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Governing By Negotiation: The Internet Naming System, Tamar Frankel
Governing By Negotiation: The Internet Naming System, Tamar Frankel
Faculty Scholarship
This Article is about the governance of the Internet naming system. The subject is fascinating, not simply because the naming system is an important system affecting the Internet, although it is; and not because the Internet is important, although it is. The subject is fascinating because it offers a rare opportunity to examine and learn from the evolution of an incoherent governance structure. The naming system is special in that it is the product of a new technology; it reflects the changes and pressures brought by the new technology, and involves the interests of government and private entities, domestic and …
Using Architectural Constraints And Game Theory To Regulate International Cyberspace Behavior, Van N. Nguy
Using Architectural Constraints And Game Theory To Regulate International Cyberspace Behavior, Van N. Nguy
San Diego International Law Journal
The debate over whether cyberspace can or should be regulated is essentially dead. This is the conclusion being taught in law schools today. The battle between Judge Frank Easterbrook and Professor Lawrence Lessig over "laws" and "horses", infamous among cyberspace legal scholars, became irrelevant when geographically-based governments began regulating Internet related activities. However, debate over how the Internet should be regulated continues. One way of framing this debate is in terms of deciding how to regulate behavior in cyberspace. Professor Lessig postulated four kinds of constraints regulate behavior: (1) social norms, (2) markets, (3) law, and (4) architecture. This comment …
Introduction: A Regulatory Regime For The Internet Age, Philip J. Weiser
Introduction: A Regulatory Regime For The Internet Age, Philip J. Weiser
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Online Surveillance: Remembering The Lessons Of The Wiretap Act, Susan Freiwald
Online Surveillance: Remembering The Lessons Of The Wiretap Act, Susan Freiwald
Susan Freiwald
This Article explores those features of electronic surveillance that have made it challenging to regulate effectively. In balancing interests, lawmakers must create a workable law for an exceedingly complex topic, rein in law enforcement agents without crippling them, and draw a line between prohibited and permitted conduct despite society's ambivalence about surveillance. This Article demonstrates that lawmakers met those challenges when they regulated traditional wiretapping, but they have failed to meet them in the online context. It argues that the law should extend the significant restrictions on wiretapping to online surveillance, just as judges did in the case of video …