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Obama vs. the Phobocracy
Michael Chabon in today's Washington Post: "There are many reasons not to support Barack Obama's candidacy for president, but every one of them is…
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the defining choice: ideology vs. consensus
Michael Oreskes in the Feb. 3 NYT: "...Call it a split between whether politics should be a pursuit of consensus or an effort to enact a party’s fundamenta…
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Israel’s Fair Use
Some time ago I did a post on the new copyright legislation in Israel. There are many interesting things about this law, and now, at the curtsey of Prof. Niva E…
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Lessig on the Continuing Question of © and the First Amendment
On January 4, the Supreme Court denied the petition for cert in Kahle v. Gonzales. On that same day, in a victory for CIS, the 10th Circuit refused the governm…
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The Changing Face of Technology Transfer
Technology transfer, and the exchange of patents in particular, entering a phase reflecting a maturing of the practice. In the past I’ve reported about the Oc…
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Law Grad, 32: Don’t Do What I Did
Martha Neil yesterday on the ABA Journal blog: "A 32-year-old Boston University law graduate is on a one-woman crusade to save others from making the same…
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Making voting choices by "unconscious cognition"
Brooks in today's Times: "...many of the theories we come up with are bogus. They are based on the assumption that voters make cold, rational decisions…
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Lopez Torres v. Board of Elections: U.S. Supreme Court Decides Party Boss Dominated Judicial Nominating Conventions are OK?
This morning I read the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lopez Torres, holding that New York State's obviously manipulated state judicial nominating con…
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Game theory and pre-emptive warfare
Peter Byrne in Silicon Valley Metro (from 2006): "During the Cold War, {Daniel} Ellsberg worked as a "game theorist" for the Rand Corporation and…
Rowling v. RDR Books - Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Motion for Preliminary Injuction filed by Plaintiffs. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:01/15/2008 Download PDF…
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Tim Wu On Why Rowling Is Wrong
Today on Slate, Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu lays out an excellent explanation of why RDR Books has the right to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon, and why J.K.…
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NYT on Searches of Computers at the Border
A fascinating article from today's New York Times: The search was not unusual: the government contends that it is perfectly free to inspect every laptop t…