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Chain-Link Confidentiality

By Woodrow Hartzog • April 26, 2012 at 10:04 am

I have just uploaded a new essay about online privacy to SSRN that will appear in Volume 46 of the Georgia Law Review. The essay, titled "Chain-Link Confidentiality," asserts that personal information that is shared online can be better protected if we require our confidants to make sure that their confidants are watching out for us. This strategy could help us retain control over our personal information as it moves downstream. Your comments are warmly welcome. Read more » about Chain-Link Confidentiality

Fair Use during submittal of prior art during patent prosecution: John Wiley & Sons v. McDonnell Boehnen

By Stuart Soffer • April 24, 2012 at 11:06 am

 

Dennis Crouch today reports on John Wiley & Sons v. McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff.  The crux of this case concerns the disclosing and submitting material prior art to the patent office during patent prosecution.  When this material consists of copyrighted articles like academic journals, problems may arise when subsequent copies are distributed within the law firm, retaining file copies, distribution of pdf’s, and use by a government agency. Read more » about Fair Use during submittal of prior art during patent prosecution: John Wiley & Sons v. McDonnell Boehnen

Next week: Concurring Opinions will host a blog symposium on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources

By Brett Frischmann • April 19, 2012 at 10:31 am

April 25-26:  Concurring Opinions will host a symposium on my book, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources.  Needless to say, I am excited and anxious, and I hope you’ll join in the conversation.  I'll be sure to cross-post here as well. Read more » about Next week: Concurring Opinions will host a blog symposium on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources

Robot Block Party 2012

By Elaine Adolfo • April 11, 2012 at 7:30 pm

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The Center for Internet and Society once again participated in National Robotics Week, organized by the Robotics Caucus of the U.S. Congress and leading robotics companies, schools, and organizations. We hosted a Robot Block Party & Job Fair today at VAIL. This event showcased cutting edge robotics technology from throughout the Bay Area.

Watch video and view pictures from today's awesome robot block party.  Read more » about Robot Block Party 2012

Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources

By Brett Frischmann • April 2, 2012 at 12:20 pm

I am excited to announce that Oxford University Press has published my book, Infrastructure:  The Social Value of Shared Resources.    It has been almost a decade in the making, and I owe a debt of gratitude to the CIS community, especially Barbara van Schewick and Larry Lessig, for support along the way.  I will post more about the book in the next few weeks, but here are some links and a short abstract: Read more » about Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources

On Blind Drivers and Base Maps

By Bryant Walker Smith • March 30, 2012 at 5:41 pm

Google has posted an inspiring video (with audio captions) of a legally blind individual riding in the front left seat of one of its self-driving cars as that car travels along a “carefully programmed route.” As the company prudently notes, the video is “a promising look at what autonomous technology may one day deliver if rigorous technology and safety standards can be met.” Both Google and a local police officer who assisted with the demo believe it to be legal. Read more » about On Blind Drivers and Base Maps

No Way Out But One

By Documentary Film Program • March 29, 2012 at 12:00 am

In 1994 Holly Collins became an international fugitive, hunted by the FBI after she grabbed her three children and went on the run. Holly felt she had no choice after a family court had dismissed her as crazy, ignored her children’s pleas, Holly’s broken nose, her son’s fractured skull, her daughter’s graphic pictures and mounds of medical evidence and gave full custody of Zackary and Jennifer to their abusive father. Holly came to believe she and the children had No Way Out But One. Read more » about No Way Out But One

Carnegie Mellon Study on Censorship and Deletion Practices in Chinese Social Media

By Allen Yu • March 23, 2012 at 1:08 pm

An interesting study was released earlier this month by a group at Carnegie Mellon University titled “censorship and deletion practices in Chinese social media.” According to the authors, “[w]hile much work has looked at efforts to prevent access to information in China (including IP blocking of foreign Web sites or search engine filtering), we present here the first large–scale analysis of political content censorship in social media, i.e., the active deletion of messages published by Read more » about Carnegie Mellon Study on Censorship and Deletion Practices in Chinese Social Media

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