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Category Archives: Legal Developments
UPDATE: Arizona Legislature Pulls Back H.B. 2459
Notice to all you comment trolls, Facebook ‘stalkers,’ and general miscreants on the web: the Arizona law that would make it a crime to “annoy” or “offend” someone through the use of “any electronic or digital device” has been recalled … Continue reading
Freedom of Speech On the Internet Is Under Attack, Again
Two stories I heard on the news in the last 24 hours makes me wonder if I accidentally mistook my Hyundai for a souped up DeLorean and drove it to 88 mph. Why the time machine references? Because two proposed … Continue reading
Proposed Bill Would Outlaw Facebook Account Access As Employment Requirement
Last night in class, we were discussing privacy issues, which is always a hot topic. Someone raised the very disturbing news that employers have begun to demand access to applicants’ Facebook profiles as a condition of considering them for a … Continue reading
Unnecessary Violence in Sports: When to Break the Magic Circle
Last weekend, I was working late and looking for some distraction when I came across a disturbing story about a football team paying its players to deliberately injure opponents on the field. As with most news released late on a … Continue reading
White House Privacy Bill of Rights Is A Giant Leap Forward
I was going to write a nice long review of the President’s new privacy initiative released last week. But then I found Ryan Singel’s article on Wired.com and realized everything I wanted to write was already covered. Just head over … Continue reading
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Is Your Computer Password Protected by the 4th Amendment or the 5th or Neither?
Can the government compel you to provide your computer password if they think there is illicit material stored in an encrypted part of the hard drive? If there was ever a case when it seemed like the Constitution was no … Continue reading
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UPDATE: Virtual Horse Case, Amaretto Ranch v. Ozimals
When Judge Frank Easterbrook disparaged the emerging field of cyberspace law in 1996 by comparing it to the “law of the horse,” i.e. that there was no such thing, it’s unlikely that he ever imagined that there would one day … Continue reading
Supreme Court: GPS Tracking Requires a Warrant
Today marked a big win for privacy advocates. The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a ruling on the question of whether it was Constitutional for police to attach a GPS tracking unit to someone’s vehicle without their consent, and without … Continue reading
What a week it has been for that little anti-piracy bill known as SOPA. Together with her sister bill in the Senate, PIPA, these two bills took a considerable drubbing. They appear, for all intents and purposes, to be completely … Continue reading
