Book Worms: Legislating Privacy into Digital Libraries

-- By BrianS - 27 Feb 2010

Section I

EFF's letter to Google. Google's brief blog response. EFF's examples of print vs. digital reading privacy. EFF's call to others to help. EFF's overview of changes requested.

Section II

Section III

Now put down that book and back away slowly, citizen.

Sources:

THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY IN WHAT YOU READ: THE FOURTH AMENDMENT IMPLICATIONS OF A BOOK STORE SEARCH, 13 Temp. Pol. & Civ. Rts. L. Rev. 361 (2003)

PATRIOT IN THE LIBRARY: MANAGEMENT APPROACHES WHEN DEMANDS FOR INFORMATION ARE RECEIVED FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT AND INTELLIGENCE AGENTS, 30 J.C. & U.L. 363 (2004)

Tattered Cover, Inc. v. City of Thornton, 44 P.3d 1044 (Colo. 2002) (see also here)

Lubin v. Agora, Inc., 389 Md. 1, 882 A.2d 833 (Md. 2005)

In re Grand Jury Subpoena to Kramerbooks & Afterwords, Inc., 26 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1599 (D.D.C. 1998)

THE PRIVATE IS PUBLIC: THE RELEVANCE OF PRIVATE ACTORS IN DEFINING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT, 46 B.C. L. Rev. 83 (2004)

DIGITAL DOSSIERS AND THE DISSIPATION OF FOURTH AMENDMENT PRIVACY, 75 S. Cal. L. Rev. 1083 (2002)

DATA RETENTION: PRIVACY, ANONYMITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ONLINE, 56 Stan. L. Rev. 191 (2003)

A TRAITOR IN OUR MIDST: IS IT YOUR TIVO?, 7 Vand. J. Ent. L. & Prac. 167 (2004)

BOOKS AS WEAPONS: READING MATERIALS AND UNFAIRLY PREJUDICIAL CHARACTER EVIDENCE, 31 Wash. U. J.L. & Pol'y 257 (2009)

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE AND THE CONSTITUTION OF PUBLIC SPACE: FITTING THE FOURTH AMENDMENT TO A WORLD THAT TRACKS IMAGE AND IDENTITY, 82 Tex. L. Rev. 1349 (2004)

THE ROLE OF LIBRARIANS IN CHALLENGES TO THE USA PATRIOT ACT, 5 N.C. J. L. & Tech. 219 (2004)

READING FOR TERRORISM: SECTION 215 OF THE USA PATRIOT ACT AND THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO INFORMATION PRIVACY, 31 J. Legis. 45 (2004)

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