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Legal Phantoms In Cyberspace: The Problematic Status Of Information As A Weapon And A Target Under International Humanitarian Law, Jack M. Beard
Legal Phantoms In Cyberspace: The Problematic Status Of Information As A Weapon And A Target Under International Humanitarian Law, Jack M. Beard
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
Reports of state-sponsored harmful cyber intrusions abound. The prevailing view among academics holds that if the effects or consequences of such intrusions are sufficiently damaging, international humanitarian law (IHL) should generally govern them--and recourse to armed force may also be justified against states responsible for these actions under the jus ad bellum. This Article argues, however, that there are serious problems and perils in relying on analogies with physical armed force to extend these legal regimes to most events in cyberspace. Armed conflict models applied to the use of information as a weapon and a target are instead likely to …
Trading Rabbit Ears For Wi-Fi: Aereo, The Public Performance Right, And How Broadcasters Want To Control The Business Of Internet Tv, Jacob Marshall
Trading Rabbit Ears For Wi-Fi: Aereo, The Public Performance Right, And How Broadcasters Want To Control The Business Of Internet Tv, Jacob Marshall
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Aereo, a start-up company that allows consumers to stream free, over-the-air broadcasts to their phones and computers, seems rather innocuous. Yet the major broadcasting networks have attempted to shut Aereo down since its inception, claiming that Aereo infringes on their copyright. Aereo claims that its unique technology--where each user is assigned their own, individual antenna--ensures that Aereo does not infringe on the broadcasters' public performance rights. The United States Supreme Court has granted certiorari on the matter. The broadcasters are approaching the case as an existential battle, claiming that Aereo threatens retransmission fees, licensing fees broadcasters collect from cable companies. …
Internet Content Governance And Human Rights, Nicola Lucchi
Internet Content Governance And Human Rights, Nicola Lucchi
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
The Internet has become an essential tool for various life-related purposes, and it is an instrument necessary for the proper enjoyment of a series of rights-including the right to access knowledge and information and the right to communicate. This new paradigm also implies that all people should have access to the Internet at affordable conditions, and any restrictions should be strictly limited and proportionate. As a consequence, any regulatory and policy measures that affect the Internet and the content that flows over it should be consistent with basic rights and liberties of human beings. This Article intends to explore the …
The Oecd's Flawed And Dated Approach To Computer Servers Creating Permanent Establishments, Monica Gianni
The Oecd's Flawed And Dated Approach To Computer Servers Creating Permanent Establishments, Monica Gianni
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
As the digital economy changes the way that we do business, tax laws have been challenged to adapt appropriately to this nontraditional business method. International tax rules were developed in a different technological era. To accommodate electronic commerce, existing tax rules either have to be applied to electronic-commerce transactions, or new rules have to be developed. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has taken the lead in studying and recommending appropriate international taxation rules for electronic commerce. This Article focuses on the original central tax issue that the OECD considered--jurisdiction to tax income from electronic commerce based on …
Copyright's Knowledge Principle, Jenny L. Sheridan
Copyright's Knowledge Principle, Jenny L. Sheridan
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
This Article argues that copyright jurisprudence has lost sight of the knowledge principle at the heart of the constitutional justification for copyright. The Framers envisioned the objective of copyright as promoting the advancement of knowledge for a democratic society by increasing access to published works. Under what is best termed the "knowledge principle," access to existing knowledge is a necessary condition for the creation of new knowledge. Copyright jurisprudence has largely protected the interests of producers--from early booksellers to modern Hollywood film companies--failing to notice the central role of access to works as a necessary pre-condition to the creation of …