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Media Regulation

What is at stake with the Google decision

by Massimiliano Trovato on March 1, 2010 • Comments

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It is important to understand that this is not only about Google–and not only about Italy. Similar legal cases took place in other countries, involving companies such as Ebay or Yahoo. Not surprisingly, providers are now trying to cope with uncertainty in the only available way: through censorship.

Daniel H. Kahn on social intermediaries, identity, and code-backed norms

by Jerry Brito on February 22, 2010 • Comments

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Daniel H. Kahn, a recent Harvard School of Law graduate and clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, discusses social intermediaries and their potential to radically improve the social life of the Web. The discussion also turns to portable identities, code-backed norms, and trolling.

Is Italy the next China?

by Massimiliano Trovato on February 1, 2010 • Comments

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Under the current proposal in Itay, websites like YouTube or Vimeo that stream video over the internet would be required to seek a Government license and to prevent users from uploading illegal content through their infrastructure.

There’s no reason an NYT paywall won’t work

by Jerry Brito on January 22, 2010 • Comments

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Contra the digerati, there’s no economic reason the NYT could not segment its customers and erect a paywall.

The internet Bill of Rights?

by Stefanie Haeffele-Balch on January 21, 2010 • Comments

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Secretary of State Clinton has outlined essential internet freedoms that go beyond the Bill of Rights and into universal service.

Zittrain channeling Hayek

by Stan Tsirulnikov on October 16, 2009 • Comments

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An interesting parallel between Jonathan Zittrain on technology and F.A. Hayek on freedom, but differing conclusions?

Sidewiki as Sunstein’s electronic sidewalks

by Jerry Brito on September 29, 2009 • Comments

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Google’s new Sidewiki tool allows users to annotate any page on the web. It is essentially a private fairness doctrine for the web a la Cass Sunstein’s “electronic sidewalks.”