The Interplay of Web Aggregation and Regulations (Lawtech)

8 Pages Posted: 6 Jan 2003

See all articles by Hongwei (Harry) Zhu

Hongwei (Harry) Zhu

University of Massachusetts Lowell

Stuart Madnick

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Michael Siegel

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management

Date Written: November 2002

Abstract

The development of web technology has led to the emergence of web aggregation, a service that collects existing web data and turns them into more useful information. We review the development of both comparison and relationship aggregation and discuss their impacts on various stakeholders. The aggregator's capability of transparently extracting web data has raised challenging issues in database and privacy protection. Consequently, new regulations are introduced or being proposed. We analyze the interactions between aggregation and related policies and provide our insights about the implications of new policies on the development of web aggregation.

Keywords: International IP Law, Privacy Law, Web Aggregation

Suggested Citation

Zhu, Hongwei and Madnick, Stuart E. and Siegel, Michael, The Interplay of Web Aggregation and Regulations (Lawtech) (November 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=365061 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.365061

Hongwei Zhu

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Michael Siegel

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