Understanding Cybersecurity
Listen to the full panel on the World Affairs Council website. Cybersecurity in both the public and private sectors is of increasing importance and growing con…
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FAA Appeals Drone Decision
Cross-posted from Concurring Opinions. Last week, an administrative law judge invalidated a fine against Raphael Pirker by the Federal Aviation Administration…
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Volunteers in metadata study called gun stores, strip clubs, and more
"“At the outset of this study, we shared the same hypothesis as our computer science colleagues—we thought phone metadata could be very sensitive,” Jonatha…
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Bethesda Lawyer Grappling with Balance between National Security and Privacy
"Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union said her organization “was concerned about (the privacy board’s) functioning and being understaf…
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Freedom of Linking in Europe?
Recently, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) decided in Svensson et al v Retriever Sverige that links to authorized works freely available online do not infrin…
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Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give Up
"Recently, I spoke to Andrew Bridges, a copyright lawyer in Silicon Valley and a partner at Fenwick & West. He said that he’s been involved in four cas…
Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give Up
You know when you break up with someone and they just don’t get the message? A few months later, they’re trying again, testing the waters with a few small thing…
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Playing by the Rules: The Success of Unlicensed Spectrum
"Professor Brett Frischmann, affiliate scholar at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, provides a succinct explanation of why rule-b…
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FAA Fine Against Drone Photographer Dismissed
""It does mean that if you have this kind of aircraft [the FAA] is not going to be in a position to fine you," Ryan Calo, professor of law at the…
Drones: 1, FAA: 0
Cross-posted from Forbes. An administrative judge invalidated a fine yesterday against an individual who used a small drone for the commercial purpose of takin…
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Spain: YouTube Cannot be Enjoined to Prevent Future Copyright Infringing Uploads
YouTube achieved yet another big win in Spain last January when a court of appeals in Madrid found it not liable of copyright infringement. The case is Telecinc…
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Experts See Autonomous-Car Revolution as Evolution
"Bryant Walker Smith, a researcher at Stanford University’s Center for Automotive Research and the Center for the Internet and Society at Stanford’s law sc…