Regulation

This page considers legal and other aspects of score sites.

It covers -

• introduction
• regulation
• defamation
• studies

It is under development. In the interim some pointers are here and here.

Some studies include Jonathan Schwartz' 2006 'Making the Consumer Watchdog's Bark as Strong as its Bite: Complaint Sites and the Changing Dynamic of the Fair Use Defense' in 16 Albany Law Journal of Science & Technology 59-145, Hannibal Travis' 2005 'The Battle For Mindshare: The Emerging Consensus that the First Amendment Protects Corporate Criticism and Parody on the Net' in 10 Virginia Journal of Law & Technology 3-84, Diane Rowland's 2006 'Griping, Bitching and Speaking Your Mind: Defamation and Free Expression on the Net' in 110 Penn State Law Review 519-535

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