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By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A fascinating article getting a lot of notice on the Internet today (CNet News, PogoWasRight) is Defogging the Cloud: Applying Fourth Amendment Principles to Evolving Privacy Expectations in Cloud Computing by David A. Couillard, 93 Minn. L. Rev. 2205 (2009): Internet use has changed over time, expanding beyond text-based forums and e-mails to include images, videos, documents, interactive online applications, online storage, and more. Experts have coined the term “Web 2.0” to describe the shift in Internet usage from consumption to participation and metaphorically refer to this virtual platform as “the cloud,” where users interact with Internet applications and store data on distant servers rather than on their own hard drives...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 17, 2010 (boomark / email).