Having Solved Piracy, Time for Child Porn!

Posted on September 11th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer

When I teach Internet Law, I joke that banning child pornography is straightforward since there isn’t a pro-kid porn lobby (unlike, say, banning copyright infringement or adult pornography). I stand corrected: Rick Falvinge, founder of Sweden’s Pirate Party, has taken up the pro-legalization cause. (Interesting choice as a policy focus, but to each their own.) [...]

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Filed under: Computer crime, Court Decisions, Digital Media, Education & Copyright, Filtering, First Amendment, Google, Intermediaries, international, Internet & Society, Media, Music, Politics

Research Project on State Information Laws

Posted on September 11th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer

My friend Sasha Romanosky, a research fellow at the Information Law Institute at NYU and the co-author of a great paper on data breach notification laws, is looking for your help with a research project: Greetings, I am involved in a research project that examines state laws affecting the flow of personal information. This information could [...]

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Filed under: Anonymity, Computer crime, Encryption, Impersonation, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Privacy, Scholarship, Security