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…
"Rules" and "physical laws" are two powerful, immediate, external influences on our behavior. At its heart, a rule is little more than a su…
I'm at SuperNova2006 today. The morning started off with a talk about Net Neutrality by Michael Copps of the FCC. The talk left me pleased that someone is u…
I was a bit disturbed this morning as I drove down the penninsula to the Podcasting Summit in Redwood City. What disturbed me was Scott Cleland's "argu…
Spent some great quality time with Denise Howell this week. On Monday we recorded a podcast for her IT Conversations series, Sound Policy, and today we appeared…
We filed an amicus brief (.pdf) on behalf of a number of law professors arguing that the claims made against the phone company do not require disclosure of stat…
Despite having had a bad travel experience the night before this presentation, Audrey's presentation was fun and energetic. She described the humble start…
I'm attending the Corporate Podcasting Summit. Charlene Li of Forrester Research started off the conference and provided some interesting numbers about who&…
I had the pleasure to be guest on my fellow fellows David Levine's KSZU Radio Show 'Hearsay Culture' (iTunes needed!). David and I talked about Nati…
Thanks to everyone who attended the "Happy Podding Hour" last night at Varnish. It was great to catch up with many of you and hear what you're up…
If you are planning a summer trip to the Southern Hemisphere and are looking for poker machines that should be in place for a while, may I suggest Hobsons Bay,…
Our case Shloss v. Estate of James Joyce, et al., continues to generate interest. Here's a link to an interview I did with Public Radio Canada on June 13.…
The Section 115 Reform Act of 2006 (SIRA) is a blanket license without an opt-out. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/06/06/0434242. And here's a s…