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E-Commerce And Electronic Payment System Risks: Lessons From Paypal, Lawrence J. Trautman Oct 2013

E-Commerce And Electronic Payment System Risks: Lessons From Paypal, Lawrence J. Trautman

Lawrence J. Trautman Sr.

What are the major risks perceived by those engaged in e-commerce and electronic payment systems? What development risks, if they become reality, may cause substantial increases in operating costs or threaten the very survival of the enterprise? This article utilizes the relevant annual report disclosures from eBay (parent of PayPal), along with other eBay and PayPal documents, as a potentially powerful teaching device. Most of the descriptive language to follow is excerpted directly from eBay’s regulatory filings. My additions include weaving these materials into a logical presentation and providing supplemental sources for those who desire a deeper look (usually in …


Flawed Transparency: Shared Data Collection And Disclosure Challenges For Google Glass And Similar Technologies, Jonathan I. Ezor Oct 2013

Flawed Transparency: Shared Data Collection And Disclosure Challenges For Google Glass And Similar Technologies, Jonathan I. Ezor

Jonathan I. Ezor

Current privacy law and best practices assume that the party collecting the data is able to describe and disclose its practices to those from and about whom the data are collected. With emerging technologies such as Google Glass, the information being collected by the wearer may be automatically shared to one or more third parties whose use may be substantially different from that of the wearer. Often, the wearer may not even know what information is being uploaded, and how it may be used. This paper will analyze the current state of U.S. law and compliance regarding personal information collection …


A Submission To The Australian Law Reform Commission On Copyright And The Digital Economy: It Pricing, Matthew Rimmer Jul 2013

A Submission To The Australian Law Reform Commission On Copyright And The Digital Economy: It Pricing, Matthew Rimmer

Matthew Rimmer

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYThis submission draws upon a number of pieces of research on copyright and consumer rights – including:1. Matthew Rimmer, 'Clash of the Titans: Apple, Adobe, and Microsoft Under Fire at the IT Pricing Inquiry', The Conversation, 22 March 2013, https://theconversation.edu.au/clash-of-the-titans-apple-adobe-and-microsoft-under-fire-at-it-pricing-inquiry-128782. Matthew Rimmer, 'When the Price is Not Right: Technology Price Gouging in Australia', The Conversation, 23 November 2012, http://theconversation.edu.au/when-the-price-is-not-right-technology-price-gouging-in-australia-105823. Matthew Rimmer, 'IT Pricing: Copyright Law, Consumer Rights, and Competition Policy', A submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications Inquiry into IT Pricing, 19 September 2012, http://works.bepress.com/matthew_rimmer/121/In addition, this submission draws upon a number of …


Cooling-Off And Secondary Markets: Consumer Choice In The Digital Domain, Michael Mattioli Feb 2013

Cooling-Off And Secondary Markets: Consumer Choice In The Digital Domain, Michael Mattioli

Michael Mattioli

This article studies the law and economics of cooling-off periods and secondary markets for online media. The discussion is fueled by a current debate: In July 2009, the online retail juggernaut, Amazon.com, remotely deleted literary classics from consumers’ portable “Kindle” reading devices. The public outcry and class-action lawsuit that followed have reinvigorated an ongoing debate about how much control digital media distributors should wield. Pundits and plaintiffs argue that too often, digital distributors like Amazon impair consumer freedom by misusing Digital Rights Management (DRM) software systems. However, these same systems could also provide significant benefits that have largely gone ignored. …


Privacy, Transparency & Google's Blurred Glass, Jonathan I. Ezor Feb 2013

Privacy, Transparency & Google's Blurred Glass, Jonathan I. Ezor

Jonathan I. Ezor

No matter the context or jurisdiction, one concept underlies every view of the best practices in data privacy: transparency. The mandate to disclose what personal information is collected, how it is used, and with whom and for what purpose it is shared, is essential to enable informed consent to the collection, along with the other user rights that constitute privacy best practices. Google, which claims to support and offer transparency, is increasingly opaque about its many products and services and the information they collect for it, posing a significant privacy concern.


El Registro De Marca De Mala Fe: Entre La Coincidencia Y El Propósito Desleal, Gustavo M. Rodríguez García Jan 2013

El Registro De Marca De Mala Fe: Entre La Coincidencia Y El Propósito Desleal, Gustavo M. Rodríguez García

Gustavo M. Rodríguez García

No abstract provided.


Oportunidades Para Las Empresas Dentro De La Omc, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq. Dec 2012

Oportunidades Para Las Empresas Dentro De La Omc, Rodolfo C. Rivas Rea Esq.

Rodolfo C. Rivas

The author provides a brief overview of the World Trade Organization (WTO), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) by explaining the context of their interrelationship. Afterwards, the author delves into a brief analysis of Mexico’s role in the International Trade arena and concludes by describing the paths through which the private sector can benefit from the WTO.///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////El autor pone en contexto la interrelación entre la Organización Mundial del Comercio (OMC) el Banco Mundial (BM) y el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI). Posteriormente, el autor describe brevemente el rol de México dentro de las instituciones de Comercio Internacional …