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Ub Viewpoint – Aol/Microsoft Settlement Could Harm Consumers, Robert H. Lande
Ub Viewpoint – Aol/Microsoft Settlement Could Harm Consumers, Robert H. Lande
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A Return To Lilliput: The Licra V. Yahoo! Case And The Regulation Of Online Content In The World Market, Marc Greenberg
A Return To Lilliput: The Licra V. Yahoo! Case And The Regulation Of Online Content In The World Market, Marc Greenberg
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The first section of this Article presents the laws governing Internet content providers and the jurisdictional regime that gave rise to this see saw battle. The second section examines a series of court proceedings. The first two proceedings in France in 2000 resulted in a French court order directing Yahoo to add geo-location filtering software to its servers in Santa Clara. The subsequent California district court litigation filed in 2001 resulted in summary judgment for Yahoo. This judgment is on appeal. The third and final section explores the global implications of the French and U.S. proceedings. The section concludes that …
Regulatory Challenges And Models Of Regulation, Philip J. Weiser
Regulatory Challenges And Models Of Regulation, Philip J. Weiser
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The Internet, Innovation, And Intellectual Property Policy, Philip J. Weiser
The Internet, Innovation, And Intellectual Property Policy, Philip J. Weiser
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The Internet continues to transform the information industries and challenge intellectual property law to develop a competition policy strategy to regulate networked products. In particular, inventors of "information platforms" that support the viewing of content-be they instant messaging systems, media players, or Web browsers-face a muddled set of legal doctrines that govern the scope of available intellectual property protection. This uncertainty reflects a fundamental debate about what conditions will best facilitate innovation in the information industries--a debate most often played out at the conceptual extremes between the "commons" and "proprietary control" approaches to the Internet and intellectual property policy.
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Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination, Tim Wu
Network Neutrality, Broadband Discrimination, Tim Wu
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Communications regulators over the next decade will spend increasing time on conflicts between the private interests of broadband providers and the public's interest in a competitive innovation environment centered on the Internet. As the policy questions this conflict raises are basic to communications policy, they are likely to reappear in many different forms. So far, the first major appearance has come in the "open access" (or "multiple access") debate, over the desirability of allowing vertical integration between Internet Service Providers and cable operators. Proponents of open access see it as a structural remedy to guard against an erosion of the …