Communications of the ACM
Innovation Is Overrated: A Provocation
Digital innovation is not working in the interest of the whole of society. It is time to radically rethink its purpose without…
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Legal Challenges to Generative AI, Part II
Deliberating on inconclusive AI-generated policy questions.
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A Legal Challenge to Algorithmic Recommendations
Reconsidering liability shield considerations.
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An Emergent Legal Right to Repair Electronic Devices
Parsing the fine print on repair tolerances.
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Apple's Challenge to Virtualization Software
Is it okay for security researchers to virtualize software to look for vulnerabilities?
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Copyright Implications of Emulation Programs
How emulation programs might be affected by new claims of copyright infringement.
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Text and Data Mining of In-Copyright Works: Is It Legal?
How copyright law might be an impediment to text and data mining research.
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Reimplementing Software Interfaces Is Fair Use
A multifactored rationale for denying Oracle's claim against Google.
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The Push for Stricter Rules for Internet Platforms
Considering the origins, interpretations, and possible changes to Communications Decency Act §230 amid an evolving online environment.
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Copyright's Online Service Providers Safe Harbors Under Siege
Reviewing the most significant changes recommended in the recently released U.S. Copyright Office Section 512 Study.
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AI Authorship?
Considering the role of humans in copyright protection of outputs produced by artificial intelligence.
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Software Patents Are Falling Down
Implications of the U.S. Supreme Court's new test for patentable subject matter.
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Anti-Circumvention Rules Limit Reverse Engineering
Considering some of the requested exceptions to technical protection mechanisms.
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Copyrightability of Java APIs Revisited
A recent case challenges the long-standing view that application program interfaces are not protectable under copyright law.
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Updates on the Intellectual Property Front
Recapping influential U.S. Supreme Court decisions rendered earlier this year.
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Watching TV on Internet-Connected Devices
The ABC vs. Aereo case has potentially far-reaching consequences.
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Mass Digitization as Fair Use
Considering the implications of the late-2013 ruling in favor of Google in the Authors Guild case.
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Is Software Patentable?
Assessing the shifting perspectives on patentability standards for software.
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Statutory Damages As a Threat to Innovation
Considering the negative influence of U.S. statutory damage rules on technology innovation.
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A Copyright Challenge to Resales of Digital Music
A currently pending case will have significant implications for secondary markets in digital goods.
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Oracle v. Google: Are APIs Copyrightable?
Assessing the first phase of the trial based on claims that Google's Android platform infringes Oracle's Java-related copyrights and patents.12