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Software is Speech: Why Regulators Cannot Invent the Missing Middlemen

Financial regulation has traditionally applied where a person takes another’s affairs in hand—exercising custody, control, or delegated judgment. Modern software, however, allows individuals to transact directly, without intermediaries. Some regulators and lower courts have responded by advancing a “functional” theory of code, treating software as…

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