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e Matthew Green, Napster Opens Pandora’s Box: Examining How File-Sharing Services Threaten the Enforcement of Copyright on the Internet, 63 Oh. St. L. J. 799 (2002) http://moritzlaw.osu.edu/students/groups/oslij/files/2012/03/63.2.green_.pdf archived at https://perma.cc/H77J-TN43. e Brad Hill, “The iTunes Influence, Part |: How Apple Changed the Face of the Music Marketplace,” Engadget (April 29, 2013) https://www.engadget.com/2013/04/29/the-itunes-influence-part-one/ archived at https://perma.cc/MEU4-W5N9. e David Kravets, “10 Years Later, Misunderstood DMCA is the Law That Saved the Web,” Wired (October 27, 2008) https:/Awww.wired.com/2008/10/ten-years-later/ archived at https://perma.cc/VH2T-7S7V. e Lawrence Lessig, The Creative Commons, 55 Fla. L. Rev. 763 (2003) http://homepages.law.asu.edu/~dkarjala/OpposingCopyrightExtension/commentary/Less igCreativeCommonsFlaLRev2003.htm archived at https://perma.cc/T7UD-JHYZ. e Alex Davies, “The EPA Opposes Rules That Could’ve Exposed VW’s Cheating,” Wired (September 18, 2015) https://www.wired.com/2015/09/epa-opposes-rules-couldve-exposed-vws-cheating/ archived at https://perma.cc/W4RK-Q6QJ. DRM and HTML5 background readings: e “Information about W3C and Encrypted Media Extensions (EME)’ W3C (March 2016) https://www.w3.orgq/2016/03/EME-factsheet.html archived at https://perma.cc/4ZPR-DXTA. e Peter Bright, “DRM in HTMLS5 is a victory for the open Web, not a defeat,” Ars Technica (May 10, 2013) http://arstechnica.com/business/2013/05/drm-in-html5-is-a-victory-for-the-open-web-not- a-defeat/ archived at https://oerma.cc/UM8C-NFPV. Day 3: Cryptocurrency One view of the progression of digital technology has been roughly from amateur to professional, from open to closed, and from chaotic to ordered -- as the early successes from left field of Google, Facebook, and Twitter enter publicly-traded adulthood. At the ripe year of 2017, are there still digital disruptions to be had? The phenomenon (and increasing literal value) of cryptocurrency -- and, for that matter, the foundational blockchain technologies on which it can be based -- seems to indicate that there are still surprises from left field. What does the rise of cryptocurrency tell us about the state of cyberspace, and what should we expect -- and hope for -- next? Readings: Introduction HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_024261