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Human error as a cause of vehicle crashes
Some ninety percent of motor vehicle crashes are caused at least in part by human error. This intuitive claim is a fine place to start discussions about the saf…
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Intelligence Revew Group Report Released
The much-anticipated Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies report (PDF) "Liberty and Security in a Changing World" was released…
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Fourth Circuit Finds Fair Use for NFL in Baltimore Ravens Documentary Case
Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit issued an opinion in Bouchat v. Baltimore Ravens Ltd. P’ship, Case No. 12-2543 (4th Cir. Dec. 17, 2013) (“ Bouchat V ”)—the latest…
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SAE Levels of Driving Automation
UPDATE 2: A new 2016 version of SAE J3016 is now freely available! UPDATE 1: The old 2014 version of SAE J3016 is here, and a free summary is here. SAE Inter…
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German Supreme Court Finds eBay Liable for Actively Promoted Third Party Copyright Infringements
According to a recently published decision of the German Federal Supreme Court (judgment of 16 May 2013, I ZR 216/11) eBay shall be liable for copyright infring…
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Up to Speed: Four Highlights of the White House Report on How to Change the NSA
"Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, told the Daily Beast Wednesday that her first impression of the recommend…
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Italian Communication Authority Approves Administrative Enforcement of Online Copyright Infringement
In spite of an inflamed debate and strong opposition, as we have reported here and here, the Board of the Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM) approved its r…
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Google's robotics program has legs, but where is it going?
"Patrick Lin, director of the Ethics and Emerging Sciences group at California Polytechnic State University speculates the company is working on the first…
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Unlikely Allies in Congress Fight to Curb the NSA
"In the campaign to reign in the NSA, Wyden ”will be crucial in keeping the liberals together, putting pressure on the administration and being able to spe…
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Anti-NSA Surveillance Senators Cheer Federal Ruling While Harry Reid Waits It Out
""Harry Reid is going to have the ultimate say on this," ACLU legislative counsel Michelle Richardson told The Huffington Post earlier this month…
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A Common Law Coup d'Etat: How NSA's Creative Interpretations Of Law Subvert Congress And The Rule of Law
Today, the federal District Court for the District of Columbia held that the NSA's bulk telephone metadata collection program under the USA PATRIOT Act viol…
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Perfect enforcement: On the ground in the red light camera wars
"Those who object to the cameras don't do so solely on the grounds of an unproven safety record. Woodrow Hartzog, a law professor at the Cumberland Sch…