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Jones Meant What it Said: EFF Urges Court to Stop Warrantless GPS Tracking
[Co-authored with Hanni Fakhoury. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] When the Supreme Court said in United States v. Jones that planting a GPS device on a vehicle is a physical intrusion that...
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2012 in Review: Major Location Privacy Developments
[Co-authored with Hanni Fakhoury. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] As the year draws to a close, EFF is looking back at the major trends influencing digital rights in 2012 and discussing where...
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In the Wake of Aaron Swartz’s Death, Let’s Fix Draconian Computer Crime Law
[Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] Outpourings of grief and calls for change continue to flood the Internet after the suicide of Aaron Swartz, only 26 years old. Aaron was one of our community’s...
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EFF’s Initial Improvements to Aaron’s Law for Computer Crime Reform
[Co-authored with Mark M. Jaycox and Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] The death of our friend Aaron Swartz has resulted in an unprecedented outpouring of grief, along with a strong...
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EFF’s Additional Improvements to Aaron’s Law
[Co-authored by Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In our first post, we presented some initial thinking about how to fix the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) and wire fraud law in...
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Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 1: No Prison Time For Violating Terms of...
[Co-authored with Rainey Reitman. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look...
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Rebooting Computer Crime Law Part 2: Protect Tinkerers, Security Researchers,...
[Co-authored with Cindy Cohn. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Internet users around the country are taking a hard look at...
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Rebooting Computer Crime Part 3: The Punishment Should Fit the Crime
[Co-authored with Cindy Cohn and Hanni Fakhoury. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] In the wake of social justice activist Aaron Swartz’s tragic death, Internet users around the country are...
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Leaving EFF and Starting a Law Practice
When I started my final year of law school in 2002, I asked myself, what’s the most fantastic job you can imagine having in your legal career? I came up with two answers: being a staff attorney at the...
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I’m in the midst of overhauling this site, so please check back for developments. If you’d like to contact me in the mean time, the best way to reach me is marcia@marciahofmann.com (PGP public key, PGP...
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The 2012 DMCA Rulemaking: What We Got, What We Didn’t, and How to Improve the...
[Co-authored with Corynne McSherry. Cross-posted from EFF’s Deeplinks blog.] Last week the Librarian of Congress issued his final decision (pdf) limiting copyright owners’ ability to sue you for making...
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