Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy (University of Pittsburgh)
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From Gray to Green-Using Algal Biofuels to Change the Energy Landscape of Southwestern Pennsylvania
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Give Me Your PASSWORD because Congress Can Say So: An Analysis of Fifth Amendment Protection Afforded Individuals Regarding Compelled Production of Encrypted Data and Possible Solutions to the Problem of Getting Data from Someone’s Mind
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Introduction: Cybersecurity in Pittsburgh
Get PDFThis article provides a brief introduction to cybersecurity issues in the Pittsburgh region and introduces the student article series
Break on Through: An Analysis of Computer Damage Cases
Get PDFThe following Article is an extensive inquiry into computer damage cases through a comprehensive study of over three hundred computer damage cases. Throughout the study, the authors have performed an empirical categorization of the essential aspects of computer damage cases and analyzed the most relevant issues, interpretations, and arguments available for each computer damage category. These categories include fundamental facets, such as legal elements; motive and intent; results; profile of perpetrators; and means of perpetration, including, if applicable, the software involved. The Article provides a comprehensive analysis and conceptual approach for understanding computer damage cases by discussing the legal elements of computer damage offenses under the CFAA; considering the CFAA’s practical application; discussing the essential features involved in the perpetration of computer damage offenses and profiling the attackers; and summarizing the researchers’ findings
An Era of Rapid Change: The Abdication of Cash & the FTC\u27s Unfairness Authority
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An Argument for States to Outlaw \u27Revenge Porn\u27 and for Congress to Amend 47 U.S.C. §230: How Our Current Laws Do Little to Protect Victims
Get PDFThis note examines the intersection of law and technology as it relates to the issue of revenge porn. Revenge porn comes in many forms but most commonly refers to the online posting of sexually explicit photos or videos of past lovers, without their consent, after the relationship has ended. The author explains how the current legal framework has left many victims without legal recourse to punish those who have posted their intimate photos or videos without consent, and few options to have their images removed from the internet once they have been posted. The note argues that in order to protect victims, states should make laws to criminalize the posting of revenge porn and the Communications Decency Act should be amended to give victims the power to have their images removed from websites