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Q&A: Robots and the law
"Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads? Should robots capable of thought be accorded rights as sentient beings? Ryan Calo, a lawyer at the Univers…
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A glimpse into the future: Will our robots have legal rights?
"The latest edition of Science features a multi-part report on the current state of robotics and its future. Leaving aside the discussions therein of pure…
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Q&A: Robots and the law
"Should driverless cars be allowed on the roads? Should robots capable of thought be accorded rights as sentient beings? Ryan Calo, a lawyer at the Univers…
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Pro Hackers Petition White House For DMCA And Computer Crime Law Reform
"Andrea Matwyshyn, the law professor and former FTC senior policy advisor who put the petition together, says the application of DMCA has upset “the balanc…
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What Brought Congress Together
"So where is the line? Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, says Americans don’t have to choose b…
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Feds ‘Hacked’ Silk Road Without a Warrant? Perfectly Legal, Prosecutors Argue
"Regardless of whether the government calls it “hacking” or a mere warrantless “search,” however, prosecutors’ arguments against Ulbricht’s Fourth Amendmen…
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Car hacking: how big is the threat to self-driving cars?
"“I think it goes without saying that if you don’t get security right, automated cars don’t get off the ground,” said Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at S…
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First Application of Google Spain by a National Court in Europe: the Right to be Forgotten Gets Reduced in the Netherlands
Recently, a European national court applied for the first time the Google Spain ruling of the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”). The Court of Amsterdam dealt wi…
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‘Zero-Rating’ Issue Continues in the Net Neutrality Debate
"Wikipedia Zero, which is limited to developing countries, “might make sense” in such places where people make a dollar a day and where there’s little infr…
Just Because a Hate Crime Occurs on the Internet Doesn’t Mean It’s Not a Hate Crime
Cross-posted from Time. Let's talk about nude photo leaks and other forms of online harassment as what they are: civil rights violations Over the past few…
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Study: Robotic Surgery More Costly For Ovarian Problems
"“Hospitals and the government need to be experts at assessing when something is going to be ready for prime time,” said Calo, who recently authored a Broo…
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Government Set Up A Fake Facebook Page In This Woman’s Name
"“I cannot imagine she thought that this would be a use that she consented to,” the University of Washington’s Calo said." * Date Published:10/06/20…