Tag: Law
Taxi and Limousine Commission inspectors are allowed to temporarily seize a vehicle of someone they suspect is giving illegal cab rides. According to a report by DNAinfo, they often do this without sufficient proof and don’t follow the proper procedures, sometimes stranding families and individuals without their cars for weeks. In their mission to protect New Yorkers […]
Today, New York’s Department of Financial Services has released a proposal [PDF] for a “BitLicense” regulatory framework, becoming the first state to create regulations specifically for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin. WHO’S GONNA NEED A LICENSE? Exchanges, online wallet providers, escrow services, and the creators, administrators, and issuers of virtual currency now have to get a license from […]
A bill criminalizing “revenge porn” has been passed by the New York Senate. “Revenge porn” is a known tactic of terrible people who distribute explicit images as a form of cyber-bullying, often including the victim’s personal information. The bill criminalizes the dissemination of sexually intimate images or images of intimate parts of another person without that […]
On Sunday, a contingent of riders on motorcycles, dirt bikes and ATVs shut down traffic in both directions on Broadway in Washington Heights. The rally took place outside the Ortiz RG Funeral Home, not too far from the infamous location where a father was dragged out of his Range Rover and beaten several months ago by a crew of […]
This isn’t your usual “hackers in legal trouble” news story. An unofficial hacker school known as Bitmaker Labs is facing some trouble from the Canadian government and it all started with a charming piece at the Globe and Mail about Bitmaker Labs founder Matt Gray and his intent to “change the world.” Toronto may be no Silicon Valley, but Gray […]
