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Wickr Announces New Interface, App And Advisory Board
The Wickr team is brought together by the strong belief that private correspondence is a universal human right that is extremely important to a free society. Ea…
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Canadian Privacy Commissioner Funding Call for Proposals
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently launched its 2013-2014 call for funding proposals for its Contribution Program, a $500,000 funding envelope to condu…
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Goldieblox v. Beastie Boys: Let's Ask An Actual Expert
"Then I spoke to an actual expert, Julie Ahrens, Director of Copyright & Fair Use at Stanford’s Center for Internet & Society. She convinced me tha…
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Beastie Boys Vs. GoldieBlox In Fair Use Dispute: ‘Girls’ Parody Underscores Murky Copyright Laws
"Julie Ahrens, director of copyright and fair use for Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, thinks GoldieBlox did the right thing by stick…
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Beastie Boys Gotta Fight, But Probably Won't Win
“This is exactly what fair use gives you the right to do,” said Julie Ahrens, the director of copyright and fair use at Stanford Law School's Center for the…
The NSA, Tor, Vodafone and LIBE Committee Meet To Chat
Cross-posted from the Privacy Association. Imagine the NSA, European Parliament, Tor and Vodafone having a civilized conversation about privacy. Considering th…
Google's triumph advances transformative use of copyrighted work
Cross-posted from Al Jazeera America. On Nov. 14, a New York federal court judge ruled to uphold Google’s ambitious project to scan and digitize millions of bo…
WikiLeaks and the Control of Public Debate
Cross-posted from InfoJustice.org. "If you want to kill a trade agreement, or any effort to make new law or policy, keep it secret for an excessive amount…
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Fwd.Us Immigration Hackathon: Immigration Visualization Project
Cross-posted from Open Law Lab. I’ve just posted a project summary up for my team’s work at the FWD.us DREAMer Hackathon at the Program for Legal Tech & De…
Blame the NSA, not Facebook and Google: Column
Cross-posted from USA Today. Outrageous and possibly illegal. That's what Google's executive chairman called the latest chapter in the NSA saga – news…
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Blame the NSA, not Facebook and Google: Column
Cross-posted from USA Today. Outrageous and possibly illegal. That's what Google's executive chairman called the latest chapter in the NSA saga – news…
Vint Cerf is Wrong. Privacy Is Not An Anomaly
Cross-posted from IAPP. Privacy may actually be an anomaly,” said Vint Cerf, one of the architects of the Internet, at an FTC workshop on the Internet of Thing…