Maryland Law Review Volume 72 | Issue 2 Article 2 Cyber Commodification Miriam A. Cherry Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mlr Part of the International Law Commons, and the Internet Law Commons Recommended Citation Miriam A. Cherry, Cyber Commodification, 72 Md. L. Rev. 381 (2013) Available at: http://digitalcommons.law.umaryland.edu/mlr/vol72/iss2/2 This Articles & Essays is brought to you for free and open access by the Academic Journals at DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maryland Law Review by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UM Carey Law. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Articles CYBER COMMODIFICATION ∗ MIRIAM A. CHERRY INTRODUCTION Last year, the Huffington Post blog found itself involved in a con- tentious legal dispute with its unpaid bloggers about the commodifi- cation of its content.1 The Huffington Post features many posts that are straight-ahead news reports;2 other posts have featured more ideolog- ical content aimed at a liberal audience.3 Leading up to the 2008 Copyright © 2013 by Miriam A. Cherry. ∗ Professor of Law, Saint Louis University Law School; J.D., 1999, Harvard Law School, B.A., 1996, Dartmouth College. Many of the ideas presented received a first discussion at the Engelberg Center for Innovation Law and Policy Roundtable on Platforms and Power, held in May of 2011 at New York University Law School, for which I would like to thank the organizers, Katherine Strandberg, Barton Beebe, and Helen Nissenbaum, as well as the other attendees. In addition, I wish to acknowledge Matthew Bodie, Ryan Calo, Danielle Citron, Christine Corcos, Erik Daniels, Monica Eppinger, John P.