http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/taxonomy/term/450/feed The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5134 <p>This morning I came across Stacy Cowley's article <a href="http://www.crn.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=197000151&amp;printableArticle=true">GPL 3: An Open Source Earthquake?</a>. As a member of <a href="http://www.opengis.org">OGC Consortium</a>, the group responsible for developing geospatial interoperability standards, I've suggested review of their standards' ownership, branding and licensing.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5134">read more</a></p> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5134#comment intellectual property digital rights management drm electronic democracy FOIA FOIL freedom of information act Geospatial GIS JAVA OGC Open Source OpenGIS public data XML Tue, 30 Jan 2007 10:04:44 -0800 Bruce B. Cahan 5134 at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5044 <p>The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) includes a fee-shifting provision to incentivize private individuals to bring FOIA compliance actions. An award of fees is not automatic, rather, a FOIA plaintiff must have been successful in the action and must also be entitled to fees.</p> <p>Following the favorable judgment obtained on September 26, 2006, we promptly stipulated for an extension of the fourteen day window with which to file our motion. The brief window is defined by N.D.C.A. local rules. We compiled all the records of our time and promptly contacted the Assistant US Attorney to negotiate a settlement in the hopes of avoiding further litigation. Unfortunately, these negotiations were largely unsuccessful, leaving us no alternative but to draft and file a motion.</p> <p><a href="http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5044">read more</a></p> http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/node/5044#comment Poulsen v. US attorney&#039;s fees FOIA freedom of information act Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:21:27 -0800 Jeff Laretto 5044 at http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu