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Music Piracy And The Audio Home Recording Act, Tia Hall
Music Piracy And The Audio Home Recording Act, Tia Hall
Duke Law & Technology Review
In spite of the guidance provided by the Audio Home Recording Act (AHRA) of 1992, music companies are once again at odds with consumer electronics manufacturers. This time around, the dispute is over certain information technology products that enable consumers to copy digital music and transfer them to different formats, or exchange them over the Internet. This article will discuss anti-piracy measures being taken by digital content owners and the United States legislature to combat piracy and evaluate them in light of the AHRA.
Virtual Child Pornography On The Internet: A “Virtual” Victim?, Dannielle Cisneros
Virtual Child Pornography On The Internet: A “Virtual” Victim?, Dannielle Cisneros
Duke Law & Technology Review
Child pornography is an exception to First Amendment freedoms because it exploits and abuses our nation's youth. The latest trend in that industry is "virtual child" pornography. "Virtual child" pornography does not use real children or images of real identifiable children. When the object of desire is not a child, but merely a combination of millions of computer pixels crafted by a skilled artist, can the government ban this allegedly victimless creation?
New “Unbundling” Rules: Will The Fcc Finally Open Up Cable Broadband?, Sarah North
New “Unbundling” Rules: Will The Fcc Finally Open Up Cable Broadband?, Sarah North
Duke Law & Technology Review
This iBrief discusses a recent Court of Appeals decision remanding FCC rules on the "unbundling" of Internet services by telephone exchange carriers. These rules ordered many Internet service providers to share their equipment with competitors, so that consumers could choose their providers instead of having to accept all services from the company who installed the physical Internet connection. Cable Internet providers are not included in these rules. This iBrief predicts that cable broadband operators will soon be governed by the same "unbundling" provisions as other ISPs.
Everyone’S A Critic: Defamation And Anonymity On The Internet, Allison Stiles
Everyone’S A Critic: Defamation And Anonymity On The Internet, Allison Stiles
Duke Law & Technology Review
Internet publishing is easy and has become commonplace in ourtechnology-focused society. Although this type of publication can beexciting and helpful for those interested in communicating an idea, theissue of anonymous speech on the Internet has created some complications in the rather established tort of defamation. This article will discuss two approaches recently taken by two different courts in response to the Internet-anonymity issue and will evaluate them based on their ability to strike a balance between protecting free speech and protecting against defamation.