Cyberbullying: What's The "Status" In England?,
2012
University of San Diego
Cyberbullying: What's The "Status" In England?, Krupa A. Patel
San Diego International Law Journal
This comment will explore the growing concern of cyberbullying and will highlight the need for the English Parliament to create its own national anti-cyberbullying legislation, or to incorporate this activity into existing laws as a preventative measure. Part II will define cyberbullying, highlight the various ways in which cyberbullying differs from traditional forms of bullying, and explore specific forms and mediums of cyberbullying to underscore the difficulty in regulating such actions through the law. It will also include illustrative examples of cyberbullying incidents. Part III explores the current laws that English prosecutors are attempting to use to penalize those who …
(Un)Reasonable Expectation Of Digital Privacy,
2012
Brigham Young University Law School
(Un)Reasonable Expectation Of Digital Privacy, Brandon T. Crowther
BYU Law Review
No abstract provided.
Check-In,
2012
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
Check-In, Attendees Of The Symposium
NJTIP Annual Symposium
Check-in for the Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property's 7th Annual Symposium
The Future Of Free Expression In A Digital Age,
2012
Pepperdine University
The Future Of Free Expression In A Digital Age, Jack M. Balkin
Pepperdine Law Review
In the twenty-first century, at the very moment that our economic and social lives are increasingly dominated by information technology and information flows, the judge-made doctrines of the First Amendment seem increasingly irrelevant to the key free speech battles of the future. The most important decisions affecting the future of freedom of speech will not occur in constitutional law; they will be decisions about technological design, legislative and administrative regulations, the formation of new business models, and the collective activities of end-users. Moreover, the values of freedom of expression will become subsumed within a larger set of concerns that I …
Theorizing The Odds: The European Union, Online Gambling Regulation And Integration Theory,
2012
Pitzer College
Theorizing The Odds: The European Union, Online Gambling Regulation And Integration Theory, Alexis Spencer-Notabartolo
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union
No abstract provided.
From Clay Tablets To Ajax: Replicating Writing And Documents In Internet Transactions,
2012
Singapore Management University
From Clay Tablets To Ajax: Replicating Writing And Documents In Internet Transactions, Eliza Mik
Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law
This article addresses the absence of paper and the challenges of transposing the traditional legal concepts of “writing” and “document” into an environment consisting of interactive and interconnected files. Both “writing” and “documents” are concepts that rely on tangible carriers, such as paper. [FN1] Accordingly, legal principles involving either concept presume not only a certain durability, but also the stability and confinement of the information conveyed. What happens when writing is no longer contained on paper? Can writing exist without documents? Is it correct to speak of a “document” if its contents are transient and its scope is difficult to …
Antitrust Law And Virtual Worlds,
2012
Pepperdine University
Antitrust Law And Virtual Worlds, Marques Tracy
The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law
Much has been written about the law in virtual worlds, though the focus has been on the more obviously applicable areas of the law, namely property, copyright, and crime. Indeed, in the few instances when disputes involving virtual worlds have reached a federal court, the focus has usually been on contract or copyright claims. It is the purpose of this paper to argue for the use of the antitrust laws as set forth in sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act, and possibly the Clayton Act, to forestall the anticompetitive behavior of virtual world developers. First, this paper will …
You Can’T Post That . . . Or Can You? Legal Issues Related To College And University Students’ Online Speech,
2012
University of Kentucky
You Can’T Post That . . . Or Can You? Legal Issues Related To College And University Students’ Online Speech, Neal H. Hutchens
Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation Faculty Publications
Online activities increasingly represent a common part of the student experience. Along with seeking to engage students in positive ways in relation to their online activities, colleges and universities must also deal with instances of when students’ online expression potentially violates campus conduct standards. This article provides a review of legal standards relevant to students’ online speech, including an examination of cases arising in an online context.
Transnational Copyright: Misalignments Between Regulation, Business Models And User Practice,
2012
The Peter A. Allard School of Law
Transnational Copyright: Misalignments Between Regulation, Business Models And User Practice, Leonhard Dobusch, Sigrid Quack
Transnational Business Governance Interactions Working Papers
In this paper we analyse discursive struggles over what is referred to as legal and illegal user practices in the internet as an outcome of regulatory uncertainty. The latter, in turn, is examined in the context of a multi-layered transnational copyright regime characterised by three features: the absence of an universally recognized single authority in charge of law-making, fragmented and partially contradicting forms of regulation of global, national and sectoral scope, and considerable indeterminacy of rule interpretation and application arising from the variety and distinctiveness of local usage contexts. We argue that notions of legality and illegality are used strategically …
Digital Originality,
2012
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
Digital Originality, Edward Lee
All Faculty Scholarship
This Article examines the doctrine of originality in U.S. copyright law and proposes a reconfigured, three-part test that can better analyze issues of first impression involving works created with new digital technologies. The proposed test, encapsulated by the concept of digital originality, provides much needed guidance to courts to address the increasing complexities of digital creations in the twenty-first century.
The Conundrum Of Cameras In The Courtroom,
2012
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Conundrum Of Cameras In The Courtroom, Nancy S. Marder
All Faculty Scholarship
In spite of a communications revolution that has given the public access to new media in new places, the revolution has been stopped cold at the steps to the U.S. federal courthouse. The question whether to allow television cameras in federal courtrooms has aroused strong passions on both sides, and Congress keeps threatening to settle the debate and permit cameras in federal courts. Proponents of cameras in federal courtrooms focus mainly on the need to educate the public and to make judges accountable, whereas opponents focus predominantly on the ways in which cameras can affect participants’ behavior and compromise the …
The Internet At 20: Evolution Of A Constitution For Cyberspace,
2012
IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Internet At 20: Evolution Of A Constitution For Cyberspace, Henry H. Perritt Jr.
All Faculty Scholarship
This Article looks back over the Internet’s first twenty years, highlighting the crucial legal decisions by the executive, legislative, and judicial branches that have led to the Internet’s success, and which now frame its constitution. I participated in many of these decisions and wrote more than a dozen law review articles and reports suggesting directions for public policy and law. This Article uses this foundation to consider the future, focusing on major legal controversies, the resolution of which will define the Internet’s third decade—either strengthening or undermining its constitution.
The Illegal Process: Basic Problems In The Making And Application Of Censorship,
2012
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
The Illegal Process: Basic Problems In The Making And Application Of Censorship, James Grimmelmann
Faculty Scholarship
This essay is a response to Derek Bambauer's article Orwell's Armchair, which proposes "[a] statute enabling censorship of Internet materia." Bambauer's theory is process-oriented: it focuses on the institutions that engage in censorship and the procedures that they follow. Accordingly, the essay examines his arguments through the lens of the canonical Legal Process text: Hart and Sacks' The Legal Process. A series of notes and queries inquire whether his proposed statute would limit censorship, regularize it, or legitimate it.
Sealand, Havenco, And The Rule Of Law,
2012
University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law
Sealand, Havenco, And The Rule Of Law, James Grimmelmann
Faculty Scholarship
In 2000, a group of American entrepreneurs moved to a former World War II anti-aircraft platform in the North Sea, seven miles off the British coast, and launched HavenCo, one of the strangest start-ups in Internet history. A former pirate radio broadcaster, Roy Bates, had occupied the platform in the 1960s, moved his family aboard, and declared it to be the sovereign Principality of Sealand. HavenCo's founders were opposed to governmental censorship and control of the Internet; by putting computer servers on Sealand, they planned to create a "data haven" for unpopular speech, safely beyond the reach of any other …
Session Iv: Technology And The Future Of Privacy, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 379 (2012),
2012
John Marshall Law School
Session Iv: Technology And The Future Of Privacy, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 379 (2012), David E. Sorkin, Ann Bartow, Robert S. Gurwin, Doris E. Long
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
No abstract provided.
Right To Information Identity, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 539 (2012),
2012
UIC School of Law
Right To Information Identity, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 539 (2012), Elad Oreg
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
Inspired by the famous Warren and Brandeis conceptualization of the “right to privacy,” this article tries to answer a modern, conceptual lacuna and presents the argument for the need to conceptualize and recognize a new, independent legal principle of a “right to information identity.” This is the right of an individual to the functionality of the information platforms that enable others to identify and know him and to remember who and what he is. Changes in technology and social standards make the very notion of identity increasingly fluid, transforming the way it is treated and opening new and fascinating ways …
The Thirty-First Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Bench Memorandum, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 673 (2012),
2012
UIC School of Law
The Thirty-First Annual John Marshall Law School International Moot Court Competition In Information Technology And Privacy Law: Bench Memorandum, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 673 (2012), Russell Bottom, Greer Herman, Catherine Nance, Robin Ann Sowizrol, Gina Spada
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
No abstract provided.
Privacy Policies, Terms Of Service, And Ftc Enforcement: Broadening Unfairness Regulation For A New Era,
2012
University of Michigan Law School
Privacy Policies, Terms Of Service, And Ftc Enforcement: Broadening Unfairness Regulation For A New Era, G. S. Hans
Michigan Telecommunications & Technology Law Review
This Note examines website privacy policies in the context of FTC regulation. The relevant portion of Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, 15 U.S.C. § 45(a), uses the following language to define the scope of the agency's regulatory authority: "Unfair methods of competition in or affecting commerce, and unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce, are hereby declared unlawful." Specifically, this Note analyzes the FTC's power to regulate unfair practices (referred to as the FTC's "unfairness power") granted by Section 5, and also discusses the deception prong of Section 5, which allows the agency to …
"Tinkering" With The First Amendment's Protection Of Student Speech On The Internet, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 167 (2012),
2012
UIC School of Law
"Tinkering" With The First Amendment's Protection Of Student Speech On The Internet, 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 167 (2012), Steven M. Puiszis
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
No abstract provided.
Back To The Future: Revisiting Zippo In Light Of "Modern Concerns", 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 231 (2012),
2012
UIC School of Law
Back To The Future: Revisiting Zippo In Light Of "Modern Concerns", 29 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 231 (2012), David Swetnam-Burland, Stacy O. Stitham
UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law
No abstract provided.
