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Delivery Drones Grounded by F.A.A.
"Ryan Calo, an assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law who specializes in robotics and drones, told me that the worry about drone…
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Courts may hear challenges to secret cell tracking devices after new ruling
"Brian Pascal, a research fellow at the University of California, Hastings, told Ars that he didn’t think that this new ruling would impact metadata gather…
What Aereo's Supreme Court Ruling Means for New Tech
"The Supreme Court sides with the big television networks and rules that Barry Diller's start-up Aereo violates existing copyright law. Christopher Spr…
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US music copyright: 'It’s basically just a bunch of people fighting over money'
"“Everyone’s opinion is predictable,” said Christopher Sprigman, who teaches copyright law at NYU. “Everyone’s opinion is really just about getting more mo…
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May 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the Internet and Jurisdiction Project
May 2014 in Retrospect is available here: http://www.internetjurisdiction.net/observatory/retrospect/2014-may Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Inte…
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Government Downplaying Sensitivity Of Metadata Collected By NSA
"“The notion that [metadata] is just a phone number seems quite inaccurate,” Mayer, a law school graduate who is now pursuing a PhD in computer science, to…
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Argentine Supreme Court To Decide Whether Intermediaries Must Monitor/Take Down Search Results
Recently, the Supreme Court of Argentina heard arguments in Rodríguez, María Belén c/ Google Inc. y Otro s/ Daños y Perjuicios. The case requires the Supreme Co…
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Whose laws control your data? The implications of the Microsoft search warrant challenge
Last month, Microsoft challenged a warrant that was served on their US offices for customer data that the company stores in Ireland (In the Matter of a Warrant…
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The Most Important People Working In Robotics Today
"Laws has to keep up with new technologies, and Ryan Calo has his eye on robot legalities, particularly with respect to policy and ethics. For example, Ca…
Hands-Free Driving for $10,000
Bryant Walker Smith appears beginning at 1:55. Watch the full segment at NBC Nightly News.…
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What Everyone Gets Wrong in the Debate Over Net Neutrality
"“The question is which kinds of fast lanes are problematic and which kinds are not,” says Marvin Ammori, a lawyer and net neutrality advocate." * D…
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Driverless tech: First comes carriage ... then the law
""Under the existing code, a human user could almost always be considered a 'driver,' " regardless of where that person is, Smith said. &…