Singularity Law

During the first few years after the emergence of the commercial Internet in 1993 (or so), the U.S. government took a hands-off approach to regulation of the ‘net. The Clinton Administration, in particular, realized that over-regulation of the Internet in its infancy could have a serious, negative impact on its growth. The thought at that [...]

Increasingly, courts and commentators are expressing frustration over the immunity that websites have for defamatory statements made by anonymous third parties. The victim cannot sue the website owner due to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and often cannot identify the third party that defamed them. To add insult to injury, a court recently [...]

“Video game law” emerges as a specialty. Facebook and eBay test the limits of Section 230. Forum selection clauses become more important in Internet legal documents. Myspace tries to turn piracy into profit with a new technology. A man claims that an emoticon turned him into a pedophile against his will. Hear Professor Michael Scott [...]

Last Thursday, Josh Kagan gave a talk on Web 2.0 law for my Internet & E-Commerce Law class here at Southwestern Law School. Josh covered several interesting topics, including copyleft licenses, DMCA takedown abuse, and blogger issues. This is a webcast of that talk.
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