http://techliberation.com/2009/12/01/lawsuits-and-enforcement-not-legislation-balancing-social-media-and-consumer-protection/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 22:43:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://techliberation.com/2009/12/01/lawsuits-and-enforcement-not-legislation-balancing-social-media-and-consumer-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-65868 Stephen Meltzer Wed, 02 Dec 2009 06:02:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23961#comment-65868 <p>Braden:<br><br>I think you are reading a bit too much into the acknowledgement from Ari Schwartz. Historically speaking, almost all attempts to comprehensively legislate in complex areas which involve business and consumer interests, as privacy issues do, result in years of litigation and regulatory enforcement. This is a necessary part of the process both of better tailoring the legislative intent to the societal realities and of adjusting the outcomes to changing norms and technologies. Litigation and enforcement are just another part of the process but cannot replace the regulatory schemes. For examples of this just look at the 1933 and 1934 Acts and the Securities and Exchange Commission and at Title VII and Title IX.</p> Braden:

I think you are reading a bit too much into the acknowledgement from Ari Schwartz. Historically speaking, almost all attempts to comprehensively legislate in complex areas which involve business and consumer interests, as privacy issues do, result in years of litigation and regulatory enforcement. This is a necessary part of the process both of better tailoring the legislative intent to the societal realities and of adjusting the outcomes to changing norms and technologies. Litigation and enforcement are just another part of the process but cannot replace the regulatory schemes. For examples of this just look at the 1933 and 1934 Acts and the Securities and Exchange Commission and at Title VII and Title IX.

]]> http://techliberation.com/2009/12/01/lawsuits-and-enforcement-not-legislation-balancing-social-media-and-consumer-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-63834 Stephen Meltzer Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:02:14 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=23961#comment-63834 <p>Braden:<br><br>I think you are reading a bit too much into the acknowledgement from Ari Schwartz. Historically speaking, almost all attempts to comprehensively legislate in complex areas which involve business and consumer interests, as privacy issues do, result in years of litigation and regulatory enforcement. This is a necessary part of the process both of better tailoring the legislative intent to the societal realities and of adjusting the outcomes to changing norms and technologies. Litigation and enforcement are just another part of the process but cannot replace the regulatory schemes. For examples of this just look at the 1933 and 1934 Acts and the Securities and Exchange Commission and at Title VII and Title IX.</p> Braden:

I think you are reading a bit too much into the acknowledgement from Ari Schwartz. Historically speaking, almost all attempts to comprehensively legislate in complex areas which involve business and consumer interests, as privacy issues do, result in years of litigation and regulatory enforcement. This is a necessary part of the process both of better tailoring the legislative intent to the societal realities and of adjusting the outcomes to changing norms and technologies. Litigation and enforcement are just another part of the process but cannot replace the regulatory schemes. For examples of this just look at the 1933 and 1934 Acts and the Securities and Exchange Commission and at Title VII and Title IX.

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