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An Unpopular View of Google Books
I’m starting to feel like the only person who thinks the Google Books settlement with authors and publishers is a good deal. One voice that seems not to be hear…
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These Hobbyists Add to Calculators, Multiplying Their Fun
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and I are mentioned in this Wall Street Journal article about TI calculator hackers and the law.…
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BT Wins Again: Second Circuit Affirms Summary Judgment and $175,000 Fee Award
After years of litigation based on spurious allegations of copyright infringement, BT was vindicated again this week when the Second Circuit affirmed the distri…
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The Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement and International Works
The long-awaited Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) was filed yesterday. The relevant documents (including the new version of the settlement and a summery of th…
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What the Intel / AMD Settlement Doesn't Mean
Intel and AMD announced today that they were settling their many antitrust and patent disputes, with Intel to pay $1.25 billion and the two companies to cross-l…
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FUP Withdraws From Fairey Case; Hope Remains
As reported, we are no longer representing Shepard Fairey in his dispute with The Associated Press. The events that led to this have been well-publicized; they…
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German Music Sampling Decision Translated
It was brought to my attention that the German high court decision on copyright and music sampling I had previously blogged on here received a fresh English tra…
Legal Challenges in an Age of Robotics
(November 12, 2009) Panelists Kenneth Anderson, Paul Saffo, F. Daniel Siciliano, and M. Ryan Calo discuss the unique legal challenges that widespread availabili…
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The Bilski Case and the Future of Software Patents
My view on today’s Supreme Court case regarding business method and software patents appears on Slate.com's "The Big Money." (See http://larrydown…
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IMVU and Crowd Sourced Dispute Resolution
Very interesting revisions to the IMVU peer review process... mirrors the Community Court in some important respects: "Q. What is Peer Review? A. Peer Rev…
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Supernova Conference - San Francisco
On December 1 and 2, Supernova will be back in San Francisco with a really great assortment of discussions (agenda) and an extraordinary group of provacative sp…
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Convicted Murderer To Wikipedia: Shhh!
In 1990, Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr was brutally murdered. Two of his business associates were convicted, imprisoned for the crime, and recently paroled.…