Library: A Round-up of Reading
Space Law
Department of Defense (DoD)—U.S.A.F. Readiness Is Under Siege…. (Government) – Satnews Daily
At Future Space, members of Congress discuss future of space legislation – Space Politics
Senate Spending Bill Directs U.S. Air Force To Develop Alternative GPS Payload – Space News
Capitol Hill Responds to the Lure of Europa – Planetary Society
Palazzo Hopes To Update Commercial Launch Law this Year – Space News
Senators debate RD-180 replacement, EELV competition – Space Politics
India having space cooperation with 33 nations – Z News
The Future of Moon Exploration, Lunar Colonies and Humanity – Space.com
Manned mission to Moon scheduled by Roscosmos for 2020-2031 – Moon Daily
Roger Launius, Historical Analogs for the Stimulation of Space Commerce (NASA 2014)
No quick end for 2015 appropriations process – Space Politics
Statement by the President on Meeting with the Crew and Family of Apollo 11 – White House Blog
Military Space Quarterly | SpaceX Critics in the House Keep the Pressure on – Space News
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Ascot) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – Space News
White House and Congress mark the 45th anniversary of Apollo 11 – Space Politics
New Space Race? US Eyes Asteroids as Other Nations Shoot for the Moon – Space.com
45 Years After Moon Landing, NASA is MIA (Op-Ed) – Space.com
GAO Warns NASA $400 Million Short to Finish SLS by 2017 – Space Policy Online
Federal auditors say NASA doesn't have funds for big rocket – Space Travel
'Doomsday sputnik': Russia said to launch new missile-attack warning satellite – Space War
GAO report warns of cost and schedule risks to SLS – Space Politics
MH-17 Shoot Down Alters Air Force’s Space Equation – DoD Buzz
Satellites Track Malaysian Airlines MH17 Crash Site from Space (Images) – Space.com
House Committee Members and ISS Astronauts Reflect on Apollo 11, Look to Future – Space Policy Online
RD-180 Decision Will Not Be Made By Space Community Says Member of Mitchell Panel – Space Policy Online
Mining the Moon? Space Property Rights Still Unclear, Experts Say – Space.com
Judge Orders Mediation for SpaceX, U.S. Air Force – Space News
Court presses SpaceX and Air Force to resolve case in mediation – Space Politics
The Resilience of U.S. Military Space Power – Space News
Jeff Foust, Exploration and the private sector, The Space Review
Dwayne Day, Ear against the wall: The Manned Orbiting Laboratory and signals intelligence, The Space Review
NOAA Has IT Security Issues – Just Like NASA Does – NASA Watch
AF satellites to contribute to space neighborhood watch – Space War
Panel sees ASTEROIDS Act as step in right direction for space property rights – Space Politics
NASA Says Russians Will Fly on U.S. Commercial Vehicles – NASA Watch
North Koreans learn about China’s Beidou satellite navigation system – North Korea Tech
Future of NASA's Human Spaceflight Program Dominates NAC Meeting – Space Policy Online
Fifty years of European cooperation in space – Space Mart
House Report Calls for Slowdown in NRO Satellite Orders – Space News
N. Korea may be closer to full ICBM test: US think-tank – Space War
Edwards more optimistic about NASA authorization, less so about other legislation – Space Politics
Asteroid scientists vent their concerns about ARM – Space Politics
Absence of Russia Instrument On NASA Mars Rover Not Political – Mars Daily
Aviation Law
How Can a Civilian Plane Accidentally Be Shot Down? – MIT Tech Review
Senator plans to ask FAA for missile defense systems on commercial airliners – Missile Threat
Why Planes Still Flew Over Ukraine Until MH17 Was Shot Down – Wired
President Obama Speaks on Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, Russia and Ukraine, and the Situation in Gaza – White House Blog
Military Satellites Likely Saw Missile Strike on Malaysian Airlines Flight – Space.com
The FAA's Cease-And-Desist Orders to Drone Pilots Are Bogus, Appeals Court Rules – Motherboard
The Painstaking Forensics of a Plane Crash Investigation – Motherboard
President Obama Addresses the Situation in Ukraine and Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 – Dipnote
Conventional Weapons Proliferation and the Downing of Flight 17 – Arms Control Law
MH-17 Flight Data And Cockpit Voice Recorders Being Sent To Moscow – ANN
FAA Order: Unmanned Aircraft Operations in the National Airspace System (NAS) – Public Intelligence
FAA Notice: Reporting Unauthorized Unmanned Aircraft Activity to the Domestic Events Network – Public Intelligence
Should passenger jets have missile defense systems? – Missile Threat
National Counterterrorism Center Flyer: College Drone Programs Can Be Targeted by Violent Extremists – Public Intelligence
FAA Continues Wildlife Strike Reporting Outreach For GA Airports – ANN
The Downing of Flight MH17 – International Law Prof Blog
Turns Out It’s Pretty Easy to Shoot Down a Passenger Jet – Wired
UN Security Council Calls for Investigation Into Downing of MH17 – Dipnote
MH17 crash: MEPs call for solidarity with Ukraine and sanctions against Russia – EU Parliament
North Korean MH17 Scenario Extremely Unlikely – Missile Threat
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Auchterarder) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – UK
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Ascot) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – UK
Control Matters: Ukraine & Russia and the Downing of Flight 17 – Opinio Juris
Commercial operation of UAS in the US: Some clarifications on the case Texas Equusearch vs FAA – Flight Laws
The Air Navigation (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 – UK
Appeals Court Says FAA May Not Prevent Texas EquuSearch From Using Drones – ANN
Flight For Your Right (And Do It By Friday) – Hack-a-Day
Exclusive: Ukraine Asked U.S. for Tech to Counter Russia’s Jet-Killers – Missile Threat
Have a Drone? Check This Map Before You Fly It – Wired
Open Source and the MH17 Shootdown – Arms Control Wonk
The Air Navigation (Restriction of Flying) (Farnborough Air Show) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 – UK
Drone Stuff: Parachutes, Politics, and No-Fly Zones – IEEE Spectrum
What’s going on with North Korean airspace? – North Korea Tech
Do the FBI's Drones Invade Your Privacy? Sorry, That's Private
Lessons from MH17 – Learmount
How to Prosecute the Perpetrators of the Malaysian Jet Downing – Just Security
Professors Are Worried an FAA Drone Ban Will Kill University Programs Nationwide – Motherboard
ICAO Announces Task Force on Risk Assessment for Conflict Zones – Aviation Law Prof Blog
Scholars Say No to FAA's Model Aircraft Regulations – IEEE Spectrum
Who’s using North Korean airspace? – North Korea Tech
Update: D.C. Circuit Downs Drone Appeal – CommLawBlog
The FAA's Drone Crackdown Would Kill Dozens of Completely Legal Companies – Motherboard
Air Traffic Controller Wins Federal Settlement – ANN
Cyberlaw
U.K. Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014: Sticking Plaster or Solution? – Just Security
On Emergency U.K. Data Retention Legislation – Lawfare
THE FIRST MEETING OF THE IANA STEWARDSHIP TRANSITION COORDINATION GROUP – IGP
Aereo Loses First Round in Copyright Office, While Dish Wins its Next Round in the Ninth Circuit – CommLawBlog
Emerging Voices: Cyber Operations and the Prohibition of the Threat of Force – Opinio Juris
Stefan Larsson, Susan Wnukowska-Mtonga, Måns Svensson & Marcin De Kaminski, Parallel Norms: File-Sharing and Contemporary Copyright Development in Australia, Journal of World Intellectual Property (Vol. 17, nos. 1-2, March 2014)
Jonah Force Hill: The Growth of Data Localization Post-Snowden (Lawfare Research Paper Series) – Lawfare
Progress on NSA Reform? – Lawfare
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #29: An Interview with Orin Kerr – Lawfare
When Google Sells Your Data, It Might Be Illegally Killing Your Phone's Battery – Motherboard
The UN, Individual Privacy and the Surveillance State – UN Dispatch
Major New United Nations Report Rebukes Five Eyes’ Attempts to Weaken Digital Privacy Rights – Just Security
Putin tightens grip on Internet: Signs new law requiring mass storage of Russians’ data – Salon
Slaughter & Rees Report: Taking the World out of the World Wide Web – TAP
Thinking Outside the Box to Prepare Americans for Information Technology Jobs – OSTP
FTC Updates COPPA FAQs Again – Revisions to Part H Gives App Developers and Parents Welcomed Clarification on Parental Consent – Privacy & Security Law Blog
Net Neutrality and the Global Digital Divide – EFF
Building a Legal Botnet in the Cloud – Schneier on Security
Lawsuit Over Google’s Unified Privacy Policy Pared Down, But Two Claims Survive – Technology Marketing and Law Blog
House Passes Cell Phone Unlocking Bill Under Unanimous Consent – Public Knowledge
On NSA’s Subversion of NIST’s Algorithm – Lawfare
The Path to Community Broadband Runs Through an Army of Telecom Lawyers – Motherboard
A Call Answered: Unlocking America's Cell Phones – White House Blog
EFF Asks Judge to Rule NSA Internet "Backbone" Spying Techniques Unconstitutional – EFF
Reflecting on Human Rights and the Internet Governance Forum-USA – Public Knowledge
Why Indictments Won’t Stop China’s Cybersnooping – Lawfare
Congress Says Unlocking Cell Phones is Okay – CommLawBlog
Personal Privacy Is Only One of the Costs of NSA Surveillance – Threat Level
New Cybersecurity Primer by the Center for a New American Security – Just Security
Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast, Episode #30: An Interview with Richard Danzig – Lawfare
Canada and China Are Still Waging a Cyber War – Motherboard
FCC Chairman: Verizon Uses a 'Disturbing' Loophole to Throttle Unlimited Data – Motherboard
New Report on the Costs of NSA Surveillance – Just Security
Feinstein was right: CIA admits it hacked Senate computers – Salon
The Data Retention Regulations 2014 – UK
Court Rules Against Microsoft: Questions of Data, Territoriality, and the Government’s Search Authority Headed to the 2nd Circuit – Just Security
The CIA Hacked Senate Computers, Lied About It, and No One Is Getting Fired – Motherboard
SOLVING THE GAC-GNSO PARTICIPATION PROBLEM – IGP
Privacy and Data Security Harms – Concurring Opinions
What if Google was an intelligence agency? – Top Level Communication
The Canadian Government Is Now Fully in the Cyberwar Battlefield – Motherboard
