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Premise Media Files Oppositions to Preliminary Injunction Motions

Anthony Falzone — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:07 -0700

Today we filed our oppositions to the preliminary injunction motions filed by Yoko Ono Lennon (federal case) and EMI Records (state case). They are attached below.

Digital Identity Syllabus

Christoph Engemann — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:06:35 -0700

In spring 2007 I taught a class on Digital Identity in the STS Progam at UT Austin. Please find my syllabus attached below. I'd be very thankful for comments and suggestions.

Fair Use Project to Represent Premise Media Against Yoko Ono Lennon and EMI Records

Anthony Falzone — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:49:52 -0700

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a controversial film about a contentious issue: whether proponents of intelligent design are being unfairly silenced in academia and beyond. It has been shown on more than 1000 theater screens nationwide, and its producers have drawn praise from some circles and scorching criticism from others. Right or wrong, good or bad, it's a film that explores important issues of free speech, faith and science.

Yoko Ono Lennon has sued the film's producers in federal court because the film uses a fifteen second clip of the John Lennon song "Imagine." EMI, the record label that asserts ownership in the recording of song, has also sued the producers in state court. Both seek an immediate injunction forcing the removal of "Imagine" from the film.

Microsoft and Yahoo: Where Were the Mediators?

Colin Rule — Tue, 13 May 2008 09:26:12 -0700

David Hoffman in the 5/12 Christian Science Monitor: "When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer met with Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang earlier this month, what kept them from making a deal? With Microsoft offering $33 per share for Yahoo's stock, and Yahoo willing to take $37, was there truly an unbridgeable gulf?

Ruiz v. Gap, Inc.

Ryan Calo — Sun, 11 May 2008 16:32:18 -0700

Was March National Privacy Month and no one told me? (October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month, so don't try to hack anything.) In addition to a March 31, 2008 decision by the D.C. Circuit holding that “actual damages” under the Privacy Act need not necessarily include pecuniary harm (blogged here by Lauren Gelman), the Northern District of California affirmed the standing of a class action plaintiff to sue for negligence over a stolen laptop containing personally identifiable information, based on the mere risk of identify theft. These are both important cases in that they may signal a trend toward greater recognition of the emotional and dignitary interests implicated by the exposure of personal data.

New ODR startup: AllRise.com

Colin Rule — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:00:12 -0700

Allrise.com: a community justice site... a couple people (Sanjana was first, John Muller was second) sent me this link after Michael Arrington profiled it on his website.

My wife's new food blog: 5 second rule

Colin Rule — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:55:27 -0700

As the many thousands of loyal readers of this blog know, I eat far better than I deserve to, totally as a result of my betrothal to my beloved, the food writer Cheryl Sternman Rule.

International Cybercrime (Of The Horse)

Ryan Calo — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:46:18 -0700

A colleague and I were just discussing a new international working group, chaired by the FBI, which has “band[ed] together to fight cyber crime in a synergistic way.” The group is called the Strategic Alliance Cyber Crime Working Group; it even has a tagline: “Cyber Solidarity: Five Nations, One Mission.”

Assistant Professor Barbara van Schewick testifies on the Future of the Internet

Amanda Smith — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:36:19 -0700

Transcripts attached below of oral and written testimony by Assistant Professor Barbara van Schewick at the 4/17 FCC Hearing.

The People's Court - RAW

Colin Rule — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:46:32 -0700

Jeff Bercovici on Conde Nast's Portfolio.com: "Over the weekend, I stumbled across what appears to be a stealth-marketing campaign for a new website, People's Court Raw.