The World’s Most Popular Porn Site Is a Government Agent Now. Does It Matter?
On Monday, I published a two-part blog post about the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) settlement with Aylo, parent company of Pornhub. The FTC’s complaint allege…
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Promote the Progress, Legalize Learning
Learning—by brains or machines—is not a copyright-relevant act. This essay argues that treating training as presumptively infringing (rescued, sometimes, by fai…
The Evolution of Trust and Safety
This Article tells the inside story of the rise, spread, and evolution of trust and safety. We bring unique perspectives to this story. One of us (Citron) was o…
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Obama Press Attacks Degrade the First Amendment In The Name of Security
Cross-posted from Forbes. This post is co-authored with Morgan Weiland, a J.D.-Ph.D. candidate at Stanford Law School and the Stanford Communication Department…
Can You Sue A Robot For Defamation?
Cross-posted from Forbes. Life moves pretty fast. Especially for journalists. When an earthquake aftershock shakes America’s second largest city, news outlets…
FAA Appeals Drone Decision
Cross-posted from Concurring Opinions. Last week, an administrative law judge invalidated a fine against Raphael Pirker by the Federal Aviation Administration…
Hollywood's Copyright Lobbyists Are Like Exes Who Won't Give Up
You know when you break up with someone and they just don’t get the message? A few months later, they’re trying again, testing the waters with a few small thing…
Drones: 1, FAA: 0
Cross-posted from Forbes. An administrative judge invalidated a fine yesterday against an individual who used a small drone for the commercial purpose of takin…
Reviving Implied Confidentiality
Download the article from the Indiana Journal of Law. The law of online relationships has a significant flaw—it regularly fails to account for the possibility…
Guest Post: The NSA’s Culture of “Legal Compliance” Still Breaks the Law
Cross-posted from Just Security. Lately the NSA has been on a public relations offensive that has two principal aims. First, the agency is trying to convince t…
The Net Neutrality Loss Is as Bad as the SOPA Bill
Life before the Internet sucked. My life as a kid growing up in suburban Michigan consisted of urban sprawl, shopping malls, and bad television (except 30 minut…
How To Solve the President’s Big Data Challenge
Cross-posted from Privacy Association.org In his recent remarks on the NSA and surveillance, President Barack Obama grabbed the Big Data bull by the horns. We…
Even (Some) Law Firms Think Robots Are The Next Big Thing
Cross-posted from Forbes. I am proud to say that I helped found the Robot Block Party in Silicon Valley. Now in its fifth year, the event brings together indu…
OfficeMax Letter Revisited: What Could A Lawyer Do For Mr. Seay?
Cross-posted from Forbes. Mike Seay wants to know why he received a letter from OfficeMax OfficeMax that referred to the death of his daughter on the front of…
Don’t Close Your Eyes to Surveillance Dangers: A Response to Richard Epstein
Richard Epstein’s office at the Hoover Institution is less than a mile from mine at Stanford Law School, and I’ve had the pleasure to hear Richard speak to the…