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NYT Tech Talk & New Episode of Rules for the Revolution
The New York Times Tech Talk podcast has a segment in today's episode featuring a listener question about music licensing on the web. I was interviewed by…
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Soldiers of Fortune
TorrentFreak has a cute story about how politicians are receiving “a fair amount of money” (aka campaign contributions) from the RIAA and the MPAA to promote st…
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Illinois Court Rules Interactivity Irrelevant in Determining Jurisdiction
BNA's Electronic Commerce & Law Report reports that an Illinois court has ruled that an interactive Web page offering out-of-state visitors the ability…
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German Court: Forum Owners Have Unlimited Liability for Comments Posted by Users
Heise.de in Germany reports that a Hamburg court has ruled that forum owners should have unlimited liability, and are co-culpable for, any comments or discussio…
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Congressional civility caucus gets little interest
Josephine Hearn in The Politico: "Cleaver has been fed up with the level of partisan bickering he has found in Congress since he arrived in 2005. He has he…
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Are Criminal Sanctions the Answer to Spam?
In yesterday's Wired News Circuit Court column "Free the Spam King" I take on the question of whether criminal prosecutions will stop spam, or are…
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Libel Claim Over the Sun's "Caprice in Clinic" Story
Supermodel Caprice has, according to the Press Gazette, launched a £100,000 legal battle for libel damages over stories in The Sun and on the paper’s website.…
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The L.A. Times Opines On Shloss v. Joyce Estate
Here is an editorial from today's L.A. Times, entitled Portrait of the Old Man as a Copyright Miser: How a Lawsuit About Some Old Books and Letters Sheds L…
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Apply to Be a CIS Non-Residential Fellow
The Center for Internet and Society is now accepting applications for the 2007-2008 Non- Residential Fellowship Program. CIS Non-Residential Fellows work indep…
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Cellphone Users Rebel
Cellphone users try to wrest some of carriers control - The Boston Globe I'm quoted in this story about cell phone companies efforts to keep their customer…
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Virtual Property, Real Litigation: Second Life Cannot Prevent User From Suing In Court
A Pensylvania federal court has held that Second Life's user agreement cannot be enforced insofar as it requires arbitration of claims alleging that Linden…
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"Does Virtual Reality Need a Sheriff?"
This fascinating article appears on the front page of today's Washington Post: Some virtual activities clearly violate the law, like trafficking in sto…