internet governance

All Your Internets Belong to US, Continued: The Bodog.com Case

Michael Geist
March 06, 2012 04:03

Imagine a scenario in which a country enacts a law that bans the sale of asbestos and includes the power to seize the assets of any company selling the product anywhere in the world. The country tests the law by obtaining a court order to seize key assets of a Canadian company, whose...

This Isn’t Your Grandma’s Farmville: The Alien World of Content Farming

June 29, 2011 17:55

(Kelsey Kirchmann) Everyone has seen the malformed beasts produced by content farming. Those weird, slinking articles titled “How to Fix a Lawnmower” or “Top Ten Summer Camp Themed Movies” that have little or no valuable content, but will take an...(Kelsey Kirchmann) Everyone has seen the malformed...

Internet Governance Battle Heats Up as Governments Demand Greater Powers

Michael Geist
March 14, 2011 09:07

A simmering battle over governance of the Internet is set to take centre stage in California this week as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California-based non-profit corporation charged with the principal responsibility for maintaining the Internet's domain...

Recent @cyberlaw posts on Twitter

Kevin Thompson
September 02, 2009 18:02

I’ve been much more active lately on Twitter than here on the blog, for a variety of reasons. Most of them are work related, it’s nice to be busy! With the limited time I’ve had, it’s been much easier to post quick links to interesting articles on Twitter. For those of...

“Internet Governance:” The Contribution of the IGF

July 15, 2009 20:26

Over the past several years, there has been a debate internationally about who “governs” the Internet. The debate has at various times displayed a deep confusion about what Internet governance is. Too much of the debate has focused on the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers...