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By Richard Forno • June 6, 2013 at 5:56 am
The Internet and mainstream media are abuzz this morning with reports of the court order directing Verizon to turn over call information ("telephony metadata") to the National Security Agency (NSA). Read more » about Initial thoughts on the NSA-Verizon surveillance order
By Tim Greene • June 5, 2013 at 10:42 am
Should individuals hold veto power over depictions of reality? That's the question at the heart of Hart v. Electronic Arts, Inc., and we here at the Fair Use Project think the answer is a resounding "no." Read more » about Publicity Rights vs. Public Interest: Fair Use Project Files Brief in Support of Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Hart v. EA
By Bryant Walker Smith • May 27, 2013 at 5:25 pm
"Will lawsuits kill the autonomous car?" That's a dramatic expression of a common question. (And one to which Twitter has a short retort.) Here’s the conceptual answer that I’ve been giving for a year, now in blog form (with bonus Italics). Read more » about Uncertain Liability
By Woodrow Hartzog • May 22, 2013 at 12:00 am
By Ryan Calo • May 20, 2013 at 2:45 pm
When Florida v. Jardines, the case where an officer approached a house with a drug-sniffing dog, first came down, Orin Kerr and others noted that the Supreme Court majority never once used the word "trespass." The Jardines concurrence and dissent used the word, and the author of Jardines, Justice Scalia, had used "trespass" repeatedly in United States v. Jones from last term. So why doesn't he use the word in Jardines? Because there really is no trespass test? Because he has new clerks? Just a coincidence? Read more » about No Trespass
By Woodrow Hartzog • May 10, 2013 at 12:00 am
By Ryan Calo • April 30, 2013 at 2:55 pm
Judge Richard Posner took the occasion of the Boston bombing to remind us of his view that privacy should lose out to other values. Privacy, argues Judge Posner, is largely about concealing truths “that, if known, would make it more difficult for us to achieve our personal goals.” For instance: privacy helps the victims of domestic violence achieve their personal goal of living free from fear; it helps the elderly achieve their personal goal of staying off of marketing “sucker lists;” and it helps children achieve their personal goal of avoiding sexual predators online. Read more » about Judge Posner’s Surveillance Argument Would Not Withstand An Economic Analysis
By Kate Westmoreland • April 29, 2013 at 11:22 am
By Julie Ahrens • April 25, 2013 at 6:12 pm
Today the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued a long-awaited decision in favor of fair use in Cariou v. Prince. Reversing the district court’s finding of infringement, the Court held that Richard Prince’s use of Patrick Cariou’s photographs in 25 of his 30 Canal Series paintings was a fair use. The decision affirms an important tradition in modern art that relies on the appropriation of existing images to create highly expressive works with new meaning. Read more » about Second Circuit Victory for Richard Prince and Appropriation Art
By Jennifer Granick • April 25, 2013 at 4:26 pm
This has been a busy Internet law week. I'd like to sum up some of the more interesting developments: Read more » about A Big Week for News in Internet Policy
