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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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Seinfeld Redux
Remember that Seinfeld where someone stole Jerry's car and Jerry called his car phone and spoke to the guy? Here's what the episode would have looked l…
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The WSJ reports on…
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Analog DRM
NPR had an intersting segment about Roger Richman, who represents the families and estates of dead people, like Albert Einstein (negotiated the Apple endorsemen…
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guestblogging at law.com
I will be guestblogging for Lisa Stone at Law.com's Legal Blog Watch this week. Never guestblogged before. comments welcome, here or there.…
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anti-circumvention regulation in Japan (4): recent arguments
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…
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anti-circumvention regulation in Japan (3): anti-device regulation
In this entry, I will explain anti-device regulations (i.e., regulations that outlaws certain devices that enable circumvention of DRM technologies.) The regla…
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anti-circumvention regulation in Japan (2): direct circumvention regulation
In this entry, I will explain the basics of direct circumvention regulation (i.e., regulations that prohibits direct circumvention of DRM technologies). In Jap…
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anti-circumvention regulation in Japan (1): Overview
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…
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Respect
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…
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Breyer and Ely (and Kramer and Tushnet)
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…
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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…
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Album cover remixing by clothing retailers
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…