To Filter or Not to Filter? That is the Question in EU Copyright Reform
This article discusses the proposed introduction in EU law of an obligation for hosting providers to conclude licencing agreements with copyright holders and en…
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Powerful Lobby Group Wants to Keep AI Unregulated
"Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group at California Polytechnic State University, says that regulating new technologies is always…
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Amazon’s Latest Way Into Your Life Is Through the Front Door
"Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington who specializes in legal issues related to technology, said Amazon’s new service relies on the…
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NAACP’s American Airlines warning is a wake-up call to corporate America
"Malkia Cyril, a Black Lives Matter activist in Oakland, Calif., praised the new approach. “For the NAACP to more vocally expand its portfolio of issues to…
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What Does the FBI's New 'Black Identity Extremist' Label Really Mean to Black Organizing?
Malkia Cyril is the founder and executive director of the Center for Media Justice, an organization best known for its leadership in the fight for net neutralit…
Is it time for a Cyber Peace Corps?
Hackers around the world are attacking targets as diverse as North Dakota’s state government, the Ukrainian postal service and a hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia.…
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New Study Casts Doubt On Effectiveness Of Police Body Cameras. But Is That Fair?
"“What is the public actually getting for its money?” asked Harlan Yu, a principal at Upturn, a firm that works on technology policy issues. “Are body came…
Trusting Big Data Research
ABSTRACT Although it might puzzle or even infuriate data scientists, suspicion about big data is understandable. The concept does not seem promising to most pe…
Privacy, Vulnerability, and Affordance
INTRODUCTION A person without privacy is vulnerable. But what is it to be vulnerable? And what role does privacy or privacy law play in vulnerability? This Art…
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The Senate’s automated driving bill could squash state authority
My previous post on the House and Senate automated driving bills (HB 3388 and SB 1885) concluded by noting that, in addition to the federal government, states a…
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Congress’s automated driving bills are both more and less than they seem
Bills being considered by Congress deserve our attention—but not our full attention. To wit: When it comes to safety-related regulation of automated driving, ex…
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Tulane, Southern law clinics offer entrepreneurs intellectual property help
""We get questions all the time about, 'Can you help me with my patent?' But we couldn't until we got certification," said Elizabeth…