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Copyright Law and the Information Cost Theory
Intellectual Property as Property: Delineating Entitlements in Information, authored by Prof. Henry Smith was published last summer in the Yale Law Journal. It…
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Why, Diddy? Why?
Music sampling has suffered a strange fate at the hands of copyright law. It should fare well under the fair use doctrine. In general, it's very transform…
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Aguiar v. Webb: Documentary Film Program Defends Filmmaker's Fair Use and Free Speech Rights
Plaintiff William V. Aguiar III, sued documentary filmmaker Floyd Webb, alleging that Webb's promotional website and film trailer for his upcoming film infr…
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Hot Flash
Using a combination of archival, interview and new concert footage as well as photographs, news clippings, and contemporary critical analysis, HOT FLASH tells t…
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Blog Action Day - Talking about the Environment
So I'm 24 hours late, but yesterday was Blog Action Day, which focused on an effort to get people talking about the environment. It's an interesting co…
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Dignity, not democracy
David Ignatius in today's Post: "We talk about democracy and human rights. Iraqis talk about justice and honor." That comment from Lt. Col. David…
Aguiar v. Webb - Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion for Preliminary Injunction
Floyd Webb's Opposition to Plaintiff's Motion for Preliminary Injunction. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:10/12/2007 Downloa…
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Reading IP Patents Like Tea Leaves
I've been reading through a study of Google's patents prepared by Stephen Arnold entitled Google Version 2.0: The Predator. Mr. Arnold displays a foren…
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Misinterpreting email communications
Daniel Goleman in the 10/7 NYT: "We were having an e-mail exchange about some crucial detail involving publishing rights, which I thought was being worked…
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Disputes growing in virtual worlds
The Business Shrink, October 10th, 2007: "With virtual world’s forming into the next big thing on the horizon, the real world is starting to play catch up…
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The Poetry of Patent Infringement
From the most serene and blissful town of Marshall, TX comes Patent Litigation Haiku from Michael Smith's Eastern District of Texas Practice blog. http://…
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Reporters' Shield Law Overdue but Underpowered
Proposed Reporters' Shield Law Overdue but Underpowered This week's Circuit Court column is about the proposed federal reporters' shield law that j…