by Raven Lanier | Jun 4, 2017 | Cases, Commentary, Legislation/Regulations |
Internet service providers (ISPs) are traditionally protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) section 230 safe harbor for most copyright infringements committed by a user of their service. There are several stipulations that ISPs have to...
by Charles Lu | Mar 24, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
There has been no shortage of “Big Data” based start-ups in the last decade, and that trend shows no sign of slowing down. As computing power and sophistication continues to increase, the ability to process large sets of information has led to increasingly...
by Adam Stefanick | Feb 18, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
On June 10, 2014, FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler published an op-ed championing municipality-funded broadband. Noting Chattanooga, Tennessee’s past as a 19th century railroad boom town, he juxtaposed the city’s history with its recent decision to fund its own...
by sedand | Jan 15, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
After JP Morgan’s computers were penetrated in the early summer of 2014 by hackers, exposing the personal information of the firm’s customers, the firm did not disclose the breach until late in the summer.[1] Over 76 million customers’ contact information—phone...
by Eric Scharphorn | Jan 8, 2015 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
In the midst of the battle for the future of the Internet, President Barack Obama has made his allegiance clear. Obama released a statement on November 10th urging the FCC to adopt new regulations that would treat the Internet like a utility in order to preserve a...
by Charles Lu | Nov 25, 2014 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
Ello, an ad-free social network, recently closed another round of venture funding, raising $5.5M. Exciting right? Another social media start-up getting some Series A funding. While $5.5M is surely nothing to sneeze at, perhaps the more interesting feature of this next...