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Why the Rick Ross Case May Change Hip Hop
"According to Julie Ahrens, director of Copyright and Fair Use at Stanford University's Center for Internet and Society, that's because such bandie…
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Podcasters Prepare for War Against ‘Podcast Patent’ Owner Personal Audio
"“We think Personal Audio's podcasting claims are a classic example of an over-broad software patent,” EFF staff attorney Daniel Nazer wrote in an emai…
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Why Americans Are Saying No to Domestic Drones
"Ryan Calo of Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society suggested in a December 2011 paper that because of their “disquieting” nature, drones “could be ju…
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The Law Against Unlocking Cellphones Is Anti-Consumer, Anti-Business, and Anti-Common Sense
"In the year after helping me with my case, Jennifer Granick fought for an exemption from the DMCA for unlocking phones, and in November 2006 it was grante…
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Aaron’s Law Takes Shape
"Jennifer Granick, a scholar and computer crime defense attorney at Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society, addressed Kerr’s proposal in a January 23 p…
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CISPA, Redux.
CISPA, Redux. Given the recent high-profile incidents regarding the systemic hacking of prominent news organizations, it’s not surprising to see cybersecurity…
Eran Kahana - Hearsay Culture - Show #178 - 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 technol…
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Congress' horse-and-buggy computer laws
""Congress tries to write technology-neutral laws," says Jennifer Granick, an Internet law expert at Stanford, "but there's been a whole…
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Trolls and Tribulations
Patent trolls — companies that assert patents as a business model instead of creating products — have been in the news lately. This is hardly surprising, given…
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APPS Act implications: What developers should know about user privacy, consent
"According to Aleecia McDonald, director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School, the APPS Act is fairly well-tailored to…
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Privacy worries may stall commercial use of drone aircraft
""If we don't fix the privacy problems for civil liberties, we'll never realize the benefits from drones," said Ryan Calo, a law professo…
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When the drones come home
"“The rising hostility in Pakistan and now Yemen is causing a bit of a pullback in global and U.S. opinion. I sense people becoming more and more doubtful…