Abstract: Participation in the sharing economy makes consumers’ lives easier. From the rental of a house or room via room share sites like Airbnb to getting a ride around the city using rideshare apps such as Uber and Lyft, ...

James Boyle is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke Law School. Jennifer Jenkins is Senior Lecturing Fellow, Duke Law School, and Director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain. Abstract: There has ...

Eric Goldman, Professor, Santa Clara University School of Law. Rebecca Tushnet, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center. Abstract: Self-publishing our electronic casebook, Advertising and Marketing Law: Cases & ...

Abstract: How can businesses conducting sales over the Internet protect themselves from the inevitability of pricing errors? Unlike the brick and mortar retailers’ ability to catch a pricing error quickly, thousands of ...

Abstract: The majority of companies represented on the Internet rent thirdparty computer servers to host their web site and conduct ecommerce. Since the location of the server could be anywhere, states are losing sales ...

Abstract: Recent suits filed by the recording industry have raised the issue of employer liability for copyright infringement by employees. In fact, legal consequences for an employer do not end with copyright infringement ...

Anita Ramasastry is an Associate Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Shidler Center for Law, Commerce & Technology, University of Washington School of Law. Jane K. Winn is a Professor of Law and Co-Director of the ...

Abstract: The term Internet Service Provider (“ISP”), as defined by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), includes virtually any online service. These services are eligible for safe harbor protections under ...

Abstract: State legislation attempting to define and proscribe spyware has been criticized for either being under-inclusive or over-inclusive. This article provides an overview of the technology that is commonly ...

Abstract: As electronic commerce grows, states continue to lose tax revenue from vendors who fail to collect taxes on goods sold over the Internet. The problem has become so severe that 44 states and the District of ...