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.
If the world’s steadily expanding cities are to thrive in the 21st century, how will we meet the challenges posed by global warming and the growing need for improved infrastructure, transportation, fresh food, water and clean air? Read more » about 2013 Energy for Tomorrow Conference
"What that means, privacy experts say, is that authorities will once again be carefully weighing national security interests against civil liberty concerns. It's a sensitive balance, says Brian Pascal, a lawyer with Stanford's Center for Internet and Society." Read more » about FBI's scrutiny of Boston video walks a privacy-security tightrope
""It's true that a great deal of our lives, particularly in public, are recorded today. But for the time being, it's fairly atomized," said Ryan Calo, an assistant law professor and privacy specialist at the University of Washington." Read more » about Surveillance cameras and the Boston Marathon bombing
The Internet Ecosystem is made up of a number of organizations and processes that shape the coordination and management of the global Internet and enable its overall functioning. These organizations include: technology and engineering organizations, network operators, resource management organizations, users, educators and policy-makers. These organizations have demonstrated, established roles in administering the Internet’s technical infrastructure. Read more » about The Internet Ecosystem & ICANN
By Patrick Lin • April 15, 2013 at 2:11 pm
Cross-posted from The Atlantic.
In the year 2025, a rogue state--long suspected of developing biological weapons--now seems intent on using them against U.S. allies and interests. Anticipating such an event, we have developed a secret "counter-virus" that could infect and destroy their stockpile of bioweapons. Should we use it? Read more » about Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games the DOD Plays
By Bryant Walker Smith • April 15, 2013 at 11:58 am
"But Bryant Smith, a resident fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, questioned whether it was "appropriate to have a federal legislative response" to liability issues surrounding autonomous cars."
"University of Washington law school professor Ryan Calo proposed extending selective immunity to robot manufacturers, similar to the way Congress has provided similar protection to firearm manufacturers. Calo suggested that immunity would apply only when "it is clear that the robot was under the control of the consumer."" Read more » about Will lawsuits kill the autonomous car?
By Ryan Calo • April 14, 2013 at 8:21 pm
As if we don’t have enough to worry about, now there’s spyware for your brain. Or, there could be. Researchers at Oxford, Geneva, and Berkeley have created a proof of concept for using commercially available brain-computer interfaces to discover private facts about today's gamers. Read more » about "Brain Spyware"
"“In 2015, when the FAA is set to begin to relax its prohibition on use and integrate civilian use of drones, then I would think the first folks in the door would be media because there’s such an obvious use,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who testified at a recent Senate hearing." Read more » about Amazing Spider-Man 2: Paparazzi Using Spy Drones on Set?
By Tim Greene • April 10, 2013 at 12:50 pm
Frederick Bouchat has been serially litigating against the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens organization for more than a decade. Bouchat continues to press his claims that the NFL and the Ravens cannot display in any context the original Ravens’ Flying B logo (the logo they used from 1996 through 1998, found to infringe Bouchat’s copyright in his Shield drawing). Read more » about Fair Use Project, International Documentary Association, MPAA, and Film Independent Ask Fourth Circuit to Recognize Creators’ Interest in Repurposing Copyrighted Material for Historical Use
