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The Promise Of Internet Intermediary Liability, Ronald J. Mann, Seth R. Belzley
The Promise Of Internet Intermediary Liability, Ronald J. Mann, Seth R. Belzley
William & Mary Law Review
The Internet has transformed the economics of communication, creating a spirited debate about the proper role of federal, state, and international governments in regulating conduct related to the Internet. Many argue that Internet communications should be entirely self-regulated because such communications cannot or should not be the subject of government regulation. The advocates of that approach would prefer a no-regulation zone around Internet communications, based largely on the unexamined view that Internet activity is fundamentally different in a way that justifies broad regulatory exemption. At the same time, some kinds of activity that the Internet facilitates undisputedly violate widely shared …