Law Professor and Computer Fraud and Abuse Act expert Orin Kerr wrote today in his usual thorough and well-informed fashion about the legal claims in Aaron Swar…
Over the weekend, I learned that Aaron Swartz had taken his own life. I cried, and am still crying, for him, his family, for the close friends who loved him, a…
"State and federal driving laws obviously weren’t written with this technology in mind, but as Bryant Walker Smith of Stanford University’s Center for Inte…
This Article consists of some general observations and a few examples that illustrate them. First, technology can benefit tremendously from government involveme…
"What California does often ends up becoming the law of the land," said Ryan Calo, assistant professor at the University of Washington School of Law.…
"The justification for creating temporary monopolies through patents and copyrights is that they encourage creative activity that would not otherwise take…
"The allegation that his recording of the incident violated HIPAA, or the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, is nonsense, said Je…
"“There is no satisfying general answer as to what the basic privacy rights are for social media users,” said Woodrow Hartzog, assistant professor of law a…
Cross-posted from Wired. Every so often in human history, something new comes along that warrants a celebration, and that deserves its own holiday. That’s why…
The Internet Deserves It's Own Holiday: An op ed in Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:01/02/2013…
Konomark is my project with CIS. In this post, I’m reporting the results of the first phase of my beta test. Konomark aims to encourage the sharing of copyrigh…
"“Imagine that someone invents a time machine. Does she break the law by using that machine to travel to the past? Whether the new technology is time machi…