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The Trouble With Trespass
Dan L. Burk University of California, Irvine Law School Abstract: Several courts have now recognized the common law action of trespass to chattels as a viable claim to enjoin unwanted e-mail communications on networked computer systems. However, this archaic claim is a poor fit to the context of cyberspace, and courts have had to substantially revise the elements of the claim to accommodate it to computer networks. In doing so, they have created a new species of property right which is now being applied to a wide variety of automated computer interactions. The assertion of an exclusionary interest over such interactions may lead to a type of ?anti-commons? tragedy that could threaten the integrity of the global Internet system.
JEL Classifications: K2, K4, H4 Working Paper SeriesDate posted: June 20, 2000 ; Last revised: June 05, 2008Suggested CitationContact Information
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