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…
Back in 2011, as Nevada was developing regulations for automated driving, there was debate about whether vehicles should have a special external signal to indic…
Berlin, April 28, 2025 - Epicenter.works, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF), the Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband (vzbv), and Stanford Professor Barba…
As I learn all the fun and angles of building a website, I want to offer interim relief pending the launch of the actual Hearsay Culture website (wow, that was…
The Podcast Brothers have posted an excellent episode today in which they interview Marty Schwimmer, an expert on trademark, domain name, and copyright legal di…
My short post from the other day got noticed by a few folks over at Whiskey Fire, so they responded to my brief observation with a few observations of their own…
I'm optimistic about this. For those of you who don't know, the Public Conversations Project is an organization in Massachusetts that convenes dialogue…
Two things I've been involved with recently relating to podcasting in corporations and universities are now published on-line: First, the panel discussion…
What's better than listening to two lawyers you really like as people talk about a subject you find fascinating? For me, it's hard to beat. (And, I'…
Ringtones are likely subject to statutory license for making and distributing phonorecords under the Copyright Act. Here's the copyright office's announ…
The New York Times had an interesting article over the weekend talking about the tense stalemate that exists between liberals and conservatives in everyday inte…
Andrew Sullivan is one of the most thoughtful bloggers out there, and if you haven't seen what's been going on in his thinking lately it's worth che…
From an article by Miriam Pemberton in Foreign Policy in Focus: "In 2000, the Gallup organization recorded a 65% majority among Republicans, Democrats, an…
This is my sister's cat, Homer. She says he's a ham. I say he's a cat. (c) 2006 Gabriela Vogele This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons A…
The Digital Freedom Campaign website appears to be a good resource about an important movement... I haven't gotten through all the things they are proposing…