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
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Why Hollywood Studios Care About the NFL's Baltimore Ravens Logo
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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
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Robot Wars: With The Technology In Place, Inventors Examine Legal Hurdles
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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…
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Amid Calls for Reform, a Rare Trial of Hacking Law
""Because the language is vague and the way we've used computers has changed so much, there has been a great amount of litigation and dispute abou…
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EFF patent lawyer rates lawyer-rating patent ‘terrible’
""It's a terrible patent," says Daniel Nazer, a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation and its exemplary Patent Busting Projec…
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Washington House Panel Rejects Push For Passwords
"University of Washington law professor Ryan Calo, who studies emerging technologies, said companies have federal, state and common laws that protect propr…
Law professors challenge secrecy in fracking
For Immediate Release April 2, 2013 Media Contact: Philip Craft, Elon University School of Law (336) 279-9333 / pcraft@elon.edu Ten law professors with exper…