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Salinger v. Colting, et al.
When J.D. Salinger sued to stop the publication of Swedish author Fredrik Colting’s book 60 Years Later: Coming through the Rye alleging it infringed his copyri…
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from the NYT: An early history on free expression in art.
The New York Times wrote an interesting article recently to commemorate the anniversary of Grove Press, Inc. v. the United States Postal Service. (Read the orde…
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Always On's Stanford Summit Next Week
Next week is the Stanford Summit hosted by Always On. It's been a great event in the past and I bet it'll be a good one this year. In this economic envi…
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Amazon Burns Orwell's E-Books
Everyone knows Ray Bradbury’s book Fahrenheit 451. First published in 1953, Bradbury imagined a world in which government “firemen” could enter your home at an…
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Pay As You Drive “Black Boxes” Threaten Driver Privacy
The California Department of Insurance (DOI) is considering regulations that would enable insurance prices to depend on the precise number of miles a car is dri…
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Facebook and the Phone Companies Try to Lock You In
What does Facebook have in common with wireless phone companies like AT&T? Both companies try to lock customers in, even if we'd rather take our busines…
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Stamps, Sculpture and Free Expression
We filed an amicus brief today in Gaylord v. U.S., a potentially important but little-noticed fair use case on appeal in the Federal Circuit. We filed it on beh…
Gaylord v. U.S. Postal Service - Amicus Brief
Amicus brief filed in the Federal Circuit on behalf of the Andy Warhol Foundation, and several other amici, including the Warhol Museum, contemporary artists Ba…
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Gaylord v. U.S. Postal Service
The U.S. Postal Service created a commemorative stamp from a photograph of a sculpture called, which is part of the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial in Washington…
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Regulating Search Engine Optimization
From an anonymous executive, today on Tech Crunch: "Imagine, if you will, that the entire Internet is contained within a single continent. That continent…
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Born into a point of view
Peggy Noonan in the WSJ: "Sarah Palin's resignation gives Republicans a new opportunity to see her plain—to review the bidding, see her strengths, ackn…
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Privacy and the Democratization of Fame
If privacy and the ability to preserve your reputation are essential components to personal freedom, then Michael Jackson was imprisoned. As the media hysteria…