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Software patent case to get U.S. Supreme Court hearing
""You can't patent mathematical formulas and other abstract ideas," says Daniel Nazer, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation.…
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Secretive trade talks heading to Singapore
"The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is en route to Singapore to finalize a new international agreement that has the potential to lock in our intellectual…
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Italian Communication Authority Brushes Off Growing Discontent With Its Proposal for Administrative Enforcement of Copyright Online
Civil society has reacted negatively to the Italian Communication Authority (AGCOM) Proposal for an administrative system of online copyright enforcement. Appro…
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EU High Court’s Advocate General Suggests ISP Blocking Orders Are Lawful with Some Restrictions
An Advocate General with the European Court of Justice (ECJ) recently issued an opinion that courts may order Internet Service Providers to block access to copy…
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NSA Collecting 5B Cellphone Locations A Day, News Report Says
"In a statement on the Post's story, ACLU Staff Attorney Catherine Crump said: " It is staggering that a location-tracking program on this scale…
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NSA Tracking Cell Phone Location Data Worldwide
"“The dragnet surveillance of hundreds of millions of cell phones flouts our international obligation to respect the privacy of foreigners and Americans al…
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Amazon Prime Is Not Alone; UPS Experimenting With Drone Delivery
"“I would be shocked if a company like UPS wasn’t considering this,” said Ryan Calo, a law professor specializing in drones and robotics. “If you want to c…
Latest Snowden Documents Show NSA Tracks Americans’ Cell Location Data
Cross-posted from Just Security. By Jennifer Granick and Thomas Earnest Today’s Washington Post report that the National Security Agency (NSA) is gathering ne…
Who actually drives an automated vehicle?
Bryant Walker Smith, Stanford Law School, speaking at the FISITA World Automotive Summit 2013 on 'Who actually drives an automated vehicle?' The 2013 S…
Denise Howell - Hearsay Culture Show #199 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by Center for Internet & Society Resident Fellow David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on…
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Latest Snowden Documents Show NSA Tracks Americans’ Cell Location Data
Cross-posted from Just Security. By Jennifer Granick and Thomas Earnest Today’s Washington Post report that the National Security Agency (NSA) is gathering ne…
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A Drone Scholar Answers the Big Questions About Amazon's Plans
"After Amazon's Jeff Bezos announced that his company wanted to deliver packages with small unmanned aerial vehicles, many people have questioned the v…