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Rules for the Revolution - featured in iTunes!
In January I started my first podcast series, Rules for the Revolution. The focus of the program is to answer general legal questions about the laws affecting…
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Brave New Films v. Viacom
Renowned filmmaker Robert Greenwald created an excellent parody of the Colbert Report and posted it on YouTube. Viacom (the parent company of Comedy Central) de…
Brave New Films v. Viacom - Complaint
Complaint filed on behalf of Brave New Films seeking a declaration that Greenwald's parody is protected by fair use, and compensation for wrongful takedown…
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Social Finance 101: Internet Fuels Coal-Fired Environmentalism
Thomas Friedman's NY Times article today Marching with a Mouse provides vivid tribute to the financial market power of transparent accountability. Back in…
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Widgets aren’t welcome in TheirSpace
The NYT has the story about a popular blogger, Ms. Tequila, who was apparently contacted personally by MySpace’s founder, Tom Anderson, explaining to her why sh…
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Beginnings of Morality in Primate Behavior
Nicholas Wade in today's NYT: "... primatologists have shown... a sizable overlap between the behavior of people and other social primates..." &q…
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ODR Seminar at UMass-Boston in mid-June
I'm teaching "Online Dispute Resolution: The State of the Art" at my alma mater, UMass-Boston, on Wednesday, June 13th, right before eBay Live the…
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The Fundamental Problem
After finally reading the briefs from Eldred v. Ashcroft, I have reinvigorated mentally gymnastics about the problem with the application – and continuing exist…
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Celebrity Gossip Blogging--Fair Use or Infringement?
I must admit that I enjoy occasionally perusing the celebrity gossip websites. The salacious tidbits on these sites instill a reassuring sense of normalcy and s…
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Copyright's Loophole
Copyright assignment law seems to contain a massive loophole that has not been addressed by either Congress or the Courts. As a result, it is possible that an…
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CC Announces CCLearn; ED Position Open
Creative Commons is launching a new initiative CCLearn "to break down the barriers - whether legal, technical or cultural - between different collections o…
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The Future Of Political Media: An Example And A Metaphor
This video may be our first glimpse of just how different, if not revolutionary, the 2008 presidential election may be. The ability of ordinary people to creat…