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SOC: Tempest in the Back of Your TV
I've spent all day on what I thought would be a short blog post. The MPAA wants a waiver from the FCC rule that prohibits disabling analog interfaces on the…
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Ungovernable
Tom Friedman in the NYT: "But while our culture of imagination is still vibrant, the other critical factor that still differentiates countries today — and…
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Search Schizophrenia And The Doomsday Machine That Just Won't Start
Microsoft is mad because Google is trying to finalize a deal that would give it a monopoly over the right to make digital copies of orphan books. But Microsoft…
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ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights
The ACLU of Northern California has officially launched dotRights, a comprehensive set of materials and tools to learn about, and act upon, privacy and free spe…
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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…