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White House Task Force Urges Curb on NSA’s Bulk Data Collection
"“Nothing short of stopping the mass, suspicionless surveillance of Americans is acceptable,” said Michelle Richardson, legislative counsel at the ACLU’s W…
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Supreme Court Prepares To Wade Into `La Brea Tar Pits' Of Software Patents
"“There’s a lot of these really broad, abstract patents where the only concrete thing is `do it on a processor, or do it on a computer, or do it on the Int…
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Sex, lies and the Internet: The tale of Lena Chen
"Forty states have laws addressing cyber-harassment, according to a tally by the National Conference of State Legislatures, which make it illegal to intent…
Mass Location Tracking: It’s Not Just For the NSA
Thanks to Edward Snowden we now understand that the NSA runs many dragnet surveillance programs, some of which target Americans. But a story yesterday from Wash…
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How advertisers became the NSA's best friend
"Tracking cookies offers the NSA the perfect system for following suspects across the web: it's pervasive, persistent, and for the most part, it's…
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Beastie Boys Slam GoldieBlox With Counter Lawsuit
"“The greater message is, ‘Let's rethink how we stereotype what's a girl's role, or what a girl's product might be,’” said Julie Ahrens, di…
Commons Myths about Fair Use & Copyright
December 12, 2013 - Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Visual Motion Arts The song you sampled for an intro sequence that you don't have the license for-…
Four Factors of Fair Use
December 12, 2013 - Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Visual Motion Arts The song you sampled for an intro sequence that you don't have the license for-…
The Key to Fair Use: Transformation
December 12, 2013 - Copyright and Fair Use Issues in the Visual Motion Arts The song you sampled for an intro sequence that you don't have the license for-…
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As Facebook Grows Up, What Lies Ahead?
"Andrea Matwyshyn, a Wharton legal studies and business ethics professor, says that some drop off in teen usage is to be expected. “The shelf life of cooln…
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Who’s tracking your porn?
"I asked Mayer if he believed there was reason to worry that one’s porn-browsing history could be sold — say, to a potential employer — or made public. “I’…
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Revenge Porn Site Operator Charged With Being a Creep (and Other Crimes)
"Ryan Calo writes in Forbes that Bollaert may be protected from some charges because though he facilitated the transaction, he didn't upload photos him…