The Life, Death, and Revival of Implied Confidentiality
The concept of implied confidentiality has deep legal roots, but it has been largely ignored by the law in online-related disputes. A closer look reveals that i…
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Comments on BEREC’s Public Consultation on Network Neutrality, BoR (12) 32 - Guidelines for Quality of Service in the scope of Net Neutrality, BoR (12) 31 - Differentiation practices and related competition issues in the scope of Net Neutrality
I welcome the opportunity to comment on BEREC’s Public Consultation on Network Neutrality. I submit these comments as a professor of law and, by courtesy, elect…
Comments on BEREC’s Public Consultation on Network Neutrality
I welcome the opportunity to comment on BEREC’s Public Consultation on Network Neutrality. I submit these comments as a professor of law and, by courtesy, elect…
Government Needs a Trip to Startup Land
Government Needs a Trip to Startup Land: An article in Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:07/19/2012…
How America Can Get More Start-Up Talent
How America Can Get More Start-Up Talent: An article in The Atlantic. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:06/21/2012…
Network Neutrality and Quality of Service: What a Non-Discrimination Rule Should Look Like
Over the past ten years, the debate over "network neutrality" has remained one of the central debates in Internet policy. Governments all over the wor…
If You've Ever Sold a Used iPod, You May Have Violated Copyright Law
If You've Ever Sold a Used iPod, You May Have Violated Copyright Law: An article in The Atlantic. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:06/…
On Banning Autonomous Lethal Systems: Human Rights, Automation and the Dehumanizing of Lethal Decision-making
This article considers the recent literature concerned with establishing an international prohibition on autonomous weapon systems. It seeks to address concerns…
Chain-Link Confidentiality
Disclosing personal information online often feels like losing control over one’s data forever; but this loss is not inevitable. This essay proposes a “chain-li…
The Conversation: Time to Mobilize for Cyberwar
Cross posted from the Sacramento Bee. Iran's drive to become a nuclear power hinges partly on a facility outside the small mountain town of Natanz. Accordi…
Why Obama Should Run Against the Supreme Court
Recently, there has been considerable debate over whether President Obama should run against the Supreme Court as part of his reelection campaign. High-ranking…
Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
Book Website Infrastructure resources are the subject of many contentious public policy debates, including what to do about crumbling roads and bridges, whethe…