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Tallahassee Democrat: DirecTV suing Floridians who watch it for free
Jennifer Granick is quoted in this morning's Tallahassee Democrat article on DirecTV's campaign against smartcard researchers.…
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Billy Tauzin en route to MPAA
The New York Post is reporting, and apparently several sources (including former RIAA-head Hilary Rosen) have confirmed, that Louisiana Representative and Chair…
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The SF Chronicle: Tech ignorance, vague laws lead to mistaken conviction
Jennifer Granick is quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about the McDanel case.…
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"Shrinkwrap" licensing on wood-shop tools
Reports are circulating that Stots Corporation, a maker of jigs (a.k.a. templates) for woodmaking, has been shipping its TemplateMaster jig with a shrink-wrap l…
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CyberSecurity Agenda
A revised and expanded schedule of events for the upcoming CyberSecurity, Research, and Disclosure conference is now online. Register before Nov 1 and save.…
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Shaking the Foundations 2003
Shaking the Foundations 2003 is an annual student-organized conference that brings together law students, practitioners, and academics from around the country w…
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McDanel Files
In case you missed it before the DoJ removed it from its servers, here is the original press release announcing Bret McDanel's [wrongful] conviction. And h…
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Voting Vagaries
There's something weird going on in the implementation of touchscreen technology for voting machines: the company Diebold is making tons of voting machines…
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New Scientist on clever new DRM
A few days ago, bIPlog pointed to a New Scientist article on a clever anti-piracy scheme called Fade, distributed by (of all people), Macrovision. Fade is desi…
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Ninth Circuit Finds Cable Modem Service Part “Telecommunications Service” and Part “Information Service"
The appropriate regulatory classification of cable modem services has been disputed for over the last five years. In response to conflicting federal court decis…
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VeriSign Shareholder Derivative Action Dismissed
VeriSign is a leading provider of Internet security and control services, facilitating on-line communications and commercial transactions. Following the period…
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New York State Court Holds that Plaintiffs Must Meet a Higher Standard when Making a Claim of Libel against an Author of a Work
The New York Supreme Court granted summary judgment for defendants and dismissed a libel suit against the author and publisher of Primary Colors, a novel based…