Academic Writing

The Conversation: Time to Mobilize for Cyberwar

Author(s): 
Marvin Ammori
Publication Date: 
April 8, 2012
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Iran's drive to become a nuclear power hinges partly on a facility outside the small mountain town of Natanz. According to intelligence analysts, the facility houses thousands of centrifuges used to enrich uranium to levels that could support nuclear weapons development,which has raised worldwide fears of a nuclearIran. Amid faltering negotiations with the West to curb Iran's drive for nuclear power and with enrichment activities well under way, the Natanzfacility mysteriously began to suffer technical difficulties in late 2009 and early 2010. Read more » about The Conversation: Time to Mobilize for Cyberwar

Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1

Author(s): 
Anthony Falzone
Jennifer Granick
Publication Date: 
March 15, 2012
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-based website Megaupload.com. New Zealand law enforcement agents swooped in by helicopter to arrest founder Kim Dotcom at his home outside of Auckland, and seized millions of dollars worth of art, vehicles and real estate. Six other Megaupload employees were also arrested. Meanwhile, the Justice Department seized Megaupload's domain names and the data of at least 50 million users worldwide. Read more » about Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1

Megaupload Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 2

Author(s): 
Anthony Falzone
Jennifer Granick
Publication Date: 
April 6, 2012
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Daily/Journal Op/Ed

The first part of this article outlined the mechanics of the Megaupload website, and the novel questions of criminal inducement on which the government's indictment is premised. Here, we explore two more extensions of existing law on which the indictment is based, and the impact this prosecution is likely to have on Internet innovators and users alike. Read more » about Megaupload Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 2

Internet Architecture and Innovation

Author(s): 
Barbara van Schewick
Publication Date: 
July 1, 2010
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Book by Barbara van Schewick.

Today – following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment – the Internet remains the most reliable and fantastic mechanism for fostering innovation and creating new wealth. But this engine of innovation is under threat.
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Packets

Author(s): 
Lauren Gelman
Publication Date: 
March 11, 2009
Publication Type: 
Other Writing

Packets is production of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society (CIS). It is written by members of the Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA), and edited by CIS staff, fellows and volunteer attorneys. Our purpose is to provide the legal community with a concise description of recently decided cyberlaw-related cases, and where possible, to point to the original decisions.

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