Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Jan. 13, 2017
The song remains the same: Internet exceptionalists argue against the application of law
Reaching resolution of the complicated issues affecting freedom of speech, as well as commerce, in a manner that adequately balances the interests of all parties requires mature and thoughtful dialogue, not slogans and absolutism.
Neil Turkewitz
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American U Washington College of Law
Neil Turkewitz is senior policy counsel, Intellectual Property & Digital Economy at the International Center for Law & Economics (www.laweconcenter.org)
Since the 2012 coordinated protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), many internet companies and the organizations that represent them have frequently used similar rhetoric to argue that just about any constraint on the operation of internet-based platforms and services would trample fundamental freedoms. Notwithstanding the dramatic public narrative, internet intermediaries have actually made considerable progress over the last five years t...
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