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FedExFurniture Back Online

Over two weeks ago, FedEx improperly used the DMCA notice and take-down provisions to get the website at www.fedexfurniture.com taken offline.  The company clai…

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Opening Brief Filed

Today we filed the opening brief in our appeal to the Tenth Circuit.  We argue that the URAA – by restoring copyright to materials that are in the public domain…

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Opening Brief Filed

Today we filed the opening brief in our appeal in Golan v. Gonzeles.  Download it here.…

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Cass Sunstein is blogging at lessig.org

While on vacation, Larry is hosting a great list of guestbloggers-- this week it's Cass Sunstein, a superstar professor from U Chicago Law.  He's done q…

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Jennifer Granick on wsj.com

Jennifer Granick is participating today in a vibrant forum discussion at the Wall Street Journal about security, vulnerability reporting, and responsibility for…

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Censorship in Vietnam

According to the Thanh Nien Daily, The Vietnamese government has announced new regulations over Internet access which will check the identity of all cyber-café…

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Grokster Case (2)

この記事では、Grokster判決とSony判決の区別についてお話しましょう。 巷でも言われているように、Grokster判決はSony判決を覆したものではありません。 むしろ、先日のStanford Law Schoolのパネルでは、Sony判決をSafe Harbor(免責事由)として確立したもの、と捕らえられ…

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Grokster Case (1)

日本でもおそらく話題になっているだろう2005年6月27日のGrokster連邦最高裁判決(和訳はこちらなど参照)について、先日、スタンフォード・ロー・スクールで開かれたMark A. LemleyとIan Ballonがコメントするパネルに出席しました。 予想通り!というコメントのほかに、面白いコメントがいくつかあ…

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US requirements for "journalist" visa

An interesting thread on Joi Ito's blog discusses whether "US visa requirements for journalists cover bloggers?"  The issue is whether someone who…

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Stewart Baker

the President's recent nomination of Stewart Baker to assistant secretary for policy in the Homeland Security Department initially shocked me, but it isn…