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Are you a tyrant?
Interview in the NYT: "Q. You tell business owners to forget about being likable. Is there something wrong with employees liking you? A. You have to trea…
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Google Books Redux: The DoJ Tones Down its Objections
I write today on CNET (see "Gripes over Google Books go Technical") about the Department of Justice's filing last week in the Google Books case.…
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One-Way Mirror Society
Pam Dixon of World Privacy Forum has released an eye-opening new report (PDF) about offline consumer surveillance. Pam describes a quiet revolution in digital…
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Alameda DA Clears Brown's Office In Privacy Flap
Alameda County's district attorney announced Thursday that Attorney General Jerry Brown's office did not break privacy laws by recording phone conversat…
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The Privacy/Law Enforcement Legal Whipsaw
Even as the issue of privacy continues to confound much brighter people than me, the related problem of securing the Internet has also been getting a great deal…
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CIS is hiring Summer Interns!
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is looking for volunteer Summer Interns to work on public interest issues involving technology,…
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National Robotics Week
I'm very happy to announce National Robotics Week, an effort by leading robotics companies, research universities, museums, and others to raise awareness of…
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Paper on Information as Intellectual Property Subject Matter
I’ve just posted my paper on information as IP subject matter. The paper addresses some basic questions about the idea of property-like rights in “information”…
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Obama meets the House Republicans
This video was UTTERLY MEZMERIZING to watch. Really an incredible event in modern American politics. Partial transcript: "Part of the reason I accepted…
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Does Mr. Roboto Need A Lawyer?
Ryan Calo, a residential fellow at the Center for Internet & Society, is featured in a NBC video interview on robotics and the law. He comments that robotic…
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The common ground foundation
Our President, last night: "I know how unpopular it is to be seen as helping banks right now, especially when everyone is suffering in part from their bad…
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The template for every news story you've ever seen
The Brits nail it better than the Daily Show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtGSXMuWMR4 Amazing how a couple edits and on-the-street interviews can transform…