Technology Silicon Flatirons Center for Law
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Series
Publisher
Silicon Flatirons Center
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The financial and competitive implications of cyberattacks cause many to consider them the most important threat to the future of the United States. The Federal Bureau of Investigation called the threat the "No. 1 concern as foreign hackers . . . penetrate American firms' computers and steal huge amounts of valuable data and intellectual property." Although difficult to quantify or identify and easy to downplay, it is fair to say that the threat is...
3) Exploring self regulatory strategies for network management: Flatirons summit on information policy
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University of Colorado Law School, Silicon Flatirons Center
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
The "hands off the Internet" era is over. The Federal Communications Commission's recent decision that ruled that Comcast's use of network management techniques violated its Internet Policy Statement confirms that the federal government is not content to allow broadband providers to operate free from any form of regulatory oversight. Broadband providers now need to defend their network management practices as "reasonable." Nevertheless, it remains...
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University of Colorado Law School, Silicon Flatirons Center
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
On March 31st, 2010, the Silicon Flatirons Center convened an exploratory workshop at the University of Colorado Law School to consider potential institutional responses to network management issues. This workshop brought together a number of technical experts from various providers operating in the Internet "ecosystem" to engage with the workshop's organizers in a discussion on the intersection of network management techniques and regulation.
Author
Publisher
Silicon Flatirons Center
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
The role of angel investors in the world of entrepreneurial finance is understood in disparate ways. Angels are viewed alternately as heroic helpers (hence the name "angel"), unqualified naifs ("dumb money"), shrewd capitalists with Paul Bunyan-like capacities ("super angel"), and members of a larger band of like minded individuals (part of angel syndicates). These conflicting depictions reflect the very different roles that angels play in financing...
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