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DirecTV v. Hoa Huynh
CIS will be working with attorneys at EFF to file an amicus brief to the Ninth Circuit in DirecTV v. Hoa Huynh. The case involves the unauthorized interception…
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Have you ever wiki'd
Seriously folks, have you ever edited wikipedia. Talk about empowering. I actually changed the encyclopedia. I really had the fairly stereotypical experience…
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Washington Wars: An Insider's Post-Grokster View of the Fight over Internet File-Sharing
with Adam Eisgrau Executive Director P2P United Monday October 24, 2005 12:30-1:30 PM Room 280A Stanford Law School Open to All Lunch Served You've check…
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Graduate Entrepreneurship Mixer
Come Meet Other Graduate Students Interested In Entrepreneurship!!!! COME TO THE LAW / MEDICINE / BUSINESS / ENGINEERING / BIOTECH ENTREPRENEURSHIP MIXER!! Da…
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Should the indicted be fired?
The recent…
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Is the EC trying to back door software patents?
ZDNet reports that the European Commission is proposing the introduction of a European Community patent. The Commission maintains that the Community Patent wou…
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FTC CHAIR SAYS NO NEW SPYWARE LEGISLATION NEEDED
Federal Trade Commission Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras tells Senate lawmakers that the FTC already has a "broad mandate" to clamp down on spyware, an…
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Smurfs blown to pieces teaches lessons about kids and war
I'm just not sure what to make of this. I was a huge smurfs fan as a kid, and seeing them blowing up is a bit dispiriting. Definitely creepy, but effectiv…
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Will Fair Use Survive? Free Expression in the Age of Copyright Control
The Free Expression Policy Project at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law is about to release our newest report on Copyright, Fair Use, and the Public Dom…
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Tongue-in-Cheek Scary Headline Number One: Let's Give More Control of the Internet to Iran and China!
In an effort to test our comments and archive issues, I am posting the below . . . these issues should be resolved shortly. Vnunet.com reports that Iran and Ch…
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Yahoo! Podcasting Search Engine
Here's the link to Yahoo!'s new podcasting search engine. It's in beta stages at this time. You can search for either "series" or "e…
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Portable Media Expo - Nov 11 & 12
Things have been extremely busy in starting up my new firm. Never fear. I'm back with a lot of things to say. So, first up, I've been asked to sit on…