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…
You've probably already heard about the Sixth Circuit's decision in Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films, holding that even a small amount of unauthorize…
The AP (via CNN) is reporting that "U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero struck down a provision of the Patriot Act that authorizes the FBI to force Internet…
Part of everyone's favorite Patriot Act was struck down today, namely the part about the FBI access to what should be confidential communications records. […
So I guess the Swiss have an operational data archiving network utilizing quantum cryptography for security. For those who have not followed the crypto revoluti…
So today I won a prize. A mini-iPod. It is quite the toy, however, I run this strange, mystical operating system called Linux, that Apple seems to pretend doesn…
BayFF Event - "E-voting and the Upcoming Election" on Tuesday, October 12 at 7pm Sometimes activism can be fun. Come join EFF at the 111 Minna Galler…
A federal judge in Texas lets loose on counsel in an absolutely fantastic opinion. A must-read.…
LibraryLaw Blog: Locking up Hemingway about unpublished short story from 1924 not being able to be pub b/c of lit executors + CTEA.…
At a hearing on February 3, 2004, the Court denied defendant's motion for fees and costs under the California Anti-SLAPP statute. In reaching it's deci…
still have tech problems -- new posts at http://academiccopyright.typepad.com on duration (charts that are helpful) and more on the MT papers and the unpublishe…
My other blog Academiccopyright.typepad.com got some attention from COPYFIGHT Corante > Copyfight this weekend, along with a mention on SIVACRACY.NET: Siva V…
Surprised this hasn't gotten more coverage. VeriSign has just announced a new USB key that they claim will assist in identifying children online. This kind…