If there’s a robot in your house, chances are it’s a Roomba. But that could be about to change. A new generation of home robots is coming—adorable, loaded with contemporary artificial intelligence and designed to charm their way into your family.
Today marks the deadline for online platforms to implement a process for notice-and-takedown of nonconsensual intimate imagery (NCII) under the TAKE IT DOWN Act…
This brief examines the privacy risks foundation models pose to individuals and society, and governance mechanisms needed to address them. Key Takeaways * F…
Jon Hanson and Douglas Kysar coined the term “market manipulation” in 1999 to describe how companies exploit the cognitive limitations of consumers. Everything…
Copyright law is facing its biggest challenge yet as it copes with technological development and an increasingly global information market. The advent of peer-t…
In two recent decisions concerning copyright’s fair use doctrine, the Second Circuit addressed the lawfulness of incorporating one creative work into a new one.…
The Ethics of Saving Lives With Autonomous Cars Are Far Murkier Than You Think, an op ed by Patrick Lin on Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
The Secret FISA Court Must Go, an op ed on The Daily Beast. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:07/24/2013…
Arguing that a defendant’s conviction for website hacking should be overturned because legitimate, highly valuable security and privacy research commonly employ…
Trademark strength, properly understood, refers to the scope of protection afforded a trademark by courts based on that mark’s inherent and acquired: (1) tenden…
Full article available from Boston University Law Review. Despite considerable research suggesting that creators value attribution – that is, being named as th…
U.S Government Surveillance: Bad for Silicon Valley, Bad for Democracy Around the World: An op ed in The Atlantic. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publica…
Cross-posted from The Art Newspaper I was delighted when the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited decision in favour of Richard Prince in Ap…
The Criminal N.S.A., an op ed in The New York Times. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:06/27/2013…
Design-based solutions to confront technological privacy threats are becoming popular with regulators. However, these promising solutions have left the full pot…