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Back to the CIS Blog
After a long hiatus, I now plan to return to regularly blogging on this site. To see what I have been up to the past nine months, visit the Peter Jennings Proje…
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The Aftermath of Wikileaks
The U.K.’s freedom of information commissioner, Christopher Graham, recently told The Guardian that the WikiLeaks disclosures irreversibly altered the relations…
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New Law Confronts Cyberbullying
Lecturer Ryan Calo is mentioned in the following article about a new California Senate bill addressing cyberbullying via social networking websites. The Stanfor…
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Sony v. Tenenbaum: Amicus Brief Urges Due Process Review of Copyright Damages Awards
On Monday we filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation in the Sony v. Tenenbaum case, pending in in the First Circuit Court of Appea…
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Wikileaks As Security Breach
Affiliate scholar Marvin Ammori offers eight good reasons why the United States should not prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. I mostly agree with Ammo…
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The FCC’s Open Internet Rules – Stronger than You Think
The original post can be found on the netarchitecture.org website. Since the FCC adopted rules to protect an open Internet on Tuesday, many have asked whether…
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Why the U.S. Shouldn’t Prosecute Assange–For the U.S.'s Sake, Not His
I decided to write up some thoughts on Wikileaks. Many of our nation’s landmark free speech decisions are not about heroes–several are about flag-burners, r…
Sony v. Tenenbaum - Amicus Brief
We filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation asking the First Circuit to affirm the district court’s reduced damages award in Sony v…
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Sony v. Tenenbaum
Joel Tenenbaum was a college student sued by a group of major record labels in its litigation campaign against file-sharers. Tenenbaum was found liable for inf…
Google Books Rejected: Taking the Orphans to the Digital Public Library of Alexandria
The idea of the Library of Alexandria has powerfully expanded over the centuries, embodying the dream of universal wisdom and knowledge centralized in one singl…
Peeping Hals
Peeping Hals, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 175(5-6): 940-941 (2011) * Publication Type:Academic Writing * Publication Date:01/01/2011…
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CA SB 1411 creates liablity for on-line impersonations
ZDNet's Tech Broiler provides an analysis of SB 1411 which goes into effect on Jan. 1. The new Bill creates civil and criminal liablity for, as well as atto…