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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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Is That Big Brother In Your Pocket?
Did you know the government can track your movements by your cell phone? And while courts are struggling to define whether agents need probable cause to follow…
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Mashups & Cartoons
I saw this interesting article in the New York Times today about mashups and I'm really interested in the fact that Viacom comes out and affirmatively bless…
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Don't kiss your civil liberties goodbye!
My digital freedom-oriented friends at the ACLU of Northern California are hosting a happy hour this week. I'll be mingling at the New Media Expo in Ontario…
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Privacy concepts: US v. EU
When it comes to Privacy Law, Europe and the U.S. are not on the same page. What is the problem? This is not the place to give an extensive answer, but here i…
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Ethics & Blawgs
I'm now at the ABA Lawyer's Professional Liability fall conference where I have been asked to speak about legal ethics and law firm blogs. I presented…
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Morality and political alignment
Nicholas Wade in the September 18 New York Times: "Working with a graduate student, Jesse Graham, Dr. Haidt has detected a striking political dimension to…
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The hatred is back
Richard Cohen is getting hammered out there on the blogs, mostly in response to a column he wrote chastising Hillary Clinton for not speaking out about the Move…
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Fair Use And Free Speech
All too often, copyright is viewed in strcitly economic terms, as if it does no more than determine who pays what to whom, and when. In his editorial in today&…
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International Connections
As I'm wrapping up a visit with my relatives in Switzerland, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Philipp Schroeder of DIN15 / Information Architec…
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TWiL on patents
Denise Howell does it again with another great episode of This Week In Law. Episode 9 covers the complicated patent law debate that has been brewing for severa…
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ADM - Open Meeting - 9/28 (7:30 am)
The Association for Downloadable Media has issued a press release to announce it's upcoming open meeting at the Podcast & New Media Expo. On September…
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Podcast and New Media Expo Is Around the Corner
So, it's that time of year again, and as usual I'm really excited to be attending the Podcast & New Media Expo. This opportunity is really unprecede…