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Tactful Inattention: Erving Goffman, Privacy In The Digital Age, And The Virtue Of Averting One's Eyes, Elizabeth De Armond

Elizabeth De Armond

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Digital Peepholes | Remote Activation Of Webcams: Technology, Law And Policy, Lori Andrews

Lori B. Andrews

A comprehensive report concerning the many ways that webcams can be used against those who possess them. Digital Peepholes also provides in depth legal analysis of the legality of private companies and the government using people’s webcams to spy on them. A must read for anyone concerned with privacy or anyone with a webcam built in to their devices!

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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Free Speech? Visions Of The Future Of Copyright, Privacy And The First Amendment In Science Fiction, Daxton R. Stewart

Daxton "Chip" Stewart

Science fiction authors have long projected the future of technology, including communication devices and the way in which future societies may use them. In this essay, these visions of future technology, and their implications on the future of media law and policy, are explored in three areas in particular – copyright, privacy, and the First Amendment. Themes examined include moving toward massively open copyright systems, problems of perpetual surveillance by the state, addressing rights of obscurity in public places threatened by wearable and implantable computing devices, and considering free speech rights of autonomous machines created by humans. In conclusion, the …