Amazon Didn’T Break Law By Banning Sales Of Google, Apple Streaming Players, Daniel Lyons
Oct 2015
Amazon Didn’T Break Law By Banning Sales Of Google, Apple Streaming Players, Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
The Titans of Silicon Valley have long battled for control of the television, that stubborn holdout in the living room that has long resisted being dragged into the Internet age.
This battle heated up last week when Amazon banned the sale of Apple TV or Google’s Chromecast units on its site. The announcement triggered a deluge of criticism, including calls by some to investigate whether the decision violates antitrust laws. But these calls are misguided.
Understand The Economics Of Cable Mergers, Daniel Lyons
Jun 2015
Understand The Economics Of Cable Mergers, Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
It is often said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting a different result the second time. A scant three months after regulators torpedoed Time Warner Cable’s proposed merger with Comcast, the company found a new suitor, as part of a blockbuster three-company merger with rivals Charter and Bright House. But unlike its predecessor, this mega-merger among three of America’s six largest cable providers is likely to receive the government’s approval. The reasons why one proposed cable behemoth was bad, but another is good, is not obvious, and has little to do with the …
What’S Next On The Road To Net Neutrality?, Daniel Lyons
Feb 2015
What’S Next On The Road To Net Neutrality?, Daniel Lyons
Daniel Lyons
On February 26, the Federal Communications Commission will vote 3-2 to regulate broadband Internet providers as common carriers. The decision will be the culmination of nearly a decade of work by net neutrality activists seeking to subject Internet providers to rules written eighty years ago to tame the Bell telephone monopoly. It will also effectively thwart the proposed Thune-Upton bill in Congress that would accomplish net neutrality without radically altering the law governing cyberspace.
But these advocates would be well-advised to hold off celebrating. The FCC’s first attempt at net neutrality rules, in 2010, did not become effective until eleven …
Toward A Textualist Paradigm For Interpreting Emoticons, John Ehrett
Dec 2014
Toward A Textualist Paradigm For Interpreting Emoticons, John Ehrett
John Ehrett
This Essay evaluates the dimensions of courts’ current interpretive dilemma, and subsequently sketches a possible framework for extending traditional statutory interpretation principles into this new domain. Throughout the analysis, the Essay describes the process of attaching cognizable linguistic referents to emoticons and emojis throughout as symbolical reification, and proposes a normative way forward for those tasked with deriving meaning from emoji-laden communications.
