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No Cause Needed to Search Laptops at the Border
On April 21st, the Ninth Circuit held in United States v. Arnold (pdf) that the Fourth Amendment does not require government agents to have reasonable suspicion…
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Facebook 'Em, Dano
EPIC fellow Guilherme Roschke writes about the sophisticated Facebook presence of Greater Manchester Police and its ramifications for citizen privacy. He notes…
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Bork, Blockbuster & Beacon
Ars Technica reports: "Texas native Cathryn Elaine Harris has filed a lawsuit against Blockbuster, alleging that the company is actively and knowingly vio…
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Personal Genome Services
The MIT/Stanford VLAB hosted an interesting event this week on the impact of personal genome services on the healthcare industry. Privacy was discussed, but no…
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EC Article 29 Working Party Releases Search Engine Report
The European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party has released its “Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines,” recommending a shorter retent…
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The Newspaper Association of America Misreads The FTC
Nestled in among the latest round of public comments solicited by the Federal Trade Commission on “behavioral advertising” was a little gem: a filing by the New…
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Court holds Privacy Act "actual damages requirement" does not require pecuniary harm
I'm breaking blog silence to report on an amazing decision out of the DC Circuit holding that the federal Privacy Act's requirement that Plaintiffs show…
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The Information Revolution in 10 years
I had the pleasure of participating in the excellent Legal Futures Conference sponsored by CIS and Google last month, where I was on a panel of “lightning talke…
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Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Rowling Running Over Fair Use Like The Hogwarts Express?
On the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Dan Slater notes the growing reaction against Rowling's copyright claims against RDR Books, and generates a spirited di…
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New York Times Explains How Rowling's Tight Grip Chokes Creativity
We agreed to help represent RDR Books in its litigation against J.K. Rowling because she asserts rights that go far beyond those the Copyright Act gives her, an…
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RDR Files Opposition To Rowling's Preliminary Injunction Motion
On Friday, we filed our opposition to J.K. Rowling's motion to enjoin publication of the Lexicon. In our brief, we explain both why the Lexicon is the sort…
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Tim Wu On Why Rowling Is Wrong
Today on Slate, Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu lays out an excellent explanation of why RDR Books has the right to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon, and why J.K.…