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Iceberg Right Ahead: Net Neutrality from Titanic to Today

Brook Ellingwood COM 588: Digital Media Law and Policy Instructor: Kraig Baker August 20, 2010 Introduction In 2006 the term, if not the concept, of “net neutrality” gained a sudden popularly currency as media coverage of debates over how Internet traffic was handled and prioritized increased. In testimony before Congress, important architects of the Internet [...]

Copyright: A Growing Chasm Between Law and Culture

COM 558: U.S. Digital Media Law and Policy Instructor: Kraig Baker Brook Ellingwood July 9, 2010 General Position Statement It is time to revisit the foundation of United States copyright law, simplify it to make it more comprehensible and reconcile conflicting philosophies concerning ownership of intellectual property and how the benefits of ownership accrue to [...]

Facebook Tries a New Approach to TOS

Following the recent debacle in which Facebook freaked out a large percentage of its user base with a clumsily-handled change to its Terms of Service, I was surprised when this showed up on my FB home page today: Terms of Use Update Today we announced new opportunities for users to play a meaningful role in [...]