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     <title><![CDATA[TAP Scholars Peter Swire and Jeffrey Rosen Featured at 8th Annual State of the Net Conference]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Two TAP Scholars were among the many tech policy experts served as discussion panelists during the 8th Annual State of the Net Conference. Professor Peter Swire spoke to Internet freedom, and Professor Jeffrey Rosen discussed GPS-tracking and privacy.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:36:54 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/Featured-Blog-Post/TAP-Scholars-Peter-Swire-and-Jeffrey-Rosen-Feature.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Catherine Tucker on Social Advertising]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Is advertising more effective when it’s “social”?  At the American Economic Association’s 2012 Annual Meeting, Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan, presented her research that poses this question and takes an important step towards answering it.  Professor Alexander White provides his first-hand insight from the conference. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:27:08 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/Catherine-Tucker-on-Social-Advertising.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[UN Special Rapporteur Talks Human Rights, Internet at GW Law]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Internet shares similarities to ¬¬the inventions of the Gutenberg printing press, Bell’s telephone and Marconi’s radio, which all served to expand the scope of the world, said U.N. Special Rapporteur Frank La Rue in the third installment of GW Law’s speaker series on Internet Freedom.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:50:54 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/UN-Special-Rapporteur-Talks-Human-Rights,-Internet.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[United States v. Jones is a Near-Optimal Result]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professor Paul Ohm, University of Colorado Law School, examines the recent Supreme Court decision on GPS tracking and the Fourth Amendment. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:19:46 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/United-States-v--Jones-is-a-Near-Optimal-Result.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[We need to talk about piracy (but we must stop SOPA first)]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Much to my happiness, the internets are in a frenzy about the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (aka SOPA).]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:17:45 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/We-need-to-talk-about-piracy-(but-we-must-stop-SOP.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[State of the Net Examines Mandate Requiring Online Retailers to Collect Sales Taxes]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The 8th Annual State of the Net Conference held in Washington, D.C. this week featured robust discussions with Internet policy experts and industry leaders focusing on a variety of technology issues. One particularly engaging panel discussion explored proposed legislation that would require online retailers to collect sales taxes and debated whether Congress should mandate such an order.  ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:36:25 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/State-of-the-Net-Examines-Mandate-Requiring-Online.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[TAP Scholar Publishes Two New Books on Intellectual Property, Patents]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professor F. Scott Kieff, George Washington University, recently published two new books on intellectual property: “Perspectives on Commercializing Innovation” and “Principles of Patent Law.” ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:13:53 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/TAP-Scholar-Publishes-Two-New-Books-on-Intellectua.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[PII 2.0]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professor Paul Schwartz, Berkeley Center of Law & Technology, and Professor Daniel Solove, George Washington University, discuss their recent paper, “The PII Problem.” Personally identifiable information (PII) is one of the most central concepts in information privacy regulation. While the scope of privacy laws typically turn on whether PII is involved, there is no uniform definition of PII in information privacy law.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:59:11 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/PII-2-0.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Mark Lemley Explains How PIPA and SOPA Could Break the Internet]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Piracy is a top concern for U.S. lawmakers. Two bills now pending in Congress, the PROTECT IP Act of 2011 and the Stop Online Piracy Act, are expected to generate a lot of debate as they come up for votes this legislative session. Professor Mark Lemley and co-authors David S. Levine, and David G. Post examine these proposed bills in their article, “Don’t Break the Internet.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:37:51 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/Mark-Lemley-Explains-How-PIPA-and-SOPA-Could-Break.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Best Antitrust Articles and Books of 2011]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professor Josh Wright, George Mason University School of Law, offers up his list of some of the best, most influential, most enjoyable, or most important antitrust articles and books over the past year.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:33:41 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/Best-Antitrust-Articles-and-Books-of-2011.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Ryan Calo Looks to Drones as a Privacy Catalyst]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In “The Drone as Privacy Catalyst,” M. Ryan Calo of Stanford University points out that the use of drones within the U.S. may be just the “the visceral jolt society needs to drag privacy law into the twenty-first century.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:05:42 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/January-2012/Ryan-Calo-Looks-to-Drones-as-a-Privacy-Catalyst.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Best Antitrust Articles of 2011 - From Our Group of Experts]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In the yearly tradition, Professor Daniel Sokol and the Antitrust and Competition Policy Blog have posted their list of best antitrust articles from 2011. These are voted on by professors.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:03:35 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/Best-Antitrust-Articles-of-2011---From-Our-Group-o.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Zittrain on “The Colbert Report” - Why He Doesn’t Want Justin Bieber to Go to Jail]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professor Jonathan Zittrain of Harvard Law School debates the Stop Online Piracy Act on “The Colbert Report.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:23:55 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/Jonathan-Zittrain-on--The-Colbert-Report”---Why-He.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Is Verizon Wireless illegally blocking Google Wallet? It’s time for the FCC to investigate]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Professor Barbara van Schewick examines the news that Verizon Wireless’ new Galaxy Nexus phone will not support Google Wallet. She discusses the impact of this action on Verizon customers, competition in the emerging mobile payment technologies, and innovation in mobile technologies. She also provides insight to her letter to the FCC asking the Commission to investigate this situation given that Verizon’s conduct undermines the Commission’s general approach towards mobile Internet openness.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 05:35:21 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/Is-Verizon-Wireless-illegally-blocking-Google-Wall.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[The Economics of Privacy]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, Silicon Flatirons hosted its Economics of Privacy conference to discuss information privacy and the economic drivers that define it. The event concluded with a conversation with Federal Trade Commission Commissioner Julie Brill. Several TAP scholars presented.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 10:13:21 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/The-Economics-of-Privacy.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain Seek Better Data for a Better Internet]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Harvard Law School professors John Palfrey and Jonathan Zittrain recently published a paper in Science magazine titled, “Better Data for a Better Internet.” The article examines how internet policy can be better informed by improved data and research methods.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/John-Palfrey-and-Jonathan-Zittrain-Seek-Better-Dat.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Daron Acemoglu Discusses Innovation and Prosperity in the U.S.]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this fall members of the Toulouse Network for Information Technology (TNIT) met to share their latest research projects and papers. Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT, presented a model that shows growth comes through innovation and reallocation. A video interview is included.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:26:13 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/Daron-Acemoglu-Discusses-Innovation-and-Prosperity.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[My article, “The PII Problem: Privacy and a New Concept of Personally Identifiable Information” (with Professor Paul Schwartz), is now out in print. Here is the abstract.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:57:25 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/The-PII-Problem--Privacy-and-a-New-Concept-of-Pers.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[A SOPA compromise is floated]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Last week several members of Congress floated a proposal to substitute for the contentious proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Jonathan Zittrain compares this new proposal against SOPA and stresses that this issue requires real data to understand the scope of the problem and the impact of proposed solutions.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 19:27:18 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/A-SOPA-compromise-is-floated.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[EC launches eBook collusion investigation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Joshua Gans takes a close look at the recent news that the European Commission has launched an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices in eBook publishing.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 16:01:34 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/EC-launches-eBook-collusion-investigation.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Jonathan Levin Makes a Case for Unlicensed Spectrum]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The explosion in demand for mobile and wireless devices like tablets and smartphones is driving policymakers to consider how to make more spectrum available for the growing array of wireless services. This development raises challenging spectrum policy questions. In “The Case for Unlicensed Spectrum,” Jonathan Levin and co-authors Assaf Eilat and Paul Milgrom examine the benefits of unlicensed radio spectrum.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 11:54:23 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/December-2011/Jonathan-Levin-Makes-a-Case-for-Unlicensed-Spectru.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[danah boyd Discusses Online Privacy in The Wall Street Journal]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal gathered a group of panelists to discuss privacy. “How Much Should People Worry About the Loss of Online Privacy?” examines the vast array of privacy threats from tracking online behavior to government surveillance. One of the four panelists featured in this piece is TAP scholar, danah boyd. Excerpts from the article are provided.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:19:53 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/November-2011/danah-boyd-Discusses-Online-Privacy-in-The-Wall-St.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Debating Privacy in a Networked World for the WSJ]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Wall Street Journal posted excerpts from a debate between me, Stewart Baker, Jeff Jarvis, and Chris Soghoian on privacy. In preparation for the piece, they had us respond to a series of questions. Here are the questions that I was asked and my responses.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 23:55:39 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/November-2011/Debating-Privacy-in-a-Networked-World-for-the-WSJ.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[Nicholas Bloom Examines How IT Can Improve Work-Life Balance with Telecommuting]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Nicholas Bloom, Associate Professor of Economics at Stanford University, discussed his recent research on how information technology is transforming the workplace with telecommuting. His paper, “Working from Home or Shirking from Home? A Chinese Field Experiment” asks if firms benefit from letting their employees telecommute. ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 10:07:01 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/November-2011/Nicholas-Bloom-Examines-How-IT-Can-Improve-Work-Li.aspx]]></link>     
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     <title><![CDATA[James Bessen Discusses Patent Trolls with Politico]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In a recent Politico article, James Bessen from the Boston University School of Law, discusses findings from his recent report on the impact of patent trolls on the economy. “We wanted to understand what’s going on in the landscape. It’s a new business model and it’s important to understand what this new model means to the country.”]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:24:50 GMT</pubDate>
     <link><![CDATA[http://www.techpolicy.com/Blog/November-2011/James-Bessen-Discusses-Patent-Trolls-with-Politico.aspx]]></link>     
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