Steven Rosen reports: People have long romanticized the 1950s — Marilyn Monroe’s windswept dress, Sun rockabilly 45s, beatnik coffeehouse gatherings, Madison Avenue martini lunches.Larken Design in Cincinnati is selling artwork and notebooks with police mug shots from the 1950s, raising concerns about the privacy rights of individuals and the disposal of public records. But old,…
Category: Misc
Google+ and pseudonanonymity: A commentary by Ken Hinckley
Kee Hinckley writes: This whole persona/pseudonym argument may seem like a tempest in a teapot, but the fact is, the forum for public discourse is no longer the town hall, or newspaper, or fliers on the street. It is here on the Internet, and it is happening in communities like this, hosted by private sector…
Just Give Me the Right to Be Forgotten
Natasha Singer writes: The marketing pitch came by e-mail: Would you like to make an appointment with your dentist to have your teeth cleaned? And while you’re at it, how about recommending him to a friend, or posting a review of your dental care? I had given my e-mail address and mobile phone number to…
DRM for Privacy: Part 2
Ryan Calo writes: In my previous post, I talked about the problem of online tracking and some of the solutions on offer. In this post, I will propose a potential legislative model drawn from copyright law. Several scholars (e.g., Pam Samuelson) have argued that intellectual property holds lessons for privacy. Others have specifically explored whether copyright might. I…