Blog
•
A User-Focused Commentary on the TPP’s ISP Safe Harbors
This article is part of an IP-Watch and Infojustice.org series analyzing the Trans Pacific Partnership intellectual property provisions by leading experts aroun…
Recent posts
Press
•
CTIC’s Vagle on intelligence, surveillance laws in wake of Paris attacks
"In the wake of the recent attacks in Paris and recent comments on intelligence gathering made by CIA Director John Brennan, Penn Law talked to Jeffrey Vag…
Press
•
Elon professor joins opposition to cyber-espionage legislation
"Elon University School of Law professor David Levine is one of 42 law and technology experts to weigh in opposing a cyber-espionage act in Congress. Levi…
Press
•
UAlbany hosts forum on Paris attacks
"University professors Brian Nussbaum and Jim Steiner, and Rick Mathews, Director of the National Center for Security & Preparedness were among the pan…
Deep Dive: God, Science & Robotic Warfare
Robotic warfare is no longer the realm of science fiction. From drones to the development of lethal, autonomous robotic weaponry, we take a look at the ethics o…
Public domain or copyrighted material?
The song “Happy Birthday” has a long, litigious history dating back to the 1930s. Every year, people spent millions in royalties to use the song, until a class…
Two new initiatives will hold tech companies accountable on press freedom
The launches of OnlineCensorship.org today and Ranking Digital Rights on November 3 will ensure technology companies serve--rather than squelch--the free flow o…
Press
•
Elon Law Professor David Levine leads law scholars' effort to improve federal cyberespionage response
"The Nov. 17 scholars' letter opposing DTSA was addressed to Senators Charles Grassley and Patrick Leahy, and U.S. Representatives Robert Goodlatte and…
Press
•
Experts weigh benefits, problems of open data
"Speaking on a panel on the topic hosted by the Microsoft Innovation & Policy Center in Washington, D.C., Ryan Calo, assistant professor of the Univers…
United States Intervention at the Meeting of the ICC’s Assembly of States Parties
The International Criminal Court’s Assembly of States Parties (ASP) is meeting this week in The Hague — its 14th session. On the agenda (and here) are a number…
Blog
•
New Professors' Letter Opposing The Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015
As CIS readers may recall, I've been very concerned about the problems associated with the proposed Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA). Ostensibly designed to…
Blog
•
Blaming cryptography (and Snowden) again.
Less than 2 days after the Daesh attacks in Paris, technology was, predictably, named as an accomplice -- if not an enabler -- of terrorism, crime, and other ne…