http://goldsteinreport.com/ RSS feed for the Research category. en-au Wed, 15 May 2013 20:19:30 +1000 Copyright: Goldstein Report 2005-2006 http://goldsteinreport.com/page?id=rss 120 http://goldsteinreport.com/images/site/rsslogo2.jpg http://goldsteinreport.com/ http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20279 Social networks and media are one of the latest frontiers for lawyers, lawmakers, politicians, entrepreneurs and academics. No one seems to claim that social media is the final frontier or even a particularly revolutionary frontier. After all, media and social networks have been around for thousands of years in one form or another. But, most are genuinely fascinated with the new opportunities, risks, and questions presented by the recent rapid rise of novel technology platforms that allow people all over the world to connect and communicate in new ways. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20279 Wed, 15 May 2013 20:18:32 +1000 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20215 Abstract: In this paper, the author sets out to critique the way in which the principles of off-line privacy protection apply in an on-line environment. The UK approach will be focused upon, the objective being to consider what (non-celebrity) on-line claimants might expect in bringing a privacy violation claim through the domestic courts. The essential characteristics of communicating on-line will be examined so as to explore the nature of an action in misuse of private information and the potential hurdles that require to be overcome before a claim in privacy violation can be remedied at common law. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20215 Sun, 05 May 2013 21:44:48 +1000 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20192 Abstract: The UK Digital Economy Act 2010 (DEA), which comprises graduated response measures intended to prevent virtual intellectual property (IP) contravention has generated heated debate. While some research has started to investigate the provisions for dealing with online copyright infringement, little attention has been paid to the fact that technology is fast exceeding the confines of this legislation. Drawing on, inter alia, the provisions of the DEA, a number of online copyright infringement cases and some European Court on Human Rights (ECtHR) jurisprudence, this paper evaluates the suitability of the graduated response approach to copyright enforcement where internet subscribers alleged to be unlawfully file-sharing will be disconnected from the internet following increasingly strong warnings. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20192 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:07:24 +1000 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20114 Abstract: Musical and cinematographic works are shared on a large scale via the Internet, often disrespecting copyrights. State initiatives seek to curtail online copyright infringements in different ways; the latest being graduated response schemes, where the alleged infringer is initially warned twice before he is sanctioned. In this context questions arise inter alia as regards the identification of the actual infringer, information rights of the rightsholder, reliability of tracking methods or judicial review of the allegations. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20114 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:08:54 +1000 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20095 Abstract: Public policy discourse about cyber security in the United States is dominated by a metaphor of war and analogies to the Cold War. This essay critically evaluates the contradictory tendency within U.S. cyber war discourse to see cyber conflict as simultaneously revolutionary and unprecedented, but also amenable to the tenets of Cold War nuclear deterrence. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20095 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:20:57 +1000 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20066 Abstract: ICANN is an apex authority responsible for the administration of domain names, IP address numbers and protocol parameters. The domain name is much like an entry in a phone book. Computers communicate by using numbers called IP addresses to contact each other, much like we use a phone number to dial a specific person's phone. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20066 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 17:16:20 +1000 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20043 In an era where three out of every four Americans have Internet access, the term "surfing" has transformed from riding waves into running the risk of having private information gathered, stored, and disseminated -- all without the user's knowledge or permission. This newfound online practice, known as "behavioral advertising," is a veritable goldmine for those companies that know the game. But will the FTC or Congress soon make new rules concerning how to play? http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20043 Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:22:47 +1100 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20037 The spread of broadband, mobile devices and online and mobile payments usage are driving the expansion in digital content products. These can be downloaded, streamed or accessed through Internet Protocol TV on a range of channels including online retail platforms and social media. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20037 Sun, 31 Mar 2013 23:48:51 +1100 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20017 The FCC has issued a new set of Internet access regulations and policies (namely Preserving the Open Internet Broadband Industry Practices, Report and Order, FCC 10-201, rel. Dec. 23, 2010), which would prohibit broadband service providers like AT&T or Comcast from discriminating against unaffiliated content providers. The FCC's proceedings, and the network neutrality debate, concentrate on two economic questions: (1) whether to broadband service providers can or will steer traffic to affiliated content limiting consumer access, and (2) how to preserve the Internet's capacity for creativity and innovation. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=20017 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:31:00 +1100 Research http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19972 Abstract: With the advent of the digital age, authors of creative works enjoy the benefits of quickly and inexpensively distributing their works to global audiences. These developments have unfortunately led to the negative consequence that pirated, unauthorized, or altered copies reach potential users before the creator of the work releases the authentic version according to his or her terms. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 sought to address some of these concerns by punishing circumventions of technologies controlling access to copyrighted works and by protecting "copyright management information," i.e. the data identifying the author and the terms of use of a copyrighted work. http://www.goldsteinreport.com/article.php?article=19972 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:58:15 +1100 Research