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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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The Guardian's Readers' Editor on Why They Moderate Discussions
Siobhain Butterworth, the Guardian's Readers' Editor, recently wrote on Comment is Free that: "It has never been easier to become an author - the…
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Educational Site About Copyright
The Copyright Office recently released a new site geared towards young people to "take the mystery out of copyright." I've finally taken a look at…
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Electronic filings coming soon to the Copyright Office
The Copyright Office reports it's final rule about electronic copyright submissions and fees. Starting July 2 (for a limited number of copyright claims) it…
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On the Shoulders of Giants
I write this month in CIO Insight, href="http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2124841,00.asp">“IP Law vs. Moore’s Law,” that the legal fictio…
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Electronic discovery best practices
Eric Saltzman (PSS Systems, Inc.) started us off with a quick summary of the main changes to the FRCP regarding discovery: (1) adding "electronically stor…
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Virtual Worlds & the Law
I'm enjoying a good day here at Stanford's E-Commerce Best Practices conference. Eric Sinrod, James Grimmelman and Seth Steinberg of Lucas Arts are spea…
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NYT Tech Talk & New Episode of Rules for the Revolution
The New York Times Tech Talk podcast has a segment in today's episode featuring a listener question about music licensing on the web. I was interviewed by…
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Soldiers of Fortune
TorrentFreak has a cute story about how politicians are receiving “a fair amount of money” (aka campaign contributions) from the RIAA and the MPAA to promote st…
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Illinois Court Rules Interactivity Irrelevant in Determining Jurisdiction
BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that an Illinois court has ruled that an interactive Web page offering out-of-state visitors the ability…
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German Court: Forum Owners Have Unlimited Liability for Comments Posted by Users
Heise.de in Germany reports that a Hamburg court has ruled that forum owners should have unlimited liability, and are co-culpable for, any comments or discussio…
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Congressional civility caucus gets little interest
Josephine Hearn in The Politico: "Cleaver has been fed up with the level of partisan bickering he has found in Congress since he arrived in 2005. He has he…
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Are Criminal Sanctions the Answer to Spam?
In yesterday's Wired News Circuit Court column "Free the Spam King" I take on the question of whether criminal prosecutions will stop spam, or are…