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Seeing (Platforms) Like A State: Digital Legibility And Lessons For Platform Governance, Neil Chilson
Seeing (Platforms) Like A State: Digital Legibility And Lessons For Platform Governance, Neil Chilson
Catholic University Journal of Law and Technology
The growing backlash against Big Tech companies is a symptom of digital technology increasing the world’s legibility. James C. Scott’s book, Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed, explores how past governments responded to increased legibility – for good and for ill. This article shows how Scott’s historical lessons can guide governments and tech platforms as they seek to improve the human condition online.
Who Needs Tickets? Examining Problems In The Growing Online Ticket Resale Industry, Clark P. Kirkman
Who Needs Tickets? Examining Problems In The Growing Online Ticket Resale Industry, Clark P. Kirkman
Federal Communications Law Journal
The Internet has dramatically changed the methods by which people purchase tickets to events. In the past decade, the secondary ticket market has grown exponentially, and today the online ticket resale industry is valued at approximately $4 billion. Although there are consumer benefits to this industry growth, some of the industry practices have precipitated a consumer backlash. This was typified in 2007 when many parents, hoping to purchase tickets to the Hannah Montana "Best of Both Worlds Tour," watched as tickets sold out online in only a few minutes or less. Coupled with this episode was the Ticketmaster v. RMG …