Columns Archive

The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Internet

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When governments began to stake out their Internet policy positions in the mid-1990s, there was general agreement among countries such as Canada, the United States, Australia, as well as the European Union, on the wisdom of adopting a self-regulatory approach led by the private sector.

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July 28, 2003 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Court Cases Taming Wild West Web

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Businesses engaged in e-commerce activity and consumers venturing online are frequently concerned with the legal uncertainty created by online contracting and jurisdiction issues.

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July 7, 2003 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Tax Holiday Expiring, Regulators Aspiring on the Web

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The Internet in the summer of 1997 enjoyed a sense of seemingly unlimited potential and limited controls. While businesses and individuals flocked online, government ran away from regulating the Internet, adhering to a self-regulatory philosophy that dictated a hands-off approach.

 

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June 30, 2003 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Reforming Copyright is a Concern for Everyone

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Supporters and opponents of copyright reform paint very different pictures of the impact of the Internet and new technologies on copyright. Advocates, typically categorized as creators, seek new rules to stop both unauthorized copying and attempts to break encryption technologies that protect copyrighted works. They point to the seemingly unstoppable growth of peer-to-peer file sharing services such as Kazaa as evidence that the Internet currently represents the single greatest threat to copyright owners.

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June 23, 2003 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

U.S. Extends Its Hegemony over the Internet

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New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman last week wrote an intriguing column titled "The Theory of Everything," in which he sought to explain the escalating global resentment toward the United States. Friedman suggested that throughout the 1990s the U.S. became exponentially more powerful economically, militarily, and technologically than the rest of the world.

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June 9, 2003 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive