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Waymo sues Uber for allegedly stealing self-driving secrets
"Since Waymo is alleging intentional patent infringement (among other claims), if it prevails, it could win triple damages, as well as other relief, said B…
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U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study: Comments in Response to Second Notice of Inquiry
Abstract These comments were prepared and submitted in response to the U.S. Copyright Office's November 8, 2016 Notice of Inquiry requesting additional pub…
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Federal Court: Cops Can't Just Walk Into A Building And Force Unlock iPhones With Finger
"In an opinion found by Stanford cryptography fellow Riana Pfefferkorn, from magistrate Judge M. David Weisman (published below), the court denied the gove…
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Ford wants your new car to pick a song – or tell a joke
"Systems like those Ford is researching will become far more vital as auto companies develop autonomous cars, said Bryant Walker Smith, an engineering prof…
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How Peter Thiel's Palantir Helped the NSA Spy on the Whole World
"The former PCAP member who did respond, Stanford privacy scholar Omer Tene, told The Intercept that he was unaware of “any specific relationship, agreemen…
Expanding the Periphery and Threatening the Core: The Ascendant Libertarian Speech Tradition
Abstract Though scholars have identified the expanding scope of First Amendment speech doctrine, little attention has been paid to the theoretical transformati…
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How a College Kid Made His Honda Civic Self-Driving for $700
"Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina, says that federal and state laws probably don’t pose much of a barrier to those…
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New master's degree provides practical approaches to policy, legal and ethical cybersecurity issues
""If you speak with policymakers and technical specialists about cybersecurity, they often speak about similar problems but use totally different lang…
'American Spies' author Jennifer Granick on privacy in the age of surveillance
The internet makes access to information incredibly easy, and we normally see that as a good thing. But what if the information being accessed is details of our…
Notice and Takedown in the Domain Name System: ICANN's Ambivalent Drift into Online Content Regulation
Abstract This article maps ICANN’s ambivalent drift into online content regulation through its contractual facilitation of a “trusted notifier” copyright enfor…
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"Smart Cities" Are Too Smart for Your Privacy
No one wants to live in a “dumb” city. But I question whether anyone ought to want to live in a really smart city either. I’d prefer to just live in a smarter…
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Law Profs Say Government Has Power to Demand Companies Protect Consumer Data
"On Feb. 16, eight privacy and security law professors—Kenneth A. Bamberger, Woodrow Hartzog, Chris Jay Hoofnagle, William McGeveran, Deirdre K. Mulligan,…