Direct marketing, mobile phones, and consumer privacy: ensuring adequate disclosure and consent mechanisms for emerging mobile advertising practices.
I. INTRODUCTION II. MOBILE COMMERCE AND MOBILE ADVERTISING III. M-ADVERTISING RAISES PRIVACY CONCERNS FOR CONSUMERS IV. PRIVACY REGULATION AND MOBILE ADVERTISING V. FEDERAL PRIVACY REGULATION AND M-ADVERTISING A. Breach of Privacy Policies as Unfair Trade Practices B. Spamming as an Unfair Trade Practice 1. "Opt-out" Consent is the Minimum...

The legacy of the Federal Communications Commission's computer inquiries.
I. INTRODUCTION II. COMPUTER I (1966) A. The Setting 1. A Better Mouse Trap 2. Western Union 3. Big Iron and New Networks B. The Issue C. The Policy 1. Classification 2. Regulation 3. Safeguard: Maximum Separation D. Legacy of Computer I III. COMPUTER II (1976) A. The Setting...

An exploration of the conceptual basis of privacy and the implications for the future of Australian privacy law.
[Recent years have seen significant developments in the protection of privacy at general law in common law jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Although the general law protection of privacy in Australia is uncertain, there has been a proliferation of information privacy laws at both federal and...

Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age.
Digital Crossroads: American Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age By Jonathan E. Nuechterlein and Philip J. Weiser Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 2005. Pp. xvii, 670. $40.00 cloth. Revolutionary improvements in computing and information technology, falling prices for equipment and services, and rapidly changing industry structures have turned...

The EU Privacy Directive and the resulting safe harbor: the negative effects on U.S. legislation concerning privacy on the Internet.
ABSTRACT The rapid growth of the Internet and the importance of international business operations have thrust the issue of Internet privacy into the center of domestic and international political debates. Varying definitions of privacy have led to numerous--often inconsistent--legislative schemes to protect privacy on the Internet. These...

Meeting the demand for global information.
The U.S. enjoys the world's most advanced and reliable information infrastructure, thanks to a national policy based upon private ownership that supports competition. This environment encourages and rewards timely development and deployment of innovative and competitively priced products and services that best anticipate and meets the diverse needs of users....

The role of regulation in the evolution of mobile services industry.
Abstract: This article describes the evolution of mobile internet services in Finland and Japan and analyses the impact of telecom regulation on the structure and dynamics of the mobile industry. The structural analysis is based on conceptual frameworks such as Mobile Market Matrix (MMM) and the strength of networks...

The legal status of spyware.
I. OVERVIEW OF SPYWARE'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAW II. SPYWARE TECHNOLOGY: A TECHNICAL OVERVIEW A. Spyware Defined B. Spyware Has Two Primary Forms 1. Software-Enabled Installation of Spyware via Shareware 2. Web-Enabled Installation of Spyware via Browser Vulnerability C. Adware Differs from Spyware III. LEGAL TREATMENT OF SPYWARE A....

Computer crimes.
I. INTRODUCTION A. Defining Computer Crime B. Types of Computer-Related Offenses II. FEDERAL APPROACHES A. Federal Criminal Code 1. National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996 a. Offenses Under the Statute b. Jurisdiction c. Defenses i. Jurisdiction ii. Statutory Interpretation iii. Amount of Damages d. Sentencing 2. Other Statutes...

Some bets are off: the strangely selective and self-defeating crackdown on internet gambling.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ON JULY 16, 2006, the CEO of BetOnSports.com attacked an anti-online gambling bill that the House of Representatives had overwhelmingly approved a few days before. "We want to be regulated," David Carruthers wrote in the Baltimore Sun. "We want to be taxed. We want to...