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Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States
Cross posted from the Robotics and the Law blog. “One of the most significant obstacles to the proliferation of autonomous cars is the fact that they are illeg…
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Will lawsuits kill the autonomous car?
"But Bryant Smith, a resident fellow at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, questioned whether it was "appropriate to have a federal legisla…
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"Brain Spyware"
As if we don’t have enough to worry about, now there’s spyware for your brain. Or, there could be. Researchers at Oxford, Geneva, and Berkeley have created a…
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Amazing Spider-Man 2: Paparazzi Using Spy Drones on Set?
"“In 2015, when the FAA is set to begin to relax its prohibition on use and integrate civilian use of drones, then I would think the first folks in the doo…
Digital Age - Are We Prosecuting the Right Hackers?
Hacking generally has a pejorative meaning, namely, someone who accesses a computer by circumventing its security system. But, hacking may also refer to excelle…
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Fair Use Project, International Documentary Association, MPAA, and Film Independent Ask Fourth Circuit to Recognize Creators’ Interest in Repurposing Copyrighted Material for Historical Use
Frederick Bouchat has been serially litigating against the NFL and the Baltimore Ravens organization for more than a decade. Bouchat continues to press his clai…
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Rise of robots means rethinking our laws
"Similarly compelling questions came from Bryant Walker Smith, a Stanford fellow focused on law and policy related to driverless cars like the one being de…
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Why Hollywood Studios Care About the NFL's Baltimore Ravens Logo
The MPAA says that if an artist suing the league is victorious at an appeals court, it could raise problems for movies containing logos, signs, billboards and o…
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If you hate red-light cameras, you’ll really hate speeding ticket robots
"“If anyone thinks it is a simple thing to do, to take a simple law [and convert it to machine-readable code], it is significantly more complicated than on…
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Robot car enthusiasts worry about new threat: lawyers
""Is it appropriate to have a federal legislative response to the liability question?" said Bryant Smith, a resident fellow at the Stanford Cente…
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Robot Wars: With The Technology In Place, Inventors Examine Legal Hurdles
"Ryan Calo of the University of Washington law school proposes that Congress allow the kind of selective immunity seen in firearm manufacturing - an immuni…
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Ravens Logo Appeal Threatens Filmmaker Rights, MPAA Says
Julie Ahrens, an attorney for the amici, noted Tuesday that the MPAA, the International Documentary Association and Film Independent aren't always necessari…