013, have published The Value of Network Neutrality for the Internet of Tomorrow. Here is the abstract. The report explores some of the most crucial facets of Network
Music Technology Policy
JUNE 10, 2020
Internet Archive. In my April 8, 2020 letter, I expressed my concern that the Internet. The Copyright Office went on to say that “while the Internet Archive’s goal of making research and educational materials publicly available may be laudable, so is respect for copyright.”2. But I am concerned that the Internet Archive thinks that it-not Congress-gets to determine the scope of copyright law. Internet Archive Meltdown Internet Archive
Media Law Prof Blog
SEPTEMBER 16, 2020
The Law Commission of Ontario has published Defamation Law in the Internet Age: Final Report (March 2020). This is the Final Report of the Law Commission of Ontario’s (LCO’s) Defamation Law in the Internet Age project.
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 23, 2012
Jyh-An Lee, National Chengchi University, and Ching-Yi Lee have published Forbidden City Enclosed by the Great Firewall: The Law and Power of Internet Filtering in China in volume 13 of the Minnesota Journal of Law, Science, and Technology (2012).
Media Law
OCTOBER 21, 2018
Internet Brands , the company that acquired Avvo in January and that already owned several legal sites including Martindale-Hubbell and Lawyers.com, will announce tomorrow that it is rebranding its group of legal sites under the umbrella and Martindale-Avvo, I’ve been told by two people who work for the company. Internet Brands is one of the world’s largest operators of websites that serve targeted vertical markets, including automotive, home and travel and health.
The Legal Satyricon
MAY 10, 2013
The Internet is over (at least for now). The long saga of Rakofsky v. The Order is here. Stay tuned, I’d imagine that there will be an appeal. The order is a bit soft, but the findings of fact are devastating. Filed under: misc.
Media Law Prof Blog
MAY 4, 2015
Elena Falletti, Carlo Cattaneo LIUC University, has published The Scandals of Caroline, Max and Kate: Does Celebrity Privacy Threaten Press Freedom in the Internet Age? in Medien und Privatheit (Simon Garnett, Stefan Halft, Matthias Herz, and Julia Maria Moenig, eds
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 14, 2020
Carlo Pedrioli, Liverpool Hope University, has published Is Incitement on the Internet Easier to Punish than Incitement on Television? A Case Study of the Koran-Burning of Florida Pastor Terry Jones at Free Speech, Privacy and Media: Comparative Perspectives 49 (Russell
Media Law Prof Blog
DECEMBER 9, 2013
Christine Suzanne Davik, University of Maine, has published We Know Who You Are and What You''re Made Of: The Illusion of Internet Anonymity and Its Impact on Genetic Discrimination, at 64 Case Western Law Review 17 (2013
Media Law Prof Blog
OCTOBER 8, 2012
Miller, Drake University Law School, has published Public Policy and the Inevitability of Internet Gambling in volume 60 of Drake Law Review Discourse (2012). Keith C. Here is the abstract. The gaming industry is at a crossroads in the United
Media Law Prof Blog
JANUARY 23, 2015
Neill, New Media Rights & California Western School of Law, has published How the FCC Can Preserve the Open Internet & Net Neutrality Through Title II Reclassification. The case for reclassifying broadband internet access Arthur H. Here is the abstract.
JetLawBlog
JULY 28, 2010
2267 , the Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement Act. The Act would establish an Internet Licensing Program to facilitate the legalization and regulation of Internet gambling. 2268 , sponsored by Congressman Jim McDermott of Washington, would impose an Internet gambling license fee, withhold taxes on Internet gambling winnings, and require operators to disclose themselves and those placing bets with them.
Media Law Prof Blog
JUNE 14, 2010
Lacy, University of Washington School of Law, has published Should Jurors Use the Internet? During trials jurors are increasingly using cell phones and other devices capable of accessing the Internet. Gareth S. Here is the abstract. Courts are responding by
Gordon P. Firemark
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Among the provisions that have now gone into effect, is the new Rule 506(c), which permits a seller of securities to use general solicitation (such as advertising in print or on the internet), to find buyers. Now Legal: Use the Power and Reach of the Internet to find Investors. Up until earlier this week, it was illegal to promote sales of securities through so-called “general solicitation” if relying on the private offering exemptions of Regulation D.
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 1, 2019
ICYMI: Data Protection and Privacy: The Internet of Bodies (Ronald Leenes, Rosamunde van Brakel, Serge Gutwirth, and Paul De Hert, eds., Hart Publishing, 2018). Here from the publisher's website is a description of the book's contents. The subjects of Privacy
Media Law
SEPTEMBER 12, 2016
For many of us, the once ubiquitous fax machine has been replaced by internet faxing services. […]. The post Internet Fax Service eFax Acquires MaxEmail appeared first on Robert Ambrogi's LawSites. You may ask yourself, “Is faxing still a thing?” ” While the fax may seem like a vestige of a bygone technology era, the actuality for many lawyers is that the ability to send and receive faxes remains a necessity.
Media Law Prof Blog
MARCH 22, 2011
Dan Svantesson, Bond University School of Law, has published A Legal Method for Solving Issues of Internet Regulation; Applied to the Regulation of Cross-Border Privacy Issues as EUI Working Papers LAW No. 2010/18. Here is the abstract. This article presents
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 26, 2019
Online Harms White Paper and the Internet’s Cable-ized Future in the Ohio State Tech L.J. Eric Goldman, Santa Clara University School of Law, is publishing The U.K. Here is the abstract. In April 2019, the U.K. released a white paper
Media Law Prof Blog
JULY 25, 2012
Natalia Cianfaglione, Boston University School of Law & Bard College, has published Hollywood Online: Fan Fiction, Copyright, and the Internet. The Internet has allowed fan fiction to reach new heights. Here is the abstract. YouTube and similar technologies have allowed
The Legal Satyricon
AUGUST 16, 2012
DeVoy Whether out of naivete or ignorance, dozens of individuals and companies fail to appreciate the Internet’s true nature when engaging their latest crusade or promotion. Our latest victim is Mountain Dew, the popular(?) Mountain Dew attempted, as young goateed-types often suggest, to “crowdsource” the name of its new flavor [.]. imbeciles
Music Technology Policy
APRIL 16, 2018
[Editor Charlie sez: Scott Cleland takes an excellent deep dive into the “leechonomics” of the safe harbors afforded to the special people who are members of the Internet Association and the Digital Media Association. Internet Industrial Policy — Artist Rights Watch.
Media Law Prof Blog
AUGUST 31, 2017
Smith, University of Montana School of Law, is publishing Beware the Slender Man: Intellectual Property and Internet Folklore in volume 70 of the Florida Law Review (2017). Internet folklore is folklore created collaboratively Cathay Y. Here is the abstract.
Media Law Prof Blog
APRIL 13, 2015
Nancy Leong and Joanne Morando, both of the University of Denver College of Law are publishing Communication in Cyberspace in volume 94 of the North Carolina Law Review (2015). Here is the abstract. This Article examines a problem in cybercrime
Music Technology Policy
DECEMBER 26, 2019
Quick–how many times have you heard Google try to beat back challenges to their bad behavior with the old “Don’t Break the Internet” meme? Breaking the Internet, etc. Will the Internet be broken?
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