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Paying For Privacy And The Personal Data Economy, Stacy-Ann Elvy

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Growing demands for privacy and increases in the quantity and variety of consumer data have engendered various business offerings to allow companies, and in some instances consumers, to capitalize on these developments. One such example is the emerging “personal data economy” (PDE) in which companies, such as Datacoup, purchase data directly from individuals. At the opposite end of the spectrum, the “pay-for-privacy” (PFP) model requires consumers to pay an additional fee to prevent their data from being collected and mined for advertising purposes. This Article conducts a simultaneous in-depth exploration of the impact of burgeoning PDE and PFP models. It …

Administrating Patent Litigation, Jacob S. Sherkow

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Recent patent litigation reform efforts have focused on every branch of govemment-Congress, the President, and the federal courts-save the fourth: administrative agencies. Agencies, however, possess a variety of functions in patent litigation: they serve as "gatekeepers" to litigation in federal court; they provide scientific and technical expertise to patent disputes; they review patent litigation to fulfill their own mandates; and they serve, in several instances, as entirely alternative fora to federal litigation.

Understanding administrative agencies' functions in managing or directing, i.e., "administrating," patent litigation sheds both descriptive and normative insight on several aspects of patent reform. These include several problems …

Administering Patent Litigation, Jacob S. Sherkow

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Recent patent litigation reform efforts have focused on every branch of government — Congress, the President, and the federal courts — save the fourth: administrative agencies. Agencies, however, possess a variety of functions in patent litigation: they serve as “gatekeepers” to litigation in federal court; they provide scientific and technical expertise to patent disputes; they review patent litigation to fulfill their own mandates; and they serve, in several instances, as entirely alternative fora to federal litigation. Understanding administrative agencies’ functions in managing or directing, i.e., “administrating,” patent litigation sheds both descriptive and normative insight on several aspects of patent reform. …

Fcc Ancillary Jurisdiction Over Internet And Broadband, Michael Botein

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Federal Regulation Of Fios And Lightspeed: A Tale Of Two Jurisdictional Dilemmas, Michael Botein

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Constitutional Law And Values - Version '08 (Not Necessarily And Upgrade), Nadine Strossen

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Regulation Of Municipal Wi-Fi, Michael Botein

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Open Video Systems: Too Much Regulation Too Late?, Michael Botein

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The Fcc's New Indecency Enforcement Policy And Its European Counterparts: A Cautionary Tale, Michael Botein, Adamski Dariusz

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Consolidation, Coordination, Competition, And Coherence: In Search Of A Forward Looking Communications Policy, Mark D. Director, Michael Botein

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Judicial Review Of Fcc Action, Michael Botein

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Regulation Of Fiberoptic Integrated Broadband Networks: Common Carriage, Ownership And Rates, Michael Botein

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Deregulation Of Broadcasting In The United States: Quo Vadimus., Erwin Krasnow, Michael Botein

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Introduction [Comments]: From First Amendment Rights And The Cable Television Industry, Michael Botein

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Citizen Participation In The Regulation Of Cable Television, Michael Botein

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The Fcc’S Restrictions On Employee’S Publications: A Failure Of Communication., Michael Botein

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Clearing The Airwaves For Access, Michael Botein

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While the courts and the government grapple with the concepts and consequences of access, activist citizens press broadcasters to open the airwaves. In the resulting legal tangle, the effective means of securing access are essentially extralegal, while the legal means are essentially ineffective.

Comparative Broadcast Licensing Procedures And The Role Of Law: A Fuller Investigation, Michael Botein

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Professor Botein examines the validity of Professor Fullers widely read but seldom criticized theory that traditional administrative adjudication is unsuited to resolve certain kinds of social task, which Fuller has labeled "polycentric problems." Professor Botein focuses upon Professor Fuller's example of the FCC's comparative licensing procedure as a poblem unsuited to adjudication. Taking as his starting point Professor Fullers criticism of the FCC- a criticism Fuller never tested against the Commission's actual operations-Professor Botein examines Fuller's theory of polycentricity by analyzing its contentsJ applying it to concrete situations) and exploring whether there exists any alternatives better than the Commission's present …

Access To Cable Television, Michael Botein

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How To Talk Back To Your Television Set, Michael Botein

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The Fcc’S Proposed Catv Regulations, Michael Botein

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Federal Communications Commission's Fairness Regulations A First Steptowards Creation Of A Right Of Access To The Mass Media, Michael Botein

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