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live at the CIS/STLR Digital Privacy Symposium
It's break time now at CIS/STLR's Digital Privacy Symposium, so what better time for a blog post? The day has been going well so far -- we've had th…
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Rejecting bipartisanship
Krugman in the Times today: "...the nastiness of modern American politics isn’t the result of a random outbreak of bad manners. It’s a symptom of deeper fa…
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Europe’s Cultural and Scientific Heritage in a Digital World
This international conference will take place in Berlin, 21-22 February 2007. From the website: Digitisation of cultural assets is an increasingly important to…
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How public opinion on artistic practices changes
First it was "Rip! Mix! and Burn!" Now it is simply just "Burn!" It is the second time in a few weeks when an artist is caught "red-ha…
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Data Retention and the Fourth Amendment
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez is interested in restarting talks with Congress about data retention legislation. (See Anne Broache, “Feds: Details of ISP Sno…
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Language to unite and explain rather than divide and attack
Conservative wordsmith Frank Luntz in the Huffington Post: "Democracy is at its best when its practioners use language to unite and explain rather than di…
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Drawing the Light Blue Line on Global Warming
This week, I was contacted by www.LightBlueLine.org and www.Canary-Project.org to help draw a line throughout New York City tracing the perimeter for a 40-foot…
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Privacy Symposium Drafts Up!
The symposium drafts for "Search and Seizure in the Digital Age" are all up! Check them out at the symposium page at the Stanford Technology Law Revie…
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Balancing the Federal Budget
It is always dangerous to blog when upset, but I will take the risk now so as to not subject my poor wife to further rants. I have just finished the process of…
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Who needs Constitutionality anyway?
What exactly is the scope of executive power? We heard about it during the warrentless wiretapping controversy and a myriad of other constitutional faux pax of…
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9th Circuit rejects constitutional challenge to copyright laws in Kahle v. Gonzales
Some sad news to report: the 9th Circuit has rejected constitutional challenges to the copyright laws in *Kahle v. Gonzales*. The opinion is here. Sad, yes, b…
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Sustainability Goes Mainstrean: This Week's Business Week Cover Story
Check out this week's Business Week cover story: Beyond the Green Corporation: www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_05/b4019001.htm. Also check out I…