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Human Rights Law

UIC School of Law

2013

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“Cyberanarchy” In The Digital Age: Developing A System Of Human (Copy)Rights, 12 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 424 (2013), Michael L. Boyle Jan 2013

“Cyberanarchy” In The Digital Age: Developing A System Of Human (Copy)Rights, 12 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 424 (2013), Michael L. Boyle

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

“Cyberanarchy,” broadly refers to the idea that legal regulation of the Internet is an infeasible objective. One prime example is current online enforcement mechanisms’ inability to quell copyright infringement. These mechanisms do little more than perpetuate a technological arms race between copyright holders and infringers. Moreover, with notable public relations failures, such as the RIAA lawsuits and digital rights management schemes, society has taken on a nonchalant attitude towards online infringement. Examining traditional justifications behind obedience to the law, this blasé attitude takes root in societal feelings of inadequacy both in “normative” and “instrumental” perspectives of justice. Normatively, there lacks …


Torture By The U.S.A.: How Congress Can Ensure Our Human Rights Credibility, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1209 (2013), Kyle Mcconnell Jan 2013

Torture By The U.S.A.: How Congress Can Ensure Our Human Rights Credibility, 46 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1209 (2013), Kyle Mcconnell

UIC Law Review

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