Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
- Institution
Articles 1 - 5 of 5
Full-Text Articles in Law
Internet Entrepreneurs, New Traffic Patterns, And Policy Issues, Michael S. Baram, Marv Goldschmitt, Richard J. Testa, Thomas C. Siekman
Internet Entrepreneurs, New Traffic Patterns, And Policy Issues, Michael S. Baram, Marv Goldschmitt, Richard J. Testa, Thomas C. Siekman
Faculty Scholarship
Welcome to the first session of the Internet Law Symposium co-sponsored by the Center for Law and Technology2 at Boston University School of Law and the law firm of Testa, Hurwitz & Thibeault.3 This session will focus on a variety of Internet 4 law and public policy issues and their implications for business.
Law And Order In Cyberspace, Nick Allard, David A. Kass
Law And Order In Cyberspace, Nick Allard, David A. Kass
Faculty Scholarship
No abstract provided.
Lex Informatica: The Formulation Of Information Policy Rules Through Technology , Joel R. Reidenberg
Lex Informatica: The Formulation Of Information Policy Rules Through Technology , Joel R. Reidenberg
Faculty Scholarship
Historically, law and government regulation have established default rules for information policy, including constitutional rules on freedom of expression and statutory rights of ownership of information. This Article will show that for network environments and the Information Society, however, law and government regulation are not the only source of rule-making. Technological capabilities and system design choices impose rules on participants. The creation and implementation of information policy are embedded in network designs and standards as well as in system configurations. Even user preferences and technical choices create overarching, local default rules. This Article argues, in essence, that the set of …
Cyberspace Sovereignty? – The Internet And The International System, Tim Wu
Cyberspace Sovereignty? – The Internet And The International System, Tim Wu
Faculty Scholarship
Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel, I come from Cyberspace, the new home of the Mind. On behalf of the future, I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.
By linking with the Internet, we don't mean absolute freedom of information. I think there is a general understanding about this. If you go through customs, you have to show your passport. It's the same with management of information. There is no contradiction at all between the development of telecommunications …
The Invisible Barbecue, Eben Moglen
The Invisible Barbecue, Eben Moglen
Faculty Scholarship
Past legislation subsidizing the development of infrastructural technology has borne the mark of political corruption. The subject matter of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 falls within the same category of legislation that has fallen prey to this process in the past. In an effort to discern whether such forces are at work today, Professor Moglen undertakes a critical examination of the metaphors that pervade the current scholarly discourse on the subject of telecommunications law. Terms such as "Superhighway," "Broadcasting," and "Market for Eyeballs" reveal a great deal about the implicit assumptions at work behind the current scholarship and legislation, and …