Robotics-law expert Ryan Calo weighs in on drone regulations -- and 'drunk...
Date published: February 3, 2015"I worry ... that there isn't the expertise in government to deal with robotics, whether it's drones or driverless cars. - Ryan Calo, University of Washington law...
View ArticleU. faculty codevelop free online course on Bitcoin
Date published: February 3, 2015"“A couple of us and our graduate students in the computer science department have been doing and publishing research on bitcoins, and it’s been a fascinating system,...
View ArticleAGCOM Regulation Challenged before the Italian Constitutional Court: an Update
As we reported here, the Regional Administrative Tribunal of Lazio (TAR Lazio) referred the question of constitutionality of the AGCOM Regulation regarding Online Copyright Enforcement (AGCOM...
View ArticleSpanish Court Criminalizes Linking to Copyright Infringing Materials and...
As we reported a few days ago, the recent Spanish copyright reform granted enhanced powers to the Spanish Copyright Commission to target websites providing links to infringing works in a purposeful and...
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Faculty on Point | Barbara van Schewick on Network Neutrality
Professor Barbara van Schewick explains why meaningful network neutrality rules are critical to the future of the U.S. economy.Learn more about Barbara and her scholarship at:...
View ArticleMen, Fathers, and Work-Family Balance
Author(s): Emily BaxterPublication Date: February 4, 2015Publication Type: Other WritingUniversity of Oregon Sociologist Scott Coltrane and colleagues correctly stated that there is a “mismatch between...
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The dangers of being a woman online
A growing number of female writers and journalists are being subjected to intense harassment online, often in response to seemingly mundane posts or articles. Even women who aren't professional writers...
View Article2015 Santa Clara Journal of International Law Symposium
The 2015 Santa Clara Journal of International Law presents“Critical Global Business Issues: When Theory Meets Practice”Hosted by Santa Clara Law, the Santa Clara Journal of International Law, and the...
View ArticleFCC Chief Announces Big Win For Net Neutrality Advocates
Date published: February 4, 2015""I've gotten messages from people in the start-up community where they're pinching themselves to make sure it's real, they're really pumped," said Marvin Ammori, a...
View ArticleWe Can Now Build Autonomous Killing Machines. And That’s a Very, Very Bad Idea
Date published: February 6, 2015"Peter Asaro has spent the past few years lobbying the international community for a ban on killer robots as the founder of the International Committee for Robot Arms...
View ArticleSurprise, surprise: There's a partisan divide in the net neutrality debate
Date published: February 6, 2015"Barbara van Schewick and Morgan Weiland detailed the bill’s holes in The Stanford Law Review, ultimately calling it “network neutrality in name only.” Read more » about...
View ArticleFCC head: Hero or puppet?
Date published: February 7, 2015"The decision came under quick fire from Web activists and, soon after, by 150 Internet companies including giants like Google and Netflix, who sent a letter warning...
View ArticleUncovering Security Flaws in Digital Education Products for Schoolchildren
Date published: February 8, 2015"“For many younger companies, the focus has been more on building the product out and less on guaranteeing a level of comprehensive privacy and security protection...
View ArticleSan Diego Man Found Guilty In Revenge Porn Trial
Date published: February 2, 2015""It's a breakthrough case," said University of Maryland law professor Danielle Citron, who has written extensively on revenge porn and the law. "It sends a powerful...
View ArticleHow a Ragtag Band of Activists Won the Battle for Net Neutrality
Date published: February 5, 2015""For the millennial generation, taking away an open Internet is like, for an older generation, taking away Social Security or Medicare—or for some people in the red...
View ArticleHow the Little Guys Beat the Monopolists on Net Neutrality
Date published: February 9, 2015"It seemed impossible a year ago because if you made a power map, you’d have seen a modest, courageous coalition of small web companies, political activists, and public...
View ArticleInformation sharing to the cyber-rescue, again!
Yesterday, news emerged (or was officially leaked) that the President will announce an initiative designed to bolster American Internet security: the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center. Based...
View ArticleThe Twin Obstacles of Standing and State Secrecy Live On In Surveillance...
As Federal District Judge Jeffrey White made plain in his order granting the government partial summary judgment yesterday in Jewel v. NSA, current judicial interpretations of both standing doctrine...
View ArticleThe emperor still doesn't have new clothes.
Recently, a jury found Mr. Ross Ulbricht guilty of running the black market website Silk Road. Many observers claim that the government's theory expanded liability for third parties like Mr. Ulbricht...
View ArticleBelgian Court Says That ISPs Must Not Pay a Copyright Levy to Collective...
On March 13, 2015, the Distric Court of Brussels decided that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) should not pay a copyright levy for communicating to the public the repertoire of SABAM, the Belgian...
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