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Kiva in the NYT
Great coverage for them, and kudos to Kristof for the feature... "On a muddy street in Kabul, Abdul Satar, a bushy-bearded man of 64, was sitting in the wi…
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Bay area law bloggers ("blawgers") get together
The High Tech Law Institute at SCU Law is sponsoring a gathering for Bay Area legal bloggers/blawgers tomorrow night. The goal is to get a bunch of law bloggers…
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Online harrassment crosses the line
Usability expert Kathy Sierra has been victimized by some terrible online harrassment as of late. Her latest post details what she's gone through. I belie…
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Luxuriating in one's own vehemence
George Will in Sunday's Washington Post : "Many people who loathe George W Bush have adopted what Peter Wood describes as "ecstatic anger as a mod…
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Viacom Misses The Joke; CIS And EFF Attorneys File Complaint
While fair use can be murky in some respects, there is no doubt that parody lies at the center of its protections. Viacom had YouTube take down Robert Greenwal…
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(Cyber) Crime and Punishment - Worries about the Convention on Cybercrime
href="http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2100916,00.asp">My column in this month's CIO Insight describes a few of the big concerns I hav…
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An Important Victory For Carol Shloss, Scholarship And Fair Use
Last June we sued the Estate of James Joyce to establish the right of Stanford Professor Carol Shloss to use copyrighted materials in connection with her schola…
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Video on the Net - Video Policy
I spoke today about fair use and video policy at the Video on the Net conference in San Jose. My slides are available in flickr. It was great to see Denise, and…
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Mostly Internet Libel (Links)
About two years ago, I started collecting links to posts, articles, academic discussions and case law about internet libel. I've put this into del.icio.us w…
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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…