By Mark Cooper on October 23, 2003 at 6:28 pm
The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
By Mark Cooper on October 23, 2003 at 6:28 pm
By Lauren Gelman on October 23, 2003 at 10:17 am
Shaking the Foundations 2003 is an annual student-organized conference that brings together law students, practitioners, and academics from around the country who share a commitment to use the law for positive social change. Through panels, workshops, and speakers, the conference provides a forum for advocates and law students to discuss innovative strategies and solutions to the world’s most pressing social justice issues. Read more about Shaking the Foundations 2003
By Lauren Gelman on October 23, 2003 at 10:13 am
I will be speaking on a panel on "Equally in war and in peace: An
Examination of Civil Rights in the Wake of 9/11" on 11/9 at Shaking the Foundations 2003, an annual conference on progressive lawyering organized by the students at Stanford Law School.
shaking foundations, progressive lawyering, and it's FREE (Register Here). -- my kind of conference... Read more about shaking the foundations
By admin on October 22, 2003 at 5:27 pm
In case you missed it before the DoJ removed it from its servers, here is the original press release announcing Bret McDanel's [wrongful] conviction.
And here is the FBI's press release announcing his arrest. Read more about McDanel Files
By Stefan Bechtold on October 22, 2003 at 5:07 pm
In the ongoing revolution of how scientific information is being published, major German research organizations have published a Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Knowledge in the Sciences and Humanities. Read more about Open Access to Scientific Information
By Elizabeth Rader on October 22, 2003 at 4:10 pm
The beautiful and talented Donna Wentworth recently called me a "Stupid Patent Avenger." While I'm usually not tickled when people use the word "stupid" to describe me, I think she meant it in a nice way. I like intellectual property. There is supposed to be a delicate balance between authors' or inventors' rights and the public's rights, though, in order to best promote innovation and creativity. So I don't like it when a few people abuse IP and make IP lawyers all look greedy and evil. Read more about Taking Patent Reform to the Banc
By Jennifer Granick on October 22, 2003 at 2:49 pm
October 22, 2003: Admission of Bad Conviction Shows Hacking Act Needs Clarity, Lawyer Says, Washington Internet Daily Read more about Washington Internet Daily
By admin on October 22, 2003 at 11:00 am
There's something weird going on in the implementation of touchscreen technology for voting machines: the company Diebold is making tons of voting machines being used nationwide, and has even been counting the votes in some circumstances. All nausea about chads aside, I think there is a strong issue with the proprietary nature of electronic voting information, that makes it very risky as there is no hard copy tracking actual votes. Read more about Voting Vagaries
By Elizabeth Rader on October 22, 2003 at 10:04 am
The digital commoners at Swarthmore are speaking out about voting-machine manufacturer Diebold's attempt to use copyright to hide documents that reveal serious security flaws in the software that counts votes- potentially allowing someone to tamper with the votes. Here is their press release Read more about SCDC taking a swat at Diebold's black box
By admin on October 22, 2003 at 9:36 am
A few days ago, bIPlog pointed to a New Scientist article on a clever anti-piracy scheme called Fade, distributed by (of all people), Macrovision. Read more about New Scientist on clever new DRM