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The Privacy Matrix, Corey A. Ciocchetti
The Privacy Matrix, Corey A. Ciocchetti
Corey A Ciocchetti
The twenty-first-century e-commerce environment is a scary place. Lurking within are technologically-sophisticated e-threats ready to compromise an individual’s personally identifying information (PII). At the same time, consumers submit vast amounts of PII into cyberspace without comprehending such dangers while businesses stumble to protect the information they collect and sell it on the open market. The United States legal system – currently a mixture of self-regulation and a patchwork of federal/state legislation – is ill-equipped to deal with these e-threats effectively. A new paradigm is needed. The Privacy Matrix paradigm categorizes the most prominent e-threats into three stages of the PII …
Recycling Copyright: Survival And Growth In The Remix Age, Michael Katz
Recycling Copyright: Survival And Growth In The Remix Age, Michael Katz
Michael Katz
Current copyright law, both as written and as applied, is stifling the development of new content, limiting the use of creative work, and prohibiting uses which are reasonable and fair given the state of current technology. Copyright law should be amended to recognize profound change in publishing and editing created by the advent and growth of digital technology, and should allow for reference to and creative reuse and recycling of all digital media. If done correctly, the original goals of copyright - to encourage and reward the development of creative works for the betterment of society - will be served …