[liberationtech] CA Money Transmission Act Update

Hi everyone, In case you're interested, I've written an update about the current status of the California Money Transmission Act here, complete with links to the hearing video: http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/essay.html?id=90 If you're not already familiar with the MTA, it's the basis fo

[liberationtech] Mobile Payments, Bitcoin and the Law

Hello again… I'm giving a talk/book signing on mobile payments, Bitcoin and the law on June 20th in downtown Palo Alto. Liberationtech folks welcome. http://legalforce52.eventbrite.com Registration (which I don't control) appears to be open for the next two days. Aaron -- Too many emails? Unsu

Re: [liberationtech] Why we can't go back to business as usual post-PRISM.

All, I am still trying to digest the full significance of everything that has been disclosed and discussed in the past 72 hours, but the issues that I keep coming back to in my head, and which I will likely write more about, are: 1. This scandal, and the financial crisis that happened not long

[liberationtech] Silicon Valley v. Financial Lobby

ncial lobbyists, regardless. This affects all of us at Stanford and nationwide every time we swipe a plastic card to pay for something. For those interested in the long and complicated history: https://www.facecash.com/legal/brown.html Aaron Aaron Greenspan CodeX Fellow | Stanford Center for

Re: [liberationtech] Is the Cyberwar beginning?

ected devices, and increase in the reliance of society upon those devices, and a corresponding increase in isolated attacks. Some of them will inevitably be related to each other. Most will not. Aaron Aaron Greenspan CodeX Fellow | Stanford Center for Legal Informatics | http://codex.stan

Re: [liberationtech] Fork the Law

es page on PlainSite for a while because it doesn't seem like there's a ton of demand unfortunately. It's probably just a matter of presentation. But in any event, we have compiled the USC, CFR, CA statutes, and court cases to link to via the commenting system. Aaron Aaron Greenspa

[liberationtech] Finishing what Aaron Swartz started with PACER

Hi there, In case anyone is interested, I've built a tool to crowdsource the downloading of PACER materials. You can find details here: http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/essay.html?id=85 http://www.plainsite.org/asymptote/index.html Please help spread the word! Aaron Aaron Gree

[liberationtech] $10,000: The Aaron Swartz Memorial Grants

Hello, I'm new to the mailing list, but I thought this might be of interest. Please feel free to spread the word. http://www.aarongreenspan.com/writing/essay.html?id=83 Thanks, Aaron Aaron Greenspan CodeX Fellow | Stanford Center for Legal Informatics | http://codex.stanford.edu Fo