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[…] this” social” process” of” sharing” tastes” and” other” personal” news” becomes” an” important”aspect”of”forming”our”own”identity.39″[TK”MORE,”drawing”on”social”psychology”&”sociology”research.]””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””””37″See”generally”McGeveran,”supra”note”13,”at”1130.”(“Many”motivations”inspire”individuals”to”engage”in”wordEofEmouth”interactions,”including”desires”to”feel”smart,”to”be”helpful,”to”express”themselves,”or”to”affiliate”themselves”with”groups”that”share”their”opinions.”).”Of”course,”many”businesses”also”offer”more”concrete”incentives”like”discounts”to”customers”who”refer”their”friends.”38″TK”CITE”Lewis”Hyde”[TK:”altruism”economics,”gift”economy]”””39″TK”CITES”for”danah”boyd,”James”Grimmelmann;”Pew”polls.” 8″DRAFT&–&DO&NOT&QUOTE&OR&CITE&WITHOUT&PERMISSION&B.&&Benefits&of&receiving&Information&People” derive” benefit” from” listening” in” social” networks” as” well” as” through” talking.” Increased”information”from”friends”about”the”things”they”love”helps”each”of”us”to”find”new”things”we”will”love”too.”Netflix,”Amazon,”and”many”online”retailers”commonly”recommend”products”purchased”by”an”aggregate”of”other”patrons”with”browsing”patters”similar”to”the”user.”This”information”can”be”useful,”although”it”is” prone” to” bizarre” misfires” as” well.” Referrals” within” social” networks” are” even” better” because” recipients”know”the”actual”person”whose”lead”they”are”following.”We”trust”our”friends”to”direct”us”to”things”we”will”like” because” we” value” their” opinions,” we” can” assess” their” reliability,” and” we” […]

[…] that record activities subject to a reasonable expectation of privacy. 72 The appellate courts reasoned that video surveillance shares the features of wiretapping that make it particularly prone to abuse. In particular, the courts found that like wiretapping, silent video surveillance is hidden, indiscriminate, intrusive, and continuous and therefore must be subject to the […]

[…] and the inadequacy of Pareto’s data for a generalizable assumption that social welfare improves commensurate with individual wel fare, and non- competitive market conditions, as in goods prone to monopoly); A DAM SMITH , A N INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS (Edwin Cannan ed., Random House 1937) (1776) […]

[…] Over Government S urveillance? UCLA Law Review , 57, 71-106. Morrall, J., Ratnayake, L. & Seneviratne, P. (1991) . Comparison of CBD Pedestrian Characteristics in Canada and Sri Lanka. Transportation Research Record , (1294), 57-61. Moussaid, M., Perozo, N., Garnier, S., Helbing, D., & Theraulaz, G. (2010). The Walking Behaviour of Pedestrian Social Groups […]

Tomorrow morning from 8:30am – 10:30 am, Jules and Chris will participate in “The Latest Developments in Internet Privacy,” a panel hosted by ISOC-DC TV at SRI International (1100 Wilson Blvd. Suite 2800 Arlington, VA). Justin Brookman, Director of the Project on Consumer Privacy at the Center for Democracy and Technology will also participate on […]