I submitted a comment to the California State Bar's Standing Committee on Professional Responsibility and Conduct (COPRAC) on its proposed amendments to the…
In Robert Penn Warren’s All the King’s Men, the author compares the law to a blanket. When used by a big family in the same bed, one family member tugs on the b…
On March 31, I gave a virtual guest lecture in Mailyn Fidler’s course “The Digital Fourth Amendment” at Harvard Law School. Prof. Fidler invited me to come talk…
Ringtones are likely subject to statutory license for making and distributing phonorecords under the Copyright Act. Here's the copyright office's announ…
The New York Times had an interesting article over the weekend talking about the tense stalemate that exists between liberals and conservatives in everyday inte…
Andrew Sullivan is one of the most thoughtful bloggers out there, and if you haven't seen what's been going on in his thinking lately it's worth che…
From an article by Miriam Pemberton in Foreign Policy in Focus: "In 2000, the Gallup organization recorded a 65% majority among Republicans, Democrats, an…
This is my sister's cat, Homer. She says he's a ham. I say he's a cat. (c) 2006 Gabriela Vogele This photo is licensed under a Creative Commons A…
The Digital Freedom Campaign website appears to be a good resource about an important movement... I haven't gotten through all the things they are proposing…
Stanley Fish had an interesting post in his blog this morning on domestic conflict. An excerpt: "It is tempting to think that domestic quarrels are the o…
YouTube taking down content in response to notices of infringement. (Down comes John Stewart, Colbert Report, South Park, etc. at the request of Comedy Central.…
The reason I was invited to this conference is because I've assisted CBI in the copyright proceeding now before the Copyright Royalty Board in which the web…
It's still raining in St. Louis, but I'm told the weather should clear before tonight's World Series game. So, last night, I got fairly close to the…
The organizers are getting things organized. PodCampWest will be at the Swedish American Music Hall on 11/18-19. It'll be fabulous and I wouldn't miss i…
By way of the Legal Blog Watch, I came across this list today that contains a running citation list of court opinions that have cited to blogs. Thank you Ian Be…