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The New NSA Domestic Phone Call Database
For those concerned with privacy, the “war on terror” (setting aside the obvious complaint that a country cannot be at war with an expression) raises a very dif…
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Legalizing Personal Music Copying in Britain
In Britain, an interesting initiative is afoot that, if successful, would allow music consumers in the UK greater freedom. The BPI, the body that represents th…
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Signing Statements hint that Bush is bypassing Congressional oversight of surveillance programs
I thought President Bush had avoided having to veto a bill simply because his party controls both houses of congress. Apparently he has another new tool that ha…
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The Beatles, G.W. Bush and Apple Computer
President G.W. Bush revealed in an interview that he has the Beatles on his iPod playlist. A small controversy erupted, since Beatles songs have never licensed…
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Freedom iFreedom
In a recent interview in the International Herald Tribune, the French minister of culture reaffirmed his country’s plans to promote interoperability in music fo…
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Against the New Cultural Turn in IP
One of the papers presented at Stanford’s recent conference, Cultural Environmentalism at 10, reflects a new shift in IP scholarship to reject utilitarianism’s…
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Should the DMCA Have Even Bigger Teeth?
New draft legislation, supported by the Bush Administration and Representative Lamar Smith, would significantly expand the reach of the Digital Millennium Copyr…
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California will report names of those testing HIV+
Whenever someone in the USA tests positive for certain diseases with substantial public health impact, information about that person is reported to the appropri…
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Poorly written terms of service agreements #2
In the Internet-enabled era, computer users can update the drivers for their peripherals with very little trouble. Manufacturers commonly provide copies of driv…
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Media Monitoring in Zimbabwe
Imagine a society in which journalists are licensed by the state, credentialed and monitored in a way similar to members of other professional guilds. Assume a…
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Tarleton Gillespie
Monday April 17, 2006 12:30-1:30 PM Room 280A Stanford Law School Open to All Lunch Served DRM strategies for technical copy protection regulate the use of con…
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Poorly written terms of service agreements
I recently created an American Airlines frequent flyer account online. Here is one of the oddest parts of the Terms of Service agreement displayed when you open…