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Two New Book Reviews
Two published book reviews! An Uncommonly Open Approach, written by Edella Schlager, was published in Science. Paul de Bijl published a review in the Journal…
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Secret Surveillance on the Rise
"A probable cause standard is what's required to protect Americans, and it's what's required under the Constitution," said Catherine Crump…
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Publicity rights up in the air
The current crop of cases are an important opportunity for an appellate standard, said Julie Ahrens, an attorney and associate director of the Fair Use Project…
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Self-Driving Cars: Coming Soon to a Highway Near You
“We have moved to cars that have millions of lines of code and advanced systems that will think about where you want to go and will change the brakes and steeri…
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Revised Cybersecurity Act Needs Amendments for Privacy, Security
The revised Cybersecurity Act sponsored by Lieberman and Collins needs work. It's provisions expand the government's ability to conduct network surveil…
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New Cybersecurity Bill Available
Senators Lieberman and Collins have just released a revised version of cybersecurity legislation proposed earlier this summer. Weighing in at 211 pages, we have…
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How Copyright Law Censors Campaigns
Once again, political campaign videos are being censored by copyright law. This time, Mitt Romney is the victim. After President Obama created an ad mocking Rom…
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Government Needs a Trip to Startup Land
On a Friday night in early June, eight strangers came up with an idea to help poor Americans on government assistance gain access to healthier food. They design…
Government Needs a Trip to Startup Land
Government Needs a Trip to Startup Land: An article in Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:07/19/2012…
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Music artists claim website promoted infringement
By Ben Adlin "The First Amendment concerns jump right out at you," said Julie Ahrens, associate director of Stanford Law School's Fair Use Projec…
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Pay-TV industry not united on TV Everywhere
Want to watch an episode of TNT's"The Closer" online? You have to fill out a form on TNT's website, proving you have a cable or satellite tel…
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Google would pay record FTC fine under tentative Apple Safari settlement
Among the first to discover Google’s use of cookies on Apple’s browser was Stanford University graduate student Jonathan Mayer, who is working toward law and co…