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Big Data and the Fall of Personally Identifiable Information

As Big Data continues to grow in both reach and sophistication, our information economy will start to approach a state in which the definition of Personally Identifiable Information is no longer effective in pursuing its goal of protecting individual rights to privacy.

The Fight for Faster Internet

The current mix of state and federal legislation, coupled with competing FCC regulation, creates a difficult situation for municipalities and ISPs in regards to municipal-sponsored broadband.

The Right to be Forgotten

The Court of Justice of the European Union’s “the right to be forgotten” ruling has spurred debate on the role of search engines in regulating privacy.

Regulate High Frequency Trading?

The recent financial crisis has led to heightened scrutiny across the financial markets.  After the markets collapsed in 2008 there were calls for increased regulation of the financial markets, which led to the passage of the Dodd Frank Act.  Despite the increased...

“We Don’t Care”? Maybe Kanye should…

140 characters may not seem like enough room to really say something of value. But if Kanye West is saying something, it can be worth a lot more than one may expect. Etsy seller “supervelma” has hand-stitched popular tweets from the rapper Kanye West onto fabric,...

The Broader Benefit of Benefit Corporations

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...

Is Electronic Dance Music Illegal?

Bad news for music fans: Girl Talk is illegal[1], according to language put forward by the Sixth Circuit. This language applies to all “mash-up” artists and “sample artists” that use clips from other artist’s songs without permission. According to a 2008 New York...

Is Genius.com the Next Napster?

Back in 1999, two tech nerds named Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker upended the entire music industry with the launch of their peer-to-peer music sharing service Napster. All of a sudden, music consumers could get any song they desired for the price of “free.” In less...

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