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CORRECTION regarding P2P Story
CNet reports a CORRECTION to the Reuters story discussed below; I reproduce it in full: Correction: This story was misleading in its description of eDonkey'…
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Yankees are Back in First
How could I forget such cataclysmic news? My sincere apologies. The Yanks -- my beloved underdogs -- are back in first place. It'll be an interesting run…
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Broadband Growth Slows
A new report by the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows that the pace of the growth of broadband's usage slowed in the first six months of 2005,…
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P2P Starting to Trot for the Hills
I guess it should be no surprise, in the wake of the US Supreme Court's Grokster decision and its endorsement of an "inducement" theory of liabili…
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Telkom and Helkom logos: fair dealing?
As I said in my previous blog entry, the Telkom/Helkom dispute has been settled. Its interesting to look at the copyright issue and compare; the Telkom image:…
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And Grokster Users Think They Have it Bad
Chinese Search Site Baidu.com Ordered To Cease Offering Links to Sound Recordings…
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New Spyware Case Filed
Illinois attorney David Fish has filed a class action lawsuit against infamous spyware/adware company 1800Solutions Inc. Last month Fish survived a motion to d…
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Justice in China
For those who think that it's ok for US companies to help the Chinese government, police and courts crack down on dissidents, here's a reality check.…
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Time, Yet Again, for Some Shared Sacrifice
Before reading on (and thanks if you do -- you really, really care!), I should make two disclosures: first, as I mention in my bio, I am an active and ardent su…
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The inadequacy of natural rights theory for determining rights in Intellectual Property
I was talking to a friend recently (not a lawyer, but a well-informed techie), and our conversation turned indirectly to natural right theories of intellectual…
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It's good to be here
It's great to be here deep in the center of the Center for Internet and Society, and to have my blog up and running too. As you can see in my bio, I come h…
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A Great Man, Simon Wiesenthal, Has Passed
Simon Wiesenthal , the great Nazi hunter who helped capture Adolf Eichmann and many other former Nazis, has died at age 96 . Wiesenthal's life and achievem…