Why Microsoft's Fight with the Government Should Overshadow Apple's
Date published: April 15, 2016"This lawsuit comes on the heels of the Apple case, in which Tim Cook and Apple stood up to the FBI. As in the Apple case, this suit goes to show that in the...
View ArticleFederal, state authorities investigating source of data used to steal city...
Date published: April 15, 2016""They're related, as far as we know, only by the fact that they're city employees," said Richard Forno, assistant director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore...
View ArticleHere’s What the Burr-Feinstein Anti-Crypto Bill Gets Wrong
Author(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: April 15, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThe latest Crypto War is being fought on multiple fronts: behind closed doors, in thecourts, and now in...
View ArticlePatent owner balks at fee award, cites newly issued—and similar—patent
Date published: April 15, 2016"In an e-mail to Ars regarding the reconsideration request, EFF lawyer Daniel Nazer pointed out that Garfum already argued this application was relevant to its case, and...
View ArticleEdward Snowden on police pursuing journalist data: the scandal is what the...
Date published: April 16, 2016"Geoffrey King, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Technology Program, said the AFP’s actions were “obviously outrageous”.“This should not be happening. But...
View ArticleStanford Intermediary Liability Lab Meeting with the Takedown Project
The next SILLab meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 19 from 12.50 to 2pm in room 301 at SLS. April 19, 2016Stanford Law School
View ArticleMaryland National Guard steps up role in cyberspace
Date published: April 17, 2016""These are the people who are probably working in the security space already by day," said Richard Forno, the director of the graduate cybersecurity program at the...
View ArticleCarleton College Weekly Convocation
Attorney and scholar Morgan Weiland ’06 will present Carleton College’s weekly convocation on Friday, April 22 from 10:50 to 11:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. A leader in the study of the law...
View ArticleDMCA Classic, DMCA Turbo: Major new empirical research on notice and takedown...
Good data about Notice and Takedown can be hard to find. Jennifer Urban and Laura Quilter’s seminal 2006 study has long been the gold standard, combining rigorous number-crunching with what must have...
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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 ArticlePolicy Debates over EU Platform Liability Laws: New Human Rights Case Law in...
This is the last of four posts on the European Court of Human Rights’ (ECHR) rulings in Delfi v. Estonia and MTE v. Hungary. In both cases, national courts held online news portals liable for comments...
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