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Drones to Soar Over US and Canada Sooner than Thought?
Ryan Calo, a researcher at Stanford Law School, tells the Wall Street Journal that he expects more entities to seek approval as drones are retired from use over…
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ACLU: Wireless Carriers Enable Warrantless Cellphone Tracking
While law enforcement organizations across the country may be tracking people using their cellphones, police are finding willing partners in wireless phone comp…
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To Read All Those Web Privacy Policies, Just Take A Month Off Work
Internet surfers have long worried that they have insufficient control over their online privacy — despite the privacy policies many people agree to when they v…
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Brave New World of Robot Litigants, Soldiers, Escorts
The interrogator-bots — displayed on screens in kiosks at border checkpoints — will ask questions while flashing pictures of weapons or drugs, then decide wheth…
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Next week: Concurring Opinions will host a blog symposium on Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
April 25-26: Concurring Opinions will host a symposium on my book, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources. Needless to say, I am excited and anx…
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Y! Big Story: Tupac’s Resurrection and Questions Over Raising the Dead
"Speaking of the law, all sorts of legal protections do come into play: copyright, right to publicity, defamation. Daniel Nazer, a fellow at the Stanford C…
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What Local Cops Learn, and Carriers Earn, from Cellphone Records
“I think that this data confirms that cellphone trapping is a routine law enforcement practice, not only for serious crimes but for more routine crimes ,” said…
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Andy Warhol Foundation Requests Argument Time in Cariou v. Prince
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts has filed a motion with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit requesting that the court allow…
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Privacy Watchdogs Call for New Google Probe
Google, which has apologized for the data collection, denied the FCC's assertion that the company did not cooperate with the agency. It has 30 days from the…
Stanford Robot Block Party 2012
Robot manufacturers, amateur inventors and enthusiasts flocked to Stanford's third annual Robot Block Party to celebrate National Robotics Week.…
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Effect of Regulation on Technology & Innovation
Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use Project, along with Larry Kramer, Mark Lemley, Richard Epstein, Peter Thiel and Ted Ullyot in the Federalist…
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Sharp Differences Remain Between Companies and Advocates on Do-Not-Track
Online companies on Thursday reached broad agreements with privacy activists and government regulators on limiting collection of customer information. But sharp…