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AI v. the Law: Should the Law Keep Up With AI?
In Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the author compares the law to a blanket. When used by a big family in the same bed, one family member tugs on the b…
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Applying Federal Digital Communications Privacy Law to Hosted AI Models
On March 31, I gave a virtual guest lecture in Mailyn Fidler’s course “The Digital Fourth Amendment” at Harvard Law School. Prof. Fidler invited me to come talk…
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Well, At Least the Anti-States’ Rights AI EO Spares AI-CSAM Laws
On December 11, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order (EO) that purports to deprive states of the ability to regulate artificial intelligence (AI) – t…
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Avada Kedavra -- The Harry Potter Lexicon Disappears
Reference guides and companion books about literary works have been a critically important part of literature since its inception, and the right to publish them…
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eBay's World of Good Platform Begins Harmonizing Ethical Product Ratings
Last week, eBay's social conscience companion, World of Good, announced an amazingly simple act of goodness: They would encourage products, producers and s…
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Hawaii - Podcamp
For those of you interested in new media and also needing a vacation, PodCamp Hawaii is being planned for October 24-25 in Honolulu. More info is available here…
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Dog Bites Man - Software Edition
Last year, I complained about the Cablevision case (see Href=http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Past-Opinions/IP-Law-Versus-Moores-Law/>”IP Law vs Moore’s Law”),…
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Microsoft Takes InPrivate Public
Microsoft has recently blogged the details of its “InPrivate” browsing and blocking feature for IE8. InPrivate is a bona fide privacy-enhancing technology; Mic…
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unity instead of division, looking beyond the old conflicts
I guess the "Good Brooks" showed up to work today: "So as I’m trying to measure the effectiveness of this convention, I’ll be jotting down a lit…
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The Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings & Cablevision Systems
The Second Circuit decided The Cartoon Network v. CSC Holdings & Cablevision already two and a half weeks ago. This means light years in terms of blogging,…
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An IP Checklist for Bloggers (v.1.1)
Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of attending a Women in Consulting dinner meeting, and then speak on a panel called "Blogging Your Business to Another…
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CIS Faculty Directors Lessig and van Schewick congratulate FCC on Comcast Ruling
CIS Faculty co-directors Larry Lessig and Barbara van Schewick (with Yale's Jack Balkin) separately sent letters to the FCC to commend the Commissioners on…
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New Media Expo 2008
I've been attending the 4th New Media Expo. This year the conference has moved to Las Vegas, which is a fun upgrade from past years. I've had a blast me…
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Jacobsen v. Katzer/Kamind – Federal Circuit Upholds a Free Software License
As reported by Lessig and others, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded yesterday a ruling by the Northern District of California which denied the copyright…
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YouTube Shows Us How To Be A Good Intermediary
Many have worried about the role of intermediaries who provide platforms for sharing information and expression on the internet, and their sometimes profound po…