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Help needed: History of 'Share'
I am working on a small genealogy of sharing in the context of computers. Surprisingly there is very little literature on this phenomenon. The word 'share&#…
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Poorly written terms of service agreements
I recently created an American Airlines frequent flyer account online. Here is one of the oddest parts of the Terms of Service agreement displayed when you open…
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The Empirical Impact of Filesharing
The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) recently released a study suggesting that illegal downloading cost the British music industry 1.8 billion pounds over th…
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Assault on the privacy of your harddrive
Microsoft recently 'helped' Oklahoma craft a spyware protection act. They conveniently wrote in broad exceptions to make sure they and other content and…
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Cyberlaw Clinic Fights Inadequate FOIA Response
Student Megan Adams drafted and filed this complaint alleging that the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection violated the Freedom of Information Act by failin…
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Complaint Filed
Student Megan Adams drafted and filed this complaint alleging that CBP failed to comply with the FOIA by failing to conduct an adequate search and wrongfully wi…
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Boyle-esque puzzle
Okay, y'all have already thought of this, but it just came to me: What would happen if we passed a law that said it was illegal to have been convicted of a…
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Postcard from Italy: some Italian law tips to understand the general election dynamics
Italy's general election on 9 and 10 April has created a confusing representation of my country. For the first time Italian expatriates have been able to el…
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Soft Paternalism
The Economist this week runs a title story called 'Soft Paternalism' http://www.economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=6772346 In m book on e-…
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DATING MEGA-SITES ALREADY EXIST
The note about the merger of iTunes and jDate is interesting. As a person familiar with -- if not necessarily a member of -- both platforms, my sense is that t…
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The perfect new site: JDate meets iTunes
It's nice to see iTunes branching out into new product offerings such as TV show Season Passes and TV movies. It's also nice to see that an NJG (that i…
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The perfect new site: JDate meets iTunes
It's nice to see iTunes branching out into new product offerings such as TV show Season Passes and TV movies. It's also nice to see that an NJG (that i…