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Is Copyright Enforcement Censorship?

Harvard Business Review

To stop all the downloading , Wayne's record label must issue takedowns to newalbumreleases and/or RapidShare, which are protected from liability by the DMCA (as long as they are following the safe harbor provisions), and only I and the million downloaders are liable.

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The Commoditization of Scale

Harvard Business Review

In other words, the advantages of size gave some companies a bit of safe harbor. But the technologies that drove these coordination-related scale advantages are becoming increasingly cheaper and more pervasive. However, with the availability of cheaper more accessible information technologies, that's all changing.

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The EU Privacy Ruling Won’t Hurt Innovation

Harvard Business Review

Officials are even reviewing the Safe Harbor agreement, which enables the transfer of personal data from the EU to companies in the U.S., The Google case should motivate telecoms and global corporations to integrate privacy into their operational models, instead of treating them solely as issues of compliance.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

In certain areas of technology, the country is the undisputed leader for the continent: with London as the center of fintech in Europe, for example, fintech investment in the UK was $5.4 A third of VC investments in Europe were focused on the UK in the first quarter of 2016, according to CBInsights. billion as compared to $4.4

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How to Reduce Primary Care Doctors’ Workloads While Improving Care

Harvard Business Review

In contrast to cardiologists or orthopedists who can limit their responsibility to heart disease or joint- and bone-related issues and triage all other issues back to primary care providers, those providers have no safe harbor. The last thing that this group of providers desires is more responsibility.