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Isn't It Ironic? The Fourth Estate's Assault on Free Speech
It’s nothing new for media organizations to employ lofty rhetoric about the role of the press in democracy to advocate special legal privileges. Likewise, it’s…
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Reasonable Doubts for the FTC's Privacy Conference
Initial reports of the FTC's privacy and technology conference, which began today, suggest that the speakers are leaning heavily toward the apocalyptic. Th…
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Side A: DJs Win Laptops Back
Following a hearing in the San Francisco Superior Court today, DJs and party guests Justin Credible and Matthew Higgins had their illegally seized laptops retur…
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Search Schizophrenia And The Doomsday Machine That Just Won't Start
Microsoft is mad because Google is trying to finalize a deal that would give it a monopoly over the right to make digital copies of orphan books. But Microsoft…
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ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights
The ACLU of Northern California has officially launched dotRights, a comprehensive set of materials and tools to learn about, and act upon, privacy and free spe…
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Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!
In 1990, Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr was brutally murdered. Two of his business associates were convicted, imprisoned for the crime, and recently paroled.…
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EFF Warns Texas Instruments to Stop Harassing Calculator Hobbyists
One of my new projects is defending researchers and bloggers discussing how to put custom operating systems on TI calculators. The press release and explanatory…
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Invitation -- Social Networks: Friends or Foes?
On October 23, 2009, the UC Berkeley School of Law will host an all-day conference at the Bancroft Hotel to explore some of the most pressing legal challenges,…
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Sword or Shield? Rethinking the Federal Shield Law
The proposed federal shield law for journalists has recently had a surge in momentum, and nearly every news organization and First Amendment advocacy group is a…
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The Hard Truths about Journalism
Sometimes changes are so basic and world-changing that they can be difficult to recognize. Having just finished Losing the News by Alex S. Jones, I was reminde…
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People Can Be So Fake
I've blogged before about the impact of anthropomorphic interfaces and devices. I've recently written an article on the subject. In it I point out that…
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Facebook Quiz About Facebook Quizzes
The very clever folks at the ACLU of Northern California have put out a Facebook quiz that helps users understand what quiz app developers can find out about th…