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The origins of mistrust
Damien Cave in today's New York Times: "Shatha al-Musawi, a Shiite member of Parliament, first encountered the Sunni-Shiite divide on the day the Ameri…
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BT Responds to Plaintiffs' Opposition to His Fee Motion
The briefing on BT's motion for attorneys' fees is now complete. Last Friday, BT filed his Reply Memorandum in response to Plaintiffs' Opposition t…
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Blowing the Horn
John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen in the March/April Foreign Affairs: "The Greater Horn of Africa, the hottest conflict zone in the world, is a legi…
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Circumvention - a matter of geography
Most of the world seems to know by now how New Jersey teenager George Hotz cracked last week the Apple iPhone protection lock which tethers users to the mobile…
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Reaffirming First Principles of Open Communications Networks
Consumer group comments in the FCC's Broadband Practices Notice of Inquiry demonstrate the failure of the current reliance on a cozy, Telco-Cable duopoly to…
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Music Downloads 2008 - A Victory for Consumers and Artists
Less than a decade after the advent of file sharing, sales figures indicate that the recording industry sold more singles than albums and unsigned artists sold…
Vargas v. BT - Reply in support of Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs
Defendant's reply brief in support of motion for attorneys' fees and costs. * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:08/24/2007 Downl…
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Section 102(b) and negative categories of copyright subject matter
Section 102 of the Copyright Act has been receiving quite some attention in legal commentary recently. Professor Pamela Samuelson authored an article challengin…
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The most important essay I've read on the war this year
This essay by four non-commissioned officers in the NYT on Sunday provides a shot of clarity that cuts right through the nattering nabobs. I think everyone sho…
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Defending Wikipedia’s Impolite Side
Noam Cohen in today's New York Times: "Before Mike Godwin became general counsel of the Wikimedia Foundation last month, he was the subject of a Wikipe…
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Cooperative Breeding in Birds Sheds Light on Altruism
David Brown in today's Washington Post: "Why do we help out our relatives when one of them needs a buck or a meal, and who gains the most from such act…
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Two of my favorite advocates
It's a nice morning when I look at the front page of the SF Chronicle (on line, of course) and find two of my favorite copyright advocates quoted in the sam…