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Remix and Fairness

Professor Robert Merges has commented recently on the remix debate, making the point that present copyright law should not be fundamentally changed in order to…

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Internet at the next Ocean Tomo IP Auction

For the past year I’ve tracked the series of Ocean Tomo Patent / IP Auctions.  The third in the series occurs April 2007 in Chicago, and I just received the cat…

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From Obama's announcement

It's clear he understands the importance of healing the divide: "...it's not the magnitude of our problems that concerns me the most. It's the…

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Politics and personality

From an interesting article in the Times by Patricia Cohen: "For anyone who assumes political choices rest on a rational analysis of issues and self-intere…

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Jeff Rosen on the Daily Show

Last night my old constitutional law professor, Jeffrey Rosen, appeared on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart, perhaps one of the best comedy programs on televisio…

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CIS is hiring: Summer Intern

The Center for Internet and Society (CIS) at Stanford Law School is hiring a Summer Intern to work public interest issues involving technology and the Internet.…

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American Microphone

Rob Millis recently interviewed me for his program American Microphone. We discussed some of my favorite topics -- like how to legally share creative content on…