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Thoughts on the Manhattan DA’s Latest Report on Encryption
In November 2017, the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office released its third annual report on smartphone encryption, available in PDF here. I appreciate that t…
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FCC’s rushed, technically flawed decision will harm the economy
Today the FCC Commissioners voted 3-2 to eliminate longstanding net neutrality protections, reclassify internet service providers as ‘information services’ unde…
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Why the FCC should prevent ISPs from micromanaging our lives
This piece is co-written by Brett Frischmann and Evan Selinger*. Network neutrality prevents broadband Internet service providers from micromanaging our lives…
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Local News Makes Communities Smarter. But Without Net Neutrality, It Doesn't Have a Chance.
It’s no secret that local news outlets are struggling in the internet age. But it’s also beyond doubt that local news makes communities more connected, informed…
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Net Neutrality -- Privacy Silver Bullet, or Can of Worms?
When FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced last week that he would eliminate the "fair play" rules known as Net neutrality, he took a step that some economi…
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The Practical Impact of Carpenter v. United States
An enormous amount of attention has been paid to the oral argument before the Supreme Court in Carpenter v. United States. The transcript provides tantalizing t…
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A New Front in the Set-Top Box Piracy Wars: Can Sony’s Safe Harbor Save TickBox TV?
(NB: This headline does not obey Betteridge’s Law.) Hollywood studios, led by Universal, have sued TickBox TV in federal district court in California, bringing…
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Tool Without A Handle: Taking Space Seriously
As I’ve been writing about networked information technologies as “tools,” it’s worth reiterating that metaphors of space are not entirely without value, includi…
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The Senate’s automated driving bill could squash state authority
My previous post on the House and Senate automated driving bills (HB 3388 and SB 1885) concluded by noting that, in addition to the federal government, states a…
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Congress’s automated driving bills are both more and less than they seem
Bills being considered by Congress deserve our attention—but not our full attention. To wit: When it comes to safety-related regulation of automated driving, ex…
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Academics Recommend to Drop Filtering Obligations from the EU Copyright Reform
As you might have noticed, there is a lot of activism on the copyright/intermediary liability side in Europe at the moment. Hence, I'm here announcing anoth…
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CEIPI Opinion on Copyright Limitations' Reform in the European Digital Single Market
The Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) has just published a position paper, which I have co-authored with Christophe Geiger and Olek…