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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…

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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…

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Facebook's future: "Wall" or nothing?

In “The Great Wall of Facebook,” Wired’s Fred Vogelstein contends that Facebook and Google are approaching a “full-blown battle over the future of the Internet.…

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Coming Through the Rye No More

Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_us/us_books_salinger http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/books/02salinger.html?partner=rss&emc=rs…

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Technically Women

Inspired by a blog post last year by ZDNet's Dennis Howlett, a group of prominent women in technology have formed a new blog called Technically Women. Techn…