Even (Some) Law Firms Think Robots Are The Next Big Thing
Cross-posted from Forbes. I am proud to say that I helped found the Robot Block Party in Silicon Valley. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together indu…
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How To Solve the President’s Big Data Challenge
"To help perform such complex calculations and weighty value choices, we support exploring Ryan Calo’s proposal for engaging ethical review boards to vet a…
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Time to Reform the FISA Amendments Act Section 702
I've written a lot about the problems with the FISA Amendments Act and section 702, which is the legal basis for the PRISM surveillance program and involves…
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Another Super Bowl Ad Fest, This Time on the Cellphone
"“When it rolls out, you will see all this utility for it,” said Ryan Calo, an assistant professor of law at the University of Washington in Seattle. “And…
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How Advertisers Can Use Your Personal Information To Make You Pay Higher Prices
"We are at the start of a massive shift; As Calo describes it, “The truth is that we are only beginning to understand how vast asymmetries of information c…
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Podcasting “patent troll” fighting EFF wants donors’ names
""We are outraged that Personal Audio is seeking to invade the privacy and associational rights of hundreds of our donors," wrote Nazer. "As…
OfficeMax Letter Revisited: What Could A Lawyer Do For Mr. Seay?
Cross-posted from Forbes. Mike Seay wants to know why he received a letter from OfficeMax OfficeMax that referred to the death of his daughter on the front of…
IP BYTES: Hot Topics in Copyright Law
View the full presentation here. (Silverlight required.) Julie Ahrens talk on "Google Books and the Evolution of Fair Use" begins at 1:35. Speakers:…
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Don’t Close Your Eyes to Surveillance Dangers: A Response to Richard Epstein
Yesterday, Professor Richard Epstein wrote a post for Just Security recommending unmodified continuation of the NSA’s bulk phone records collection. Today, I re…
Don’t Close Your Eyes to Surveillance Dangers: A Response to Richard Epstein
Richard Epstein’s office at the Hoover Institution is less than a mile from mine at Stanford Law School, and I’ve had the pleasure to hear Richard speak to the…
Prof. Edward Lee - Hearsay Culture - Show #202 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Former Bush Officials Knock RNC Call to End NSA Surveillance
""Were we really expected to believe that all these provisions allow the government to collect in bulk the telephone records — as well as Internet rec…