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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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City of Rhyme
When I was at the Kennedy School years ago I co-founded a non-profit with Barry Malin that focused on health issues among Latin American street kids called Shin…
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ODR at the University of Haifa Law School
I did a presentation last night for my co-CITDR fellow Orna Rabinovich-Einy's class on Online Dispute Resolution at the University of Haifa Law School. For…
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The Utility of the NSA Domestic Phone Call Database
At a recent privacy seminar held at the Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars, Republican Senator John Sununu voiced concerns about the domestic phone call databas…
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Buy this shirt!
My son has designed a t-shirt about one of his passions, aside from explosions, Fear Factor, and Court TV. If you go to Zazzle.com, you can make a nine-year-ol…
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Should you give ideas to terrorists?
I'm trying to avoid blogging over the NSA's acquisition of telephone records from a number of major telephone companies. Given my ability to avoid virt…
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John McCain at Liberty University
Lots of people are talking about John McCain's speech at Liberty University and how it signals that he's climbed off of the "Straight Talk Express&…
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"Hearsay Culture" Now Available on iTunes
My KZSU-FM show, "Hearsay Culture," is now available on iTunes. Go here to find it (note, of course, that you need iTunes installed on your computer)…
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Secrecy and Unaccountability: Trade Secrets in Our Public Infrastructure
At long last, the article on which I have been toiling for many months is in public-consumption format. I am very pleased to report that my article, "Secr…
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The New NSA Domestic Phone Call Database
For those concerned with privacy, the “war on terror” (setting aside the obvious complaint that a country cannot be at war with an expression) raises a very dif…
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E-Voting and Copyright Law
The problems concerning electronic voting machines and copyright law which have been discussed in the U.S. for some time, in particular concerning Diebold (see…
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Legalizing Personal Music Copying in Britain
In Britain, an interesting initiative is afoot that, if successful, would allow music consumers in the UK greater freedom. The BPI, the body that represents th…
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Screaming Talk Radio Hosts and What History Proves
As I was driving from my office to my daughter's Little League game this evening, I heard a radio talk show host who really got on my nerves. His inane po…