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The Fundamental Problem

After finally reading the briefs from Eldred v. Ashcroft, I have reinvigorated mentally gymnastics about the problem with the application – and continuing exist…

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Copyright's Loophole

Copyright assignment law seems to contain a massive loophole  that has not been addressed by either Congress or the Courts. As a result, it is possible that an…

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CC Announces CCLearn; ED Position Open

Creative Commons is launching a new initiative CCLearn "to break down the barriers - whether legal, technical or cultural - between different collections o…

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AssignmentZero

Jay Rosen's NewAssignment.net and Wired News just launched AssignmentZero, "an attempt to bring journalists together with people in the public who can…

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Pirates and Hollywood

I am researching for my talk to be delivered to the International Intellectual Property Program at Chicago-Kent Law School. This is how I have found what I bel…

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RFID in EU

Mrs Viviane Reding, Commissioner for the Information Society and Media, is launching an open public consultation on the benefits and risks of RFID. The main st…

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'Surveillance and You' Civic Forum

'Surveillance and You' is the title of this years Civic Forum of the Science, Technology & Society Program at UT Austin. The one day event will host…

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TracFone Gets Personal

News: In a great article (which I'm asking for permission to post in full) by Louis Trager for Communications Daily, Tracfone is claiming that I received pe…