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Viacom v. YouTube: Uncertainty, Investment And Innovation
A lot has been said about Viacom's billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube and Google. In his editorial in last Sunday's New York Times, Larry Lessig po…
Notice by Design
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AssignmentZero
Jay Rosen's NewAssignment.net and Wired News just launched AssignmentZero, "an attempt to bring journalists together with people in the public who can…
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RFID in EU
Mrs Viviane Reding, Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, is launching an open public consultation on the benefits and risks of RFID. The main st…
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'Surveillance and You' Civic Forum
'Surveillance and You' is the title of this years Civic Forum of the Science, Technology & Society Program at UT Austin. The one day event will host…
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Google Privacy
Google announced today that it is planning to change its privacy policy in the coming months. The official announcement says: "Unless we're legally re…
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The revolution will be televised...on YouTube
I am working in Europe this week with a large technology company, and of course everyone is talking about the filing of a $1 billion copyright infringement case…
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National Security Letters and the FBI Abuses
I weigh in on NSLs and the FBI with today’s Circuit Court column: FBI Slips Demand Patriot Act Cuts. I think the most interesting part of the column is the end…
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On the implementation of the Data Protection Directive in EU
The Commission of European Communities has just issued a communication on the follow-up fo the Work Programme for better implementation of the Data Protection D…
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MySpace Is Not Liable for Third Party Content and Has No Duty to Protect Users from Sexual Assault
Plaintiffs, Jane Doe and her daughter, Julie Doe, filed suit against Defendants, MySpace, Inc. and its parent company, News Corporation, for the role MySpace pl…
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Court Holds Actual Viewing or Recording Unnecessary to Establish a Cause of Action for Invasion of Privacy
Plaintiffs were employed in clerical positions on campus of defendants' residential facility for abused and neglected children. In response to a tip by the…
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Proposal would require Tracking Numbers for FOIA requests
According to National Journal's Technology Daily: The House Oversight and Government Reform Information Policy Subcommittee on Tuesday approved legislation…
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Free Speech 2.0?
The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about postings on the website AutoAdmit, which calls itself "the most prestigious law school admissions discussio…