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BT Tours With Thomas Dolby
On November 27th, BT and Thomas Dolby opened their “Sonic Duel for Virtual Supremacy” Tour at Red Devil in San Francisco. BT was kind enough to invite us, and…
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Arguments in BT's Summary Judgment Motion
On November 3, the motion for summary judgment on behalf of Brian Transeau (BT) was argued before Hon. William H. Pauley, federal district court judge for the S…
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MPAA kills Anti-Pretexting Bill
Wired News reports that MPAA killed a comprehensive CA pretexting bill because they didn't want it to hamper their private investigators who use pretexting…
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Most blogged article on NYT today is a primary source document
Many people have been saying for a long time that one great benefit of publishing news online is that publishers are not constrained by page limits. Today, the…
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On the HP Debacle
In my column in CIO Insight this month, http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2059021,00.asp, I note that in addition to legal alternatives to getting the i…
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An Encouraging Fair Use Decision From The Second Circuit
Here is a very encouraging case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Blanch v. Koons. Visual artist Jeff Koons is no stranger to the courts. Specializing…
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Update on primary and secondary authority searches for "fair use" defense of unlicensed video clips
Yesterday I finished my draft of my preliminary search results for primary and secondary authority covering the application of the fair use defense to 'borr…
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"Jesus Christ: The Musical" Gets New Life
Last August, film-maker Javier Prato received a cease and desist letter from Universal Music, who complained that his short film, “Jesus Christ: The Musical,” w…
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Faux bipartisanship?
David Sirota: "...is the real problem afflicting our political system a lack of so-called "bipartisanship" or is it actually too much bipartisan…
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Participatory culture report
The Rise of Participation Culture reports and summarizes a number of trends and explains "why the Internet and a new wave of Web applications have been emb…
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youtube vs. google vs. revver (from Chris Pirillo)
This is too funny. I had to share it here. Check out Chris Pirillo's comparison of YouTube vs. GoogleVideo vs. Revver. When I do the comparison from my DSL…
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SF Half Marathon / Team in Training
I've just joined the Silicon Valley Team in Training chapter to train for a half marathon this Spring. All Team in Training members commit to raise funds a…