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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It’s Time to Update Online Privacy
It’s time to update online privacy: An op-ed in Politico. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:03/20/2013…
We’re Building A Reader
Andrew McLaughlin (CIS Non-Residential Fellow) talks about rebuilding Digg and filling the void left by Google Reader. Rerad the entire post here: http://blog.…
The Labor of Surveillance and Bureaucratized Killing: New Subjectivities of Military Drone Operators
As the military’s armed surveillance drones have become the iconic weapon of the early twenty-first century, they have also introduced radical transformations i…
Can the FTC Save Uber?
Taxi commissions are crushing disruptive transportation apps. Marvin Ammori discusses in this Slate article. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication D…
Towards learning from losing Aaron Swartz
Al Jazeera republished Jennifer Granick's two part blog postTowards learning from losing Aaron Swartz. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Dat…
Rediscovering Cumulative Creativity from the Oral Formulaic Tradition to Digital Remix: Can I Get a Witness?
For most of human history the essential nature of creativity was understood to be cumulative and collective. This notion has been largely forgotten by modern po…
Organized Labor Can Protect Workers by Supporting 'Aaron's Law'
Right now, a battle is underway to reform the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a statute that can transform innocuous workplace behavior into a federal crime, simp…
The Case for Online Obscurity
Cross-posted from The Atlantic On the Internet, obscure information has a minimal risk of being discovered or understood by unintended recipients. Empirical re…
AP v. Meltwater Amicus Brief
The Fair Use Project filed an amicus brief on behalf of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge in AP v. Meltwater. * Publication Type:Litigat…
Why Tweeting MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Now Constitutes Civil Disobedience
Why Tweeting MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech Now Constitutes Civil Disobedience: An article in Slate. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publicat…
Regulation and Technology
This Article consists of some general observations and a few examples that illustrate them. First, technology can benefit tremendously from government involveme…
The Internet Deserves It's Own Holiday
The Internet Deserves It's Own Holiday: An op ed in Wired. * Publication Type:Other Writing * Publication Date:01/02/2013…