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Creative Commons, Common Sense, and Nonsense
Over the last 3-4 years many people have been speculating about how U.S. courts would interpret the Creative Commons (CC) licenses in litigation concerning the…
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Podcast Academy #6 - wrap up
I spoke at Podcast Academy #6 yesterday about new media/podcasting and the law. A summary of the event and links to my slides ("Podcasting Train Wrecks&quo…
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The Madness of Software Copyrights
My column in the current issue of CIO Insight, href="http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2182447,00.asp">“Battle Over Linux: When a Win May…
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EFF's Web 2.0 Compliance Bootcamp - Register Now!
EFF is hosting a one-day Web 2.0 compliance bootcamp. It's scheduled for October 10. Here's the full description: Does your interactive company have to…
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Is That Big Brother In Your Pocket?
Did you know the government can track your movements by your cell phone? And while courts are struggling to define whether agents need probable cause to follow…
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Mashups & Cartoons
I saw this interesting article in the New York Times today about mashups and I'm really interested in the fact that Viacom comes out and affirmatively bless…
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Don't kiss your civil liberties goodbye!
My digital freedom-oriented friends at the ACLU of Northern California are hosting a happy hour this week. I'll be mingling at the New Media Expo in Ontario…
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Privacy concepts: US v. EU
When it comes to Privacy Law, Europe and the U.S. are not on the same page. What is the problem? This is not the place to give an extensive answer, but here i…
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Ethics & Blawgs
I'm now at the ABA Lawyer's Professional Liability fall conference where I have been asked to speak about legal ethics and law firm blogs. I presented…
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Morality and political alignment
Nicholas Wade in the September 18 New York Times: "Working with a graduate student, Jesse Graham, Dr. Haidt has detected a striking political dimension to…
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The hatred is back
Richard Cohen is getting hammered out there on the blogs, mostly in response to a column he wrote chastising Hillary Clinton for not speaking out about the Move…
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Fair Use And Free Speech
All too often, copyright is viewed in strcitly economic terms, as if it does no more than determine who pays what to whom, and when. In his editorial in today&…