Fair Use for the Rich and Fabulous?
In two recent decisions concerning copyright’s fair use doctrine, the Second Circuit addressed the lawfulness of incorporating one creative work into a new one.…
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The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think
The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think, an op ed by Patrick Lin on Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
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The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think
"But, wait. We should also factor in the many more lives that would be spared. A good consequentialist would look at this bigger picture and argue that as…
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Calls Grow For Overhaul Of Government Surveillance Programs
"JENNIFER GRANICK: I don't think that the companies are in the position to well safeguard our privacy and Fourth Amendment rights." * Date Publi…
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The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think
Cross-posted from Wired. If you don’t listen to Google’s robot car, it will yell at you. I’m not kidding: I learned that on my test-drive at a Stanford confere…
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States Take the Wheel on Driverless Cars
"At the local level, driverless cars will change the way cities think about zoning, parking and idling rules, and could eventually allow cities to develop…
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Feds tell Web firms to turn over user account passwords
""This is one of those unanswered legal questions: Is there any circumstance under which they could get password information?" said Jennifer Gran…
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N.J. wins $1 million settlement from online ad company for violating web user privacy
"While the most recent allegations did not include PulsePoint stealing any personal information from users, the damage was real, said Aleecia McDonald, dir…
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Amash Amendment to defund NSA surveillance fails narrowly
In a closely watched vote that ended within the past hour, the US House of Representatives narrowly rejected Rep. Justin Amash's (R-MI) amendment (205-217)…
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Can You Hide Anything from the NSA?
""It's sort of like a puzzle that those of us who are in [the digital security] field have been trying to put together for years," said Jenni…
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Secret FISA Court Must Go
Chris Sprigman and I have a new piece up at The Daily Beast about NSA illegal mass surveillance. This time we're looking at the role of the secret FISA Cour…
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In-Store Tracking Companies Try to Self-Regulate Privacy
"“Self-regulation in its purest form is a recipe for disaster. There are simply too many incentives to violate privacy interests and too little transparenc…