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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&…

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International Connections

As I'm wrapping up a visit with my relatives in Switzerland, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Philipp Schroeder of DIN15 / Information Architec…

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TWiL on patents

Denise Howell does it again with another great episode of This Week In Law. Episode 9 covers the complicated patent law debate that has been brewing for severa…

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ADM - Open Meeting - 9/28 (7:30 am)

The Association for Downloadable Media has issued a press release to announce it's upcoming open meeting at the Podcast & New Media Expo. On September…