Google says its futuristic self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human...
Date published: January 12, 2016"Bryant Walker Smith, a professor at the University of South Carolina who closely follows self-driving car developments, said the rate of potential collisions was "not...
View ArticleGoogle reports self-driving car mistakes: 272 failures and 13 near misses
Date published: January 12, 2016"Bryant Walker Smith, assistant professor in the School of Law at the University of South Carolina, says the DMV could reasonably ask for more information. “Google could...
View ArticleAlbert Gidari Appointed Director of Privacy at Center for Internet and Society
Stanford Law School today announced the appointment of Albert Gidari as director of privacy at the Center for Internet and Society (CIS). Gidari will lead the center’s work on consumer privacy and data...
View ArticleYou may be powerless to stop a drone from hovering over your own yard
Date published: January 13, 2016"Some argue the agency has the legal authority to address the privacy issues raised by drones. But the agency “does not consider privacy to be their role or expertise,”...
View ArticleContent Is Content, No Matter How Small
Author(s): Jeffrey VaglePublication Date: January 13, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingRecently, Orin Kerr and I had a brief conversation on Twitter regarding the Fourth Amendment and the...
View ArticleThe Feds Will Have Rules for Self-Driving Cars in the Next 6 Months
Date published: January 14, 2016Read more » about The Feds Will Have Rules for Self-Driving Cars in the Next 6 MonthsWired"“This is an aggressive and ambitious embrace of automated driving,” says...
View ArticleDo Consumers Care About Their Privacy In Practice? The FTC Digs Into The Debate
Date published: January 14, 2016"Rather than feeling downtrodden and helpless, many consumers are “thrilled or even delirious” about new technology, said Omer Tene, VP of research and education at the...
View ArticleTrusting Big Data Research
Author(s): Neil RichardsWoodrow HartzogPublication Date: January 18, 2016Publication Type: Academic WritingAbstract: Read more » about Trusting Big Data Research
View ArticleInternational Justice Year-in-Review: Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards...
Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: January 19, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingEditor’s Note: We asked editors Beth Van Schaack and Alex Whiting to do a roundup of the top international...
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Hacking the Patent System: Open Source and PatentsDaniel NazerTopic: Legal & LicensingJanuary 21, 2016Read more » about Scale 14xPasadena Convention Center
View ArticleDigital trespass -- what is it and why you should care.
"No digital trespassing! Violators will be sued. Survivors will be sued again!" Ever seen that sign? Not likely. That's because, technically, there is no law against digital trespassing per se. This...
View ArticleIndia Trades Free Basics for Internet Freedom
Date published: February 9, 2016India's Telecom Regulatory Authority on Monday ruled in favor of Net neutrality, effectively banning Facebook's Free Basics Internet access app. Read more » about India...
View ArticleIndia Just Banned Zero-Rating. Your Move, FCC.
Date published: February 9, 2016"T-Mobile’s "Binge On" plan, which exempts certain video services like Netflix from data caps, has been the subject of especially harsh criticism from open internet...
View ArticleFacebook’s fall from grace: Arab Spring to Indian winter
Date published: February 9, 2016"Certainty and Equity: Referencing the noted scholar Barbara Van Schewick, TRAI explains that a case-by-case approach based on principles [standards] or rules would...
View ArticleVerizon’s Zero-Rating for Go90 Likely to Spur FCC Response
Date published: February 9, 2016"Stanford Law professor Barbara van Schewick, focusing on T-Mobile’s BingeOn and Music Freedom programs, concluded that, regardless of its intentions, “T-Mobile...
View ArticleA New Case (of Chilling Effects?) Against DMCA Counter-Notice Senders
E. TV Networks has filed copyright infringement claims in federal district court against Google and sixteen YouTube users. The targeted users sent DMCA counter-notices to YouTube following E. TV’s...
View ArticleSmart Cities – The Cyber Security and Privacy Implications of Ubiquitous...
The rapid growth of embedded computing and the “Internet of Things” (IoT) have been felt in many industries and areas, but few organizations and jurisdictions have been affected as quickly and as...
View ArticleMLAT Reform and the 80% Solution - What's Good for Users?
Last week, The Washington Post reported that the US and the UK were in negotiations to permit UK law enforcement agencies to request stored communications like email and chats directly from US-based...
View ArticleIndia Defends Net Neutrality against Facebook’s Free Basics
Date published: February 12, 2016"What’s interesting in all this is that Barbara van Schewick, director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, whose paper was recently submitted to...
View ArticleT-Mobile and the Fuss Over 'Free' Phone Streaming: What the Fight’s About
Date published: January 11, 2016"The episode has also renewed attention to whether Binge On is permissible under the FCC net neutrality rules. But so far, even after the EFF controversy, legal experts...
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