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Yahoo! Cyber-Collision Of Cultures: Who Regulates?, Horatia Muir Watt
Yahoo! Cyber-Collision Of Cultures: Who Regulates?, Horatia Muir Watt
Michigan Journal of International Law
This Article furthers this comparison of cyberconflicts and the real world, attempting to ascertain what lessons, if any, can be drawn from it. Part I of the Article explores the interests at stake in cyberconflicts and the relationship between technology and the law. Part II uses the French Yahoo! court's decision to show that real-world conceptions of prescriptive jurisdiction retain their legitimacy in cyberspace. Finally, Part III notes that the prospect of near perfect compliance offered by Internet technology provides the opportunity to engineer mature, well-calibrated solutions to international regulatory conflicts, which might then even serve as a model in …