The World’s Most Popular Porn Site Is a Government Agent Now. Does It Matter?
On Monday, I published a two-part blog post about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement with Aylo, parent company of Pornhub. The FTC’s complaint allege…
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Promote the Progress, Legalize Learning
Learning—by brains or machines—is not a copyright-relevant act. This essay argues that treating training as presumptively infringing (rescued, sometimes, by fai…
The Evolution of Trust and Safety
This Article tells the inside story of the rise, spread, and evolution of trust and safety. We bring unique perspectives to this story. One of us (Citron) was o…
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Megaupload Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 2
Daily/Journal Op/Ed The first part of this article outlined the mechanics of the Megaupload website, and the novel questions of criminal inducement on which th…
Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1
Daily/Journal Op/Ed Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-b…
Third-Party Web Tracking: Policy and Technology
John Mitchell and I have written a new paper that synthesizes research on policy and technology issues surrounding third-party web tracking. It will appear at t…
The Social Layer of Freedom of Information Law
It is now received wisdom that a properly functioning democracy requires transparency and accountability — information shared with the public that allows the pu…
Communia and the European Public Domain Project: A Politics of the Public Domain
Digital technology has made culture more accessible than ever before. Texts, audio, pictures and video can easily be produced, disseminated, used and remixed us…
Valuing Attribution and Publication in Intellectual Property
This is the third in a series of articles focusing on the experimental economics of intellectual property. In earlier work, we have experimentally studied the w…
Free Speech Architecture: Normative Aspects (#8)
Free Speech Architecture: Normative Aspects (#8). From article in Concurring Opinions. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:02/14/2012…
Free Speech Architecture: Universal Access to Speech Spaces (#7)
Free Speech Architecture: Universal Access to Speech Spaces (#7): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:02/…
Distinguishing Magarian’s “Ought” from Ammori’s “Ought”
Distinguishing Magarian’s “Ought” from Ammori’s “Ought”: A blog post in Concurring Opinions. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:02/08/2012…
Free Speech Architecture: Spaces for National & Local Speech (#6)
Free Speech Architecture: Spaces for National & Local Speech (#6): An article in Concurring Opinions. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date…
Free Speech Architecture: Access for Diverse & Antagonistic Sources (#5)
Free Speech Architecture: Access for Diverse & Antagonistic Sources (#5): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
Free Speech Architecture – Legislated Spaces (#4)
Free Speech Architecture – Legislated Spaces (#4): A blog post in Concurring Opinions. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:02/06/2012…