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…
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…
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…
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…
Dave Dederer, who sang two velvet underground songs to set the stage for some of the debate, has some ideas for how music artists can monetize their hard work.…
I loved Kathy Gil's comment: Don't let geeks name things. Her example is that we need to change the term Network Neutrality to Network Discrimination. I…
So, it's the start of Gnomdex, and the introduction includes an official Washington State proclamation that June 30-July 1 are "RSS Days" in this…
So I'm up in Seattle for a few days to attend Gnomdex later this week and to spend some time with my family and our newest member, Marcus Paul Vogele, who I…
"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…