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Regulating Privacy

One of the issues we’ve been discussing at length in class is the protection of personal privacy. The advent of social networking sites, combined with increasingly creative and sometimes manipulative marketing techniques, has lured users into divulging larger amounts of personally identifiable information online. As we delve deeper into the Information Age, the notion of [...]

Verizon: Sleeping with the RIAA?

The buzz surrounding copyright infringement issues today is whether Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are actively monitoring their networks for illegal file sharing.  When the RIAA announced in December 2008 that it was dropping lawsuits against individuals accused of illegal file-sharing, the underlying plan was to have ISPs take control instead.  Because ISPs have direct access [...]