-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Article on Internet Regulation Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 14:13:31 -0500 From: Seth Belzley <seth@private> To: <declan@private> I wanted to let you know about an article written by Ronald Mann and me that is forthcoming in William & Mary Law Review and was recently posted at ssrn, http://papers.ssrn.com/abstract_id=696601. The paper is called "The Promise of Internet Intermediary Regulation." It argues that gatekeeper liability for certain internet intermediaries like payment intermediaries is likely to be the most effective way of ending certain illegal online conduct. This approach is gaining favor among law enforcement officials like Eliot Spitzer, who just headed the agreement with payment intermediaries to end the sale of cigarettes over internet. See http://news.com.com/Online+sales+of+cigarettes+go+up+in+smoke/2100-1038_3-5653134.html. The article is not revolutionary in its approach, but it does represent the first attempt to create a framework for analyzing the propriety of imposing liability on intermediaries in any particular situation. And it endorses an approach that has been considered since the commercialization of the internet and is beginning to take hold. This makes the paper particularly timely. If you think this deserves a note on Politech, that would be great. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thanks, Seth Belzley _______________________________________________ Politech mailing list Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/)
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