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Stanford Grad Student Investigates Online Privacy
Stanford's Workshop on Internet Tracking, Advertising and Privacy last year was attended by executives from big valley tech companies, important privacy res…
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Who Is To Blame When A Robotic Car Crashes?
The other leap that society has to make is from driver liability to manufacturer liability. When a company sells a car that truly drives itself, the responsibil…
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How Important Is Attribution In Copyright Issues?
Many, many people think that attribution is a key part of copyright law, but in the US it's really not a part of the law at all (with a few tiny, nearly mea…
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Big Brother Wants Your Facebook Password
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Catherine Crump quoted in this BusinessWeek article. If you want to become a state trooper in Virginia, you should probably delete a…
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Hate Crimes, CyberBullying & The Rutgers Spy Cam Case
The ruling against Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, who used a webcam to spy on his roommate Tyler Clementi, provides stern warnings regarding the punishment for bu…
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FBI Still Struggling With Supreme Court's GPS Ruling
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Catherine Crump interviewed in this NPR story about the FBI struggling with Supreme Court's GPS ruling. Earlier this year, the S…
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Employers Want Facebook Passwords
CIS Affiliate Scholar Woodrow Hartzog interviewed in this CBS-42 story about employers wanting Facebook passwords of their employees: "There are certain th…
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Social Media Put Florida Case In National Spotlight
CIS Non-Residential Fellow Lauren Gelman quoted in this NPR story. The shooting of an unarmed black teenager in Florida has sparked heated reactions across the…
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Google Steps Into File Sharing Scrap
Marketplace Tech interviews CIS Executive Director of the Fair Use Project Anthony Falzone about Google file sharing. If you’re an online company, it’s certain…
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Want a Scholarship? Watch What You Post Online
CIS Affiliate Scholar Danielle Citron quoted in this article about scholarship providers checking out applicant's social media. "Friends on Facebook h…
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The Rutgers Verdict And The Future Of Hate Crimes
Former Rutgers student Dharun Ravi, accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's liaisons, has been convicted charges of invasion of privacy and b…
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Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1
Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-based website Megauplo…