References

https://nickclegg.medium.com/you-and-the-algorithm-it-takes-two-to-tango-7722b19aa1c2 https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2020/7/23/regulating-technology

https://www.congress.gov/bill/102nd-congress/senate-bill/272 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Performance_Computing_Act_of_1991

https://r0ml.medium.com/free-software-an-idea-whose-time-has-passed-6570c1d8218a

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_LLC_v._Oracle_America%2C_Inc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230

Questions

• What are the important laws/regulations that have impacted technology?
  • This is tricky as this could span telecommunications, IP, engineering, etc, maybe even geopolitical stuff
• What are the important bills for software liscensing and copyright?
  • Google vs Oracle?
• What are the unique properties of digital technologies?
  • zero marginal cost reproduction
  • hyperscale
• What are the opportunities for tech regulations? What are the most exciting things we could achieve?
  • Better software
  • User and programmer rights/freedoms?
  • Interoperability
• What are the risks?
  • Protecting incumbents
  • Stifling user freedoms
  • creating actively dangerous scenarios