Social Issues in Robotics
We Robot - April 21-22, 2012Inaugural Conference on Legal and Policy Issues Relating to RoboticsPanel Presentation: Social Issues in RoboticsModerator: Ryan Cal…
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Commentary on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
Last week, Concurring Opinions hosted a symposium on my book. Here are links to the posts: Frank Pasquale’s Introduction to the Infrastructure Symposium: *…
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Commentary on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
Last week, Concurring Opinions hosted a symposium on my book. Here are links to the posts: Frank Pasquale’s Introduction to the Infrastructure Symposium: *…
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When Mobile Telecommunications Routes Become Banks
Lately, I have been puzzled by the proliferation of bank-mobile operator partnerships in the developed and emerging countries. The mobile carriers provide the…
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Curating Instead of Abusing the Internet’s Town Crier Capacity
With the U.S. Presidential Election season out of the gate, a shrill bloodbath of social media soon will decry or herald the records of President Barack Obama a…
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Word of Mouth 04.28.2012
Ever get the feeling that someone is watching you? Well, you may want to get used to it. While the US government has been putting un-manned drones to heavy use…
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The Real Problem with Driverless Cars
When a company sells a car that truly drives itself, the responsibility will fall on its maker. “It’s accepted in our world that there will be a shift,” says Br…
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Has the Internet Run Out of Ideas Already?
The internet was another one of those gloriously creative, anarchic technologies that spawned utopian dreams. Its internal architecture – its technical DNA, if…
Chain-Link Confidentiality
Disclosing personal information online often feels like losing control over one’s data forever; but this loss is not inevitable. This essay proposes a “chain-li…
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Look Up and Smile for the Drone
The Wall Street Journal noted one expert, Stanford Law School researcher Ryan Calo, who said “the domestic use of drones will likely grow as more machines are b…
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IP Lawyers Meet Tupac's Hologram
One IP issue that has been discussed recently is ownership and usage of a dead person's image. As Ryan Calo, the director for privacy and robotics at the St…
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A Glance Inside The Clearance Culture
The clearance culture is the set of norms and practices within the entertainment industry that mandates—whether or not the law actually requires it—that every s…