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Network Neutrality: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like

Author(s): 
Barbara van Schewick
Publication Date: 
September 20, 2010
Publication Type: 
Academic Writing

Paper presented at TPRC 2010. October 3, 2010.
Why a non-discrimination rule banning only discrimination that harms competition or harms users is bad, and why we need a non-discrimination rule that bans application-specific discrimination, but allows application-agnostic discrimination

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Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens and NFL, et al. - Amicus Brief

Author(s): 
Anthony Falzone
Julie Ahrens
Publication Date: 
September 17, 2010
Publication Type: 
Litigation Brief

We filed an amicus brief in the Fourth Circuit in support of the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL urging the Fourth Circuit to grant rehearing or rehearing en banc, after a divided panel ruled that the Raven’s incidental use of a copyrighted logo in historical game films was not a fair use. Read more » about Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens and NFL, et al. - Amicus Brief

The Case for Online Obscurity

Author(s): 
Woodrow Hartzog
Publication Date: 
May 3, 2010
Publication Type: 
Academic Writing

On the Internet, obscure information has a minimal risk of being discovered or understood by unintended recipients. Empirical research demonstrates that Internet users rely on obscurity perhaps more than anything else to protect their privacy. Yet, online obscurity has been largely ignored by courts and lawmakers. In this article, we argue that obscurity is a critical component of online privacy, but it has not been embraced by courts and lawmakers because it has never been adequately defined or conceptualized. Read more » about The Case for Online Obscurity

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