New FISC Pen Register Opinion: It’s Just a Matter of Time Before Somebody...
Author(s): Jennifer GranickPublication Date: November 21, 2013Publication Type: Other WritingCross-posted from Just Security.Read more » about New FISC Pen Register Opinion: It’s Just a Matter of Time...
View ArticleVint Cerf is Wrong. Privacy Is Not An Anomaly
Author(s): Omer TenePublication Date: November 22, 2013Publication Type: Other WritingCross-posted from IAPP.Read more » about Vint Cerf is Wrong. Privacy Is Not An Anomaly
View ArticleWikiLeaks and the Control of Public Debate
Author(s): David LevinePublication Date: November 24, 2013Publication Type: Other WritingCross-posted from InfoJustice.org.Read more » about WikiLeaks and the Control of Public Debate
View ArticleGoogle's triumph advances transformative use of copyrighted work
Author(s): Julie AhrensPublication Date: November 24, 2013Publication Type: Other WritingOn Nov. 14, a New York federal court judge ruled to uphold Google’s ambitious project to scan and digitize...
View ArticleBeastie Boys Gotta Fight, But Probably Won't Win
Date published: November 25, 2013Law360“This is exactly what fair use gives you the right to do,” said Julie Ahrens, the director of copyright and fair use at Stanford Law School's Center for the...
View ArticleBeastie Boys Vs. GoldieBlox In Fair Use Dispute: ‘Girls’ Parody Underscores...
Date published: November 25, 2013International Business Times"Julie Ahrens, director of copyright and fair use for Stanford University’s Center for Internet and Society, thinks GoldieBlox did the right...
View ArticleGoldieblox v. Beastie Boys: Let's Ask An Actual Expert
Date published: November 25, 2013On The Media"Then I spoke to an actual expert, Julie Ahrens, Director of Copyright & Fair Use at Stanford’s Center for Internet & Society. She convinced me that...
View ArticleCanadian Privacy Commissioner Funding Call for Proposals
The Privacy Commissioner of Canada recently launched its 2013-2014 call for funding proposals for its Contribution Program, a $500,000 funding envelope to conduct privacy research. As with past years,...
View ArticleNSA SEXINT is the Abuse You’ve All Been Waiting For
In the latest news report based on documents revealed by Edward Snowden, we’ve learned that the NSA creates profiles of porn viewing, online sexual activity and more from its vast database of Internet...
View ArticleAs human laws grapple with robots, there are no easy answers
Date published: April 7, 2014Ars Technica"At the conference, cyberlaw professor Ryan Calo discussed his forthcoming paper "Robotics and the New Cyberlaw." Internet law defined the vanguard of cyberlaw...
View ArticlePoll: Tech Companies Encroach Too Much on Personal Data
Date published: April 7, 2014Fox Business"Public sensitivity about privacy was heightened by revelations of U.S. surveillance activities by the National Security Agency, as leaked by former spy...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots Between Cookies and Identities
Date published: April 7, 2014Threatpost"Assuming an adversary, whether a criminal or intelligence agency, has a presence on the network, the working premise here is that the first- and third-party...
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Robo cops can not turn a blind eye
Listen to the full radio show (in German) at Deutschlandradio.(English translation): "On the other hand: even algorithms can make mistakes. You will eventually written by humans. And just legal texts...
View ArticleMarch 2014 in Retrospect: Intermediary Liability News and More from the...
Retrospect is the monthly newsletter of the Internet & Jurisdiction Project - a global multi-stakeholder dialogue process that explores the tension between the cross-border nature of the Internet...
View ArticleBig Privacy Win in the EU
Today, the European Court of Justice struck down the European Union’s 2006 Data Retention Directive. That policy required member states to force communications companies to store citizens'...
View ArticleIn Standoff with FTC, Wyndham Shoots Itself in the Foot
The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) resounding victory over Wyndham Worldwide Corporation in a U.S. District Court paves the way for increasing privacy and data security action by the agency, which...
View ArticleThe Morning Risk Report: FTC Wins Wyndham Skirmish, Battle Goes On
Date published: April 9, 2014The Wall Street Journal"Andrea Matwyshyn, a professor of law and business ethics at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, and an advisor to the FTC told Risk...
View ArticleMy Comments On NSA Spying to PCLOB
Today I filed comments with the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) in connection with its hearing on section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act. That law is the legal basis for the PRISM...
View ArticleECPA reform is not just a U.S. issue
It doesn’t matter where in the world a police officer is, if he or she wants to access an individual’s Gmail or Facebook records (or many other US-based products), that access is governed by the...
View ArticleThe FCC changed course on network neutrality. Here is why you should care.
Wednesday's press reports of the new network neutrality rules proposed by FCC Chairman Wheeler have been met with anger and confusion. According to the Wall Street Journal, "[r]egulators are proposing...
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