Looks like an interesting conference, hybrid of law and tech: Lab To Market’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Information Industry Conference in NY. If your near the big apple, worth checking out. View the agenda here.
Some of the speakers:
Ted Hagelin, Crandall Melvin Professor of Law; Director, NYS Science & Technology Law Center, Syracuse University [...]
The Metrocard story is just the beginning. In fact, the way this case for forgery was decided is instructive. The court determined that there was no forgery on the basis of the human eye. The modified metrocard didn’t look much like a metrocard. it could not have fooled a person. Forgery according to thelegaldictiornary.com:
“Forgery consists [...]
So apparently expired Metrocards can be repurposed. The unlimited 7-day, 14-day, and 30-day subway passes, even when they expire can still be made to work. How? Take an expired metrocard pass and bend it against the stripe and run it through the machine and presto– you’re in. Another victory for the anarchists “fare-ies”? Maybe. Only [...]
