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Jury Instruction No. 15
The attorney of Jammie Thomas has resolved to appeal the jury verdict entered against her last week. That closely-followed trial culminated in awarding $222k in…
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Digitally Transparent Elections? The Sorry State of Nominating Judges in New York
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Board of Elections v. Lopez Torres. The case's trial and appellate opinions chronicle…
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Network Neutrality
Just posted my newest episode of Rules for the Revolution which discusses Network Neutrality with Alex Curtis of Public Knowledge. Please give it a listen, and…
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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…