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Aaron Swartz and the law
As Jennifer Granick, director of civil liberties at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society, recently wrote: "'Authorization' gives great powe…
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Why Tweeting MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Now Constitutes Civil Disobedience
Citizens took to the digital streets today to celebrate what has become known as “Internet Freedom Day.” The new holiday celebrates users’ ability to speak, sha…
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The Case of Aaron Swartz
"But lost in the praise is the fact that such an amendment wouldn’t necessarily, as Jennifer Granick of the Center for Internet Law and Society observed da…
AP v. Meltwater Amicus Brief
The Fair Use Project filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge in AP v. Meltwater. * Publication Type:Litigat…
Why Tweeting MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Now Constitutes Civil Disobedience
Why Tweeting MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Now Constitutes Civil Disobedience: An article in Slate. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
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Swartz’s death shines light on strict hacking laws
"“The government should have never thrown the book at Aaron for accessing MIT’s network and downloading scholarly research,” said Marcia Hoffman, senior st…
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With Facebook search, users may lose their sense of obscurity
"A lot of this stuff that was previously unlikely to be seen outside of a small group of people will now easily be found through search on Facebook,"…
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Thoughts on Zoe Lofgren's CFAA Bill: A Great First Step
Yesterday, Representative Zoe Lofgren introduced on Reddit a bill to improve the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the wake of Aaron Swartz's suicide during t…
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Facebook introduces new search tool
""People who interact socially online respond much better when they have a little time to remove or make more obscure information that is going to bec…
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Big Data Meets Big Brother in the Passenger Screening Line
"The level of precision that satisfies advertisers is very different from the amount of exactitude federal authorities need, said Jennifer Granick, directo…
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Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz: Part 2
Below is part 2 of the post Towards Learning from Losing Aaron Swartz. The CFAA is incredibly broad and covers swaths of online conduct that should not merit p…
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The Privacy Guide to Facebook's New Graph Search
"...There are plenty of places where the law recognizes discomfort — it is a harm in its own right," Ryan Calo, an affiliate scholar for the Center fo…