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Building a Global ODR System for Consumer Disputes
The ODR and Consumers 2010 Forum was held in Vancouver on November 2 and 3, 2010. The Forum (ODRAC) was convened in response to recent proposals advanced by del…
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Access-Right Book Released
My book on digital copyright law is now finally available. Here is the abstract (from Oxford's website): The pervasive shift toward the use of digital tech…
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The European Court of Justice Rules on Copyright Levies
I am a little late with this comment on the ECJ’s decision released two weeks ago that tackles issues of copyright levies in Europe. In a nutshell, the idea beh…
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Clementi And The Nature Of Privacy Harm
Ann Bartow once criticized Daniel Solove for not providing enough “dead bodies” in his discussion of privacy. I tend to disagree that such proof is necessary.…
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East Coast Talks on Internet Architecture, Innovation and Network Neutrality Nov 8-11
VAN SCHEWICK EAST COAST TALKS ON INTERNET ARCHITECTURE, INNOVATION AND NETWORK NEUTRALITY You are cordially invited to one of Barbara van Schewick's book t…
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Becoming The Microsoft Of The Robot World
Director of the Consumer Privacy Project Ryan Calo is quoted in the following story on the highly competitive atmosphere of the robot industry. Business Week…
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Data Protection and Free Speech in Germany
[I am happy to have Thorsten Feldmann as a guest blogger here. Thorsten is a well-known expert on German data protection law and a blogger in his own right.]…
Water as a Public Good: The Status of Water Under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Is water a "product" subject to the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)? I argue that it is not, because th…
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Could Europe’s Tough Privacy Protection Proposals Influence Washington, D.C.?
Ryan Calo, director of the Consumer Privacy Project at the Center for Internet and Society, is mentioned in a Forbes article on online privacy harm: “Online pr…
Meaningful Participation in a Global Climate Regime
An effective climate regime must be global rather than merely international and must recognize the significant involvement of actors other than states. This Art…
Stakeholder Reaction to Emissions Trading in the United States, the European Union, and the Netherlands
As a contribution to the debate over market-based environmental regulation, this article examines the reaction of stakeholders to cap-and-trade programs propose…
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What does the Fox-Cablevision dispute have to do with Net Neutrality? Everything and nothing
When the only tool you have is a hammer, as the old cliché goes, everything looks like a nail. Net neutrality, as I first wrote in 2006, is a complicated issue…