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SoundScan's Musicane

Well? Okay. It has a free version. I signed up for it. And it seems to work from a usability perspective. Is it me, or is Musicane an...enigmatic name? http:/…

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Not your everyday podcast #2

Bruce Sterlings rant at SXSW is highly enjoyable and contains tons of observations worth a second thought! Get it here.…

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The Hitler Analogy

Katrina Vanden Heuvel has a good piece in the Washington Post today entitled "Update Our Insults: New Names to Call" (March 26, 2006; Page B03).  It b…

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Altruism as an evil

From Craig Biddle's Introduction to the new journal The Objective Standard: "Altruism is not good for one’s life. If accepted and practiced consistent…

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Cell Phone Unlocking and the DMCA

So what’s going on with the DMCA and cell-phone unlocking?  Just yesterday Jennifer Granick gave testimony before the Copyright Office in which she explained wh…

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Microsoft, Antitrust and the EU

Memory fades quickly, but many will nonetheless remember that back in 2004 the EU hit Microsoft with a $ 613 million dollar antitrust fine.  The basic problem?…

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CCJPシンポジウム

さて、ご存知の方もいらっしゃるかもしれませんが、近頃、Creative Commons Japanの事務局長なるものになりました。「長」だから、何がえらい、ということもなく、ただ、一番働く、ということなんですが… おかげさまで、法律グループはだんだん体制が整い、東大の中山先生を代表に、仲間の弁護士も増えてきて、とっても…

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Mat Callahan

Thursday March 23, 2006 12:30-1:30 PM Room 280A Stanford Law School Open to All Lunch Served In the controversy over file sharing the perspective of music make…