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LSE, ICANN, GNSO feedback
The London School of Economics Public Policy Group is seeking feedback on the ICANN Generic Names Supporting Organisation (GNSO). You can give your feedback at…
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Cooperation among chimpanzees
Carl Zimmer had a very interesting article in the March 3, 2006 Science section of the New York Times entitled "Chimps Display a Hallmark of Human Behavior…
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Google in China, and not.
It's been a long time since I last blogged, and I'm sure there are many good reasons for that. In any event, I've been paying attention to the fuss…
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CC license enforced in Holland
Adam Curry recently took a Dutch "gossip rag" to court over ripping off his photo which had been posted on flikr and licensed via Creative Commons (At…
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Excessive literalism in our public dialogue
On Friday last week Jim Emerson posted a very good analysis of a Charles Krauthammer column from the same day called Oscars for Osama. Krauthammer devoted his…
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O'Reilly v. Olbermann
In the midst of the various legal battles involving free speech and what can and cannot be said in public spaces -- Howard Stern's laudable battles being fo…
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Other Spheres
I found this quote attributed to Tim O'Reilly -- my apologies if it's not accurate. For the sake of my remarks I'll need you all to believe it is a…
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Congress Caves to WH: Authorizes Warrentless Wiretaps
As I predicted, Congress has caved to the White House. Instead of investigating the President's illegal warrentless wiretaps, they have instead imposed new…
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Minnesota Moves To Block Access To Certain Personal Government Records
One of the issues we discuss a lot in the Law, Tech, and Privacy class concerns records that have previously been available through government sources (such as…
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Legal writing tip
I hope my legal writing students read my blog because I have a tip for them: Make sure your briefs are comprehensible, include sound legal reasoning and argumen…
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Privacy Items of the Week
From SlashDot: Financial Responsibility == Terrorism? NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums Total Information Awareness Lives On SiteAdvisor Help…
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The Importance of Net Neutrality
Imagine if your internet service came in different grades: if you were willing to pay $40 per month, your access to the Net would be as fast as possible; if yo…