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The End of the American Internet
In 1998, all hell broke loose as the U.S. government considered how to govern the network it had created. That fight has now ended, with a whimper: http://larr…
Architecture and Public Policy
Brief Amicus Curiae of Professors Jack M. Balkin, Jim Chen, Lawrence Lessig, Barbara van Schewick, and Timothy Wu Urging that the FCC's Order Be Afirmed
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The Net Neutrality Walk of Shame
It just gets worse...less than a week after the FCC Chairman calls for simple rules to enforce Net Neutrality, all the thieves have fallen out. Everyone thinks…
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The Persistent Myths of Identity Theft
Stealing credit card numbers from corporate computers is a serious crime, but it is not "identity theft." Why does terminology matter? See below: h…
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Zombieland - Net Neutrality rises from the grave
Net neutrality is back. Rather than rehash my earlier arguments against it, I point out a few relevant differences between the legislation proposed last time ar…
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Lori Drew Verdict Finally Overturned
I write extensively in Chapter 8 of my new book,The Laws of Disruption, about the madness of prosecuting Lori Drew, a Missouri woman, for her participation in a…
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Collaboration and the Law
Inc. magazine has published Part Two of their early look at my upcoming book, "The Laws of Disruption." (See Href=http://www.inc.com/articles/2009/04/…
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Petition To Improve PACER
A "small band of law librarians," including the wonderful staff here at Stanford, asks you to sign their petition to improve the online court docket s…
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Amendments to Computer Crime Law Are a Dark Cloud with a Ray of Light
September 2008 amendments to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act broaden the already extensive reach of the law, and fail to clarify the most vexing question about…
New Design Principles for the Internet
Socio-economic aspects are not intrinsic to the current Internet architecture. Today's architecture is becoming stressed as stakeholders introduce "hac…
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Innovation and the Legal System
I haven't posted much the last few months as I finished the manuscript for a new book, "The Laws of Disruption,” which appears in October. Inc. magazin…
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The True Danger Of The Internet: What Occurs To Us
The most interesting aspect of cyberspace is not what happens for a time to its visitors. It’s not the absence of regulation nor the presence of perfect regula…