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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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Yahoo's Disgrace
Sadly, Yahoo is no stranger to morally questionable business decisions relating to their dealings with the Chinese government. Now, in the wake of the most r…
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The Computer History Museum
I love museums as much as I love old library stacks. There, I said it. CIS had a tour of Mountain View, California's Computer History Museum on Friday. W…
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State of Play Academy Spring Semester
I am delighted to announce the State of Play Academy (SOPA) Spring Semester will start Monday April 23 2007 and run thru June 8, 2007. SOPA is a virtual space…
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User Discussions Land Google, Wikipedia and Openpolitics in Canadian Libel Suits
According to a report in Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail: "Wayne Crookes, a former campaign manager of the Green Party of Canada, said he “suffered…
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OECD user-created content report
I’ve just came across this report published recently by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about User-Created Content (UCC). The…
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How close is "very close"?
Earlier this week Google's CEO Eric Schmidt was quoted saying that YouTube is “very close” to turning on a filtering system that should prevent copyright co…
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Optimal email animals
It's not unusual to find periodic columns decrying how technology is undermining the authenticity of human interactions, but it is relatively unusual to hea…
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Call for Papers: Internet Harassment
The Yale Law Journal Pocket Part is soliciting essays and commentaries on the role of law, policy, and extralegal tactics in regulating instances of cyber bully…
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A Bold And Fantastic Step By The BBC
We are at the point where technology makes it feasible to share publicly the vast swaths of our history, culture and heritage that reside on radio, television a…
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Web 2.0 Expo: User Generated Content and Privacy
Attached is my power point presentation from the Web 2.0 Expo on user generated content and privacy web2.0expo.ppt…
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Dylan Hears A Who -- And Gets A Cease And Desist Letter Too
As detailed in this article from Salon, the the Estate of Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) was not amused when somebody decided that Green Eggs And Ha…
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User Data = 2 x Video
Anyone still in doubt whether user data is valuable? Take a look at the news and learn: User data is worth the double of what Google paid for YouTube –– Googl…