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…
A jolt back from Katrina to the Court. Now there are two openings. The upcoming hearings take on a whole new meaning. This is what I wrote about Katrina and…
I really don't know the etiquette for cross-posting. I see people do it, but I don't see a common theme for when it is appropriate. Wikipedia is not t…
Remember that Seinfeld where someone stole Jerry's car and Jerry called his car phone and spoke to the guy? Here's what the episode would have looked l…
The WSJ reports on…
NPR had an intersting segment about Roger Richman, who represents the families and estates of dead people, like Albert Einstein (negotiated the Apple endorsemen…
I will be guestblogging for Lisa Stone at Law.com's Legal Blog Watch this week. Never guestblogged before. comments welcome, here or there.…
As part of the Intellectual Property Reform that is current going on in Japan, the Copyright Council at the Agency of Cultural Affairs (Japanese equivalent of C…
In this entry, I will explain anti-device regulations (i.e., regulations that outlaws certain devices that enable circumvention of DRM technologies.) The regla…
In this entry, I will explain the basics of direct circumvention regulation (i.e., regulations that prohibits direct circumvention of DRM technologies). In Jap…
In this entry, I would like to give you an overview of anti-circumvention regulations in Japan (Japanese equivalent of DMCA). As you may know, anti-circumventi…
My friend and former CNET reporter Courtney Macavinta and Andrea Vander Pluym just published Respect: A Girl's Guide to Getting Respect & Dealing When Y…
Jim Lindgren at the Volokh Conspiracy reacts to a WSJ piece about Justice Stephen Breyer's soon to be released new book: "Active Liberty: Interpreting…