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EC Article 29 Working Party Releases Search Engine Report
The European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party has released its “Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines,” recommending a shorter retent…
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The Newspaper Association of America Misreads The FTC
Nestled in among the latest round of public comments solicited by the Federal Trade Commission on “behavioral advertising” was a little gem: a filing by the New…
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Paper Abstract: Ontology of Information
I’ve just put the abstract of a new paper on my SSRN page. Temporary title is: Ontology of Information and its Lessons for Intellectual Property. The full abstr…
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FCC Hearing Prep Meetings
Local community groups around Palo Alto and the Bay Area have organized a series of community meetings to connect before the FCC hearing, help folks learn more…
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Court holds Privacy Act "actual damages requirement" does not require pecuniary harm
I'm breaking blog silence to report on an amazing decision out of the DC Circuit holding that the federal Privacy Act's requirement that Plaintiffs show…
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The Information Revolution in 10 years
I had the pleasure of participating in the excellent Legal Futures Conference sponsored by CIS and Google last month, where I was on a panel of “lightning talke…
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The Eco-Patent Commons
Just as I started to consider IP aspects of the green wave, I stumbled upon the href="http://www.wbcsd.org/templates/TemplateWBCSD5/layout.asp?type=p&M…
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The will to write oneself
I received some inquiries about what have I been up to lately. First of all I am teaching an introduction to Science and Technology Studies at UT Austin and jus…
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Record Pay-Out in English Libel Case
The Guardian's Jemima Kiss reports that a record settlement has been awarded in an internet libel case: "A social housing firm and its owner have be…
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Ask Not Premiering at San Francisco International Film Festival
Johnny Symon's compelling critique of the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy, Ask Not, is premiering at the San Francisco Intern…
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Ask Not Examines "Don't Ask Don't Tell"
Ask Not is a rare and compelling exploration of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. The film exposes the tangled political battles that led to t…
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Preempting State IP claims
A New Hampshire District Court has ruled that two state IP law claims - a right of publicity claim and a false designation of origin claim - are not preempted b…