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 part of the Intellectual Property Reform that is current going on in Japan, the Copyright Council at the Agency of Cultural Affairs (Japanese equivalent of C…
In this entry, I will explain anti-device regulations (i.e., regulations that outlaws certain devices that enable circumvention of DRM technologies.) The regla…
In this entry, I will explain the basics of direct circumvention regulation (i.e., regulations that prohibits direct circumvention of DRM technologies). In Jap…
In this entry, I would like to give you an overview of anti-circumvention regulations in Japan (Japanese equivalent of DMCA). As you may know, anti-circumventi…
My friend and former CNET reporter Courtney Macavinta and Andrea Vander Pluym just published Respect: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Y…
Jim Lindgren at the Volokh Conspiracy reacts to a WSJ piece about Justice Stephen Breyer's soon to be released new book: "Active Liberty: Interpreting…
I just learned from Public Knowledge that Google has temporarily suspended its Library Project. (See also the same article at WiredNews.) I previously wrote a…
Are clothing retailers embracing remixing of album covers as a new trend in advertising? I've learend of two incidents where popular album covers have been…
for the CIS conference cultural environmentalism at ten…
I'm tired of the argument that new tools that enable users to produce content are transformative but most people are too lazy to take advantage. Hopefully,…
I had a great day yesterday at a retreat which brought together many of the other CIS fellows and leadership. We connected about projects that are underway and,…
今回は、法律と全く外れて、学生の意識、について。 こちらのLaw schoolの学生を観察していて、日本の学生と違うなぁと痛感することのひとつに、「履歴書」があります。 履歴書の書き方が違う！？ いえ、そうではなくて。 米国の学生は（そして、おそらく社会人も）、良くも悪くも、自分の履歴書を何時も「手入れ」しなが…