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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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AP Exclusive: Big Texas welcome for Google self-driving cars
"State officials would not comment on their take, but one legal scholar said Google's read of state law was not farfetched. "A reasonable interpre…
This is the group that’s surprisingly prone to violent extremism
In the last 24 hours many prominent politicians and pundits have said that they don’t want Syrian refugees to enter the United States. For example, Gov. Chris C…