Clay Calvert, director of the Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications, was quoted in “If an Algorithm Draws Lines on a Map, is that the Same as Land Surveying?” published in Ars Technica on July 13.

The article asks the question: “When does drawing a digital line on a satellite map cross an ethereal threshold into the centuries-old practice of licensed land surveying? The question is now before a Mississippi state court for a decision on whether the state’s licensing regulation of surveyors violates the First Amendment.

According to Calvert, “this was a ‘great test case’ as to whether such a state law fell squarely under normal regulations or whether this touches the First Amendment, in which case Mississippi will have a much harder time defending its licensing system.”

Posted: July 18, 2018
Category: College News, Marion B. Brechner First Amendment Project News
Tagged as: Ars Technica, Clay Calvert, Marion B. Brencher First Amendment Project