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I am putting up (almost) daily blogposts on my blog at www.aliquidnovi.org. Most of the posts relate to intellectual property and access to knowledge in Africa…
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Court Holds Producers Of Expelled Are Likely To Prevail On Fair Use Defense; Rejects Yoko Ono Lennon's Injunction Request
We're happy to report that the Court rejected Yoko Ono Lennon's request to enjoin the further showing and distribution of Expelled. In a twenty-three p…
Lennon v. Premise Media - Order Denying Plaintiffs' Motion for a Preliminary Injunction
The Court held that the producers and distributors of Expelled are likely to prevail on their fair use defense and denied Plaintiffs' motion for a prelimina…
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Section 230 Immunity and the Roommates.com Case
I write in href="http://www.cioinsight.com/c/a/Opinion/Avoiding-Web-Rocks-and-Shoals/">this month’s CIO Insight about the 9th Circuit’s en banc dec…
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Lessig on the orphan works bill
Prof. Lessig has an OP-ED in the NYT today about the orphan works bill rolling now in Congress. Among the important points mentioned there, here are my three fa…
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Ballad Of The TCP Reset Packet (By Nate Anderson)
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"Who needs copyright, anyway?"
John Degen, a Canadian novelist, has a thoughtful post on how he has resolved to make his latest novel, The Uninvited Guest, freely available for download onlin…
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Premise Media Files Oppositions to Preliminary Injunction Motions
Today we filed our oppositions to the preliminary injunction motions filed by Yoko Ono Lennon (federal case) and EMI Records (state case). They are attached be…
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Digital Identity Syllabus
In spring 2007 I taught a class on Digital Identity in the STS Progam at UT Austin. Please find my syllabus attached below. I'd be very thankful for comment…
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Fair Use Project to Represent Premise Media Against Yoko Ono Lennon and EMI Records
Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed is a controversial film about a contentious issue: whether proponents of intelligent design are being unfairly silenced in ac…
Lennon v. Premise Media - Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (State Court)
Opposition to the preliminary injunction motion filed by EMI Records (state case). * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:05/14/2008 Downlo…
Lennon v. Premise Media - Opposition to Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Federal Court)
Opposition to the preliminary injunction motion filed by Yoko Ono Lennon (federal case). * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:05/14/2008…