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Hate Crimes In Cyberspace, Danielle Citron Jul 2014

Hate Crimes In Cyberspace, Danielle Citron

Danielle Keats Citron

Most Internet users are familiar with trolling—aggressive, foul-mouthed posts designed to elicit angry responses in a site’s comments. Less familiar but far more serious is the way some use networked technologies to target real people, subjecting them, by name and address, to vicious, often terrifying, online abuse. In an in-depth investigation of a problem that is too often trivialized by lawmakers and the media, Danielle Keats Citron exposes the startling extent of personal cyber-attacks and proposes practical, lawful ways to prevent and punish online harassment. A refutation of those who claim that these attacks are legal, or at least impossible …


Cable Merger Is Bigger Than Cable, Daniel Lyons Jun 2014

Cable Merger Is Bigger Than Cable, Daniel Lyons

Daniel Lyons

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Ip Law Book Review: Configuring The Networked Self: Law, Code, And The Play Of Every Day Practice, Frank Pasquale Apr 2014

Ip Law Book Review: Configuring The Networked Self: Law, Code, And The Play Of Every Day Practice, Frank Pasquale

Frank A. Pasquale

Julie Cohen's Configuring the Networked Self is an extraordinarily insightful book. Cohen not only applies extant theory to law; she also distills it into her own distinctive social theory of the information age. Thus, even relatively short sections of chapters of her book often merit article-length close readings. I here offer a brief for the practical importance of Cohen’s theory, and ways it should influence intellectual property policy and scholarship.


Digital Culture Wars: Sopa And The Fight For Control Of Online Content, Frank Pasquale Jan 2014

Digital Culture Wars: Sopa And The Fight For Control Of Online Content, Frank Pasquale

Frank A. Pasquale

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