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Feed Me, See More
"“The law has never required the kind of licensing that people have assumed is necessary,” says Julie Ahrens, director of copyright and fair use at Stanfor…
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The House Hearing on Location Tracking Law (or the Lack Thereof)
"Catherine Crump testified before Congress today on location tracking and privacy, and the GPS Act that would increase legal protections for our location d…
Of Trademarks and Brands
"As Stacey Dogan noted in her recent review of Bob Bone’s Taking the Confusion Out of “Likelihood of Confusion”: Toward a More Sensible Approach to Tradema…
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Constitution USA with Peter Sagal
Watch Constitution USA with Peter Sagal on PBS. See more from Constitution USA with Peter Sagal. CIS Director of Civil Liberties Jennifer Granick is interviewe…
The Center for Law and the Biosciences presents Ryan Calo
On April 10, 2013, Stanford's Center for Law and the Biosciences welcomed CIS Affiliate Scholar Ryan Calo to campus for a discussion on law and emerging tec…
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CISPA 2.0 Clears The House: Outcome Hazy
As expected, CISPA 2.0 passed the House of Representatives yesterday and the various privacy protections sought through amendments were dropped. Although much…
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Engineers, Manufacturers Consider Liability With Self-Driving Cars
"One interesting idea is to widen the liability gap to not just self-driving cars, but robots in general. Ryan Calo, in an essay titled “Open Robotics,” pr…
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Stanford’s privacy policy offers strict user protections
"Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, expressed general satisfaction with Stanford’s Intern…
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FBI's scrutiny of Boston video walks a privacy-security tightrope
"What that means, privacy experts say, is that authorities will once again be carefully weighing national security interests against civil liberty concerns…
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Surveillance cameras and the Boston Marathon bombing
""It's true that a great deal of our lives, particularly in public, are recorded today. But for the time being, it's fairly atomized," sa…
Daniel Trottier - Hearsay Culture - Show #182 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
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Pain Rays and Robot Swarms: The Radical New War Games the DOD Plays
Cross-posted from The Atlantic. In the year 2025, a rogue state--long suspected of developing biological weapons--now seems intent on using them against U.S. a…