Proposed laws to ease wiretaps on the Internet are now being considered by the US Senate Judiciary Committee, but with widespread pushback from privacy groups. Federal officials have long relied on the wiretap laws to monitor criminals and terrorists, however as we all know fewer and fewer individuals are using
September 2010
Facebook Plans to Compete with PayPal
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No surprise that Facebook developed Credits using a team of former PayPal folks that shows a clear path to allow micropayments on Facebook and compete directly with PayPal. The New York Times recently reported that “Facebook began testing its virtual currency, called Credits, more than a year ago with some…
VIDEO -5 Big Bang Theory of the Internet
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My first lecture this fall was my “5 Big Bang Theory of the Internet” for Law of eCommerce class at the SMU Dedman School of Law which I have taught since 2000. You are welcome to see my WatchIT video about my “5 Big Bang Theory of…
Court Grants Microsoft’s Request to Ownership of Spamming Botnet Domain Names
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276 domain names maliciously used by Waledac botnets were transferred to Microsoft, even though Waledac never participated in the suit. Waledac sent more than 1.5 billion daily spam messages in 2009. US District Judge Leonie Brinkema issued the Order transferring the 276 domain names which in one recent seven-day period…
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Let’s Get Real, Outlawing Internet Gambling Was Failure
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My recent Technology Law column in eCommerce Times describes why the 2006 Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA) has merely driven Internet Gambling off-shore and as result the US is losing billions of dollars of tax revenue. Generally the UIGEA resulted from four major policy concerns of the federal government:…
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Texas Attorney General Reviewing Google Search Engine
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A number of allegations that Google manipulates search engine results has led to an investigation of possible antitrust violations. Google has now responded about its search engine fairness about why some websites get higher rankings than others: “The important thing to remember is that we built Google to provide the…
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