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Crossing over
Eric Hirshberg in the Huffington Post: "There are a number of people in my life -- some family, some friends, some colleagues -- with whom I have never agr…
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A Trillion Here, A Trillion There
What has the on-going financial crisis to do with information law? Everything Financial services today are regulated by laws written when Bonnie and Clyde wer…
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Early hormone exposure and later political inclinations
Olivia Judson in the NYT: "First, according to a report published last month in the journal Science, strong political views are correlated with distinct ph…
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Packets Vol. 6 No. 1 Now Available
Packets Vol. 6 No. 1 is online here. Packets is production of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society (CIS). It is written by members of the Stanford La…
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Lessig Book Party: SF 10/29
Join us as we Celebrate the Release of Professor Larry Lessig's new Book! Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy purchase at amazon O…
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy
Book Website The reigning authority on intellectual property in the Internet age, Lawrence Lessig spotlights the newest and possibly the most harmful culture w…
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Breach of Conditions in Free and Open Source Software Licenses May Constitute Copyright Infringement
Author: Evan Berquist Appellant Jacobsen holds a copyright for computer software designed to control model trains that he made available free of charge to the…
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Copyright Owners Must Consider the Fair Use Doctrine when Issuing DMCA Takedown Notices
Author: Stuart Loh The plaintiff, Stephanie Lenz, posted a 29-second video clip on YouTube of her children dancing to the Prince song “Let’s Go Crazy.” Univer…
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J.K. Rowling v. RDR Books: Harry Potter Reference Guide Not Protected by Fair Use
Author: Matt Kellogg The Lexicon originated from author Steven Vander Ark's website, The Harry Potter Lexicon, an online reference for the fictional world…
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Fair Use Protection Limits Common Law Copyright Claims Over Sound Recordings in New York
Author: Robert Orlando Lopez This was a case of first impression for fair use as a defense against common law copyright infringement of a sound recording. Fo…
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Section 230 of the CDA, May – or May Not – Immunize Online Marketplace Providers from Ticket-scalping Liability
Author: Allison Pedrazzi Helfrich Hill v. Stubhub Jeffrey Hill and Lisa Hill brought suit against Stubhub, an online marketplace for reselling tickets, after…
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Content-Sharing Website Veoh.com Entitled to Safe Harbor Under DMCA
Author: José Mauro Decoussau Machado Io produces, markets, and distributes adult entertainment products. In its lawsuit against Veoh, it maintained that a var…