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Yiddish with Dick and Jane under fire

I just learned of what sounds to be an interesting lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by the owners of the Dick and Jane copyright, Pearson Education.  Evidently, Pe…

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New Year, New Proposals

If you're checking-in to read this blog, thank you for hanging in with me.  I went away on a long trip over the holidays to India (among other places). Thi…

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Talk on trusted computing

On March 28, 2005, I will give a talk on the legal and policy implications of trusted computing at the Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School. M…

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Internet Radio case decided

The U.S. Court of Appeals for DC upheld the rates that the librarian set, and found the non-participant plaintiffs had no standing.…

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We lose.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for DC upheld the rates that the librarian set, and found the non-participant plaintiffs had no standing.…

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DRM book

For the German readers: my doctoral dissertation on DRM, which was published in 2002, has been out of print for some time. But now the publisher has agreed that…

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Current Main Writing Projects

Book-length projects The Making of the Great War Generation (in progress) A comparative biography reexamining the meaning of generation, with particular attenti…

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10 Years Not Enough for Torturer

Given the physical and sexual abuses heaped on Iraqi prisoners by Charles Graner, I do not believe that 10 years imprisonment is long enough.  If a military sen…

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Superior Orders?

One aspect of the Graner case puzzles me.  Graner's defense to the court martial was that he was ordered to soften up the prisoners. But, even if he was or…

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Apply to be a CIS summer intern

SUMMER INTERNSHIP POSITION WITH STANFORD’S CENTER FOR INTERNET AND SOCIETY The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is hiring a Summer…

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Apply to be a CIS Residential Fellow

Center for Internet and Society Stanford Law School Residential Fellowship 2005-2006 The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), located at Stanford Law School,…

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rsa

February 14, 2005- Lead session at the RSA Executive Forum at RSA Conference 2005 on "Effecting Legislation, Regulation, and Public Policy."…