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Google Books Reaches Settlement With Publishers And Authors
Author: Matt Kellogg Google recently reached a settlement agreement with the authors and publishers who in 2005 sued the company for copyright infringement. A…
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Second Circuit Partially Invalidates National Security Letters Section of the Patriot Act on First Amendment Grounds
Author: José Mauro Decoussau Machado Citing the First Amendment, the Second Circuit invalidated provisions of the Patriot Act that permit the FBI to impose a…
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Hope Under Fire
As reported here by the Associated Press, the Fair Use Project is representing visual artist Shepard Fairey in connection with the AP's claim that his iconi…
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CIS is hiring a Summer Intern!
The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is looking for a volunteer Summer Intern to work on public interest issues involving technology…
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Beautiful Alarmism
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Privacy Policy Workshop: PowerPoint & Audio
As part of Data Privacy Day 2009, the Center for Internet and Society hosted a Privacy Policy Workshop, sponsored by Covington & Burling LLP. I've attac…
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Barbara van Schewick on Network Neutrality Nuances
CIS Co-Director, Barbara van Schewick, and David Farber of Carnegie Mellon University, recently debated the Nuances of Net Neutrality in the Association for Com…
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The digital generation gap
Great FRONTLINE documentary on kids online, definitely worth checking out. From an online Q&A with the producers: "The report mentions that the Intern…
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Social Networking Patents at Upcoming Ocean Tomo Auction
It is with anticipation that I receive the Ocean Tomo auction catalogs, looking for suprises. There are three lots of patents directed towards Social Networkin…
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A Key Keywording Decision
Keywording (aka keying) is the practice of registering with search engine words, terms, acronyms etc. that are protected by trademarks owned by someone else. Th…
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Database Of Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Please visit the Center for Internet and Society's new wiki (cyberlaw.stanford.edu/wiki) and contribute to our privacy enhancing technology (PET) database.…
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The Mediator-in-Chief
Well, I suppose no long time reader of this blog would be surprised to hear I'm in a good mood today. This has been a dark period in our nation's histo…