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Grokster, Brand X :(
I have not yet completed reading through today's two Supreme Court opinions (over 100 pages, and I'm a fairly slow reader...) but what I have read so fa…
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Supreme Court Upholds FCC Classification of Cable Modem Service
This is a great ruling for cable giants and a bad ruling for consumers. For the opinion, click here.…
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Ninth Circuit Reversed in Opinion that Has Something to Worry Everyone
Information about the Supreme Court ruling in Grokster can be found here, including the opinion and a discussion blog.…
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Broadcast flag
In response to the EFF and Public Knowledge action alerts this week regarding the Broadcast Flag issue, I emailed Senator Feinstein my concerns. Her response e…
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Orphan Works Roundtables
The Copyright Office announced today that it will be holding roundtable discussions about the Orphan Works issues. Here are the details from the announcement:…
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Linda Stone rocks!
I loved Linda Stone’s presentation at Supernova 2005 about “Continuous Partial Attention” – focusing on how we will manage all the incoming information (from ou…
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Supernova 2005, microformats & blogging best practices
I have been attending Supernova 2005 in SF this week and it’s been, in a word, connected. That’s the theme of the conference, but it’s also amazing for me to s…
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GPS-based speed limit enforcement
Recently, the Supreme Court of Connecticut decided that enforcing a speed limit on a rental car by a GPS-based system is illegal. Decision is here.…
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Austria has begun rollout of E-Health Card
Since June 1. 70.000 so called 'e-cards' are delivered daily to Austrias citizens. By the end of the year all 8 million austrian people will be issued t…
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Comments on the TCG Best Practices Committee Document
Recently, the Best Practices Committee of the TCG published a document entitled "Design, Implementation, and Usage Principles for TPM-Based Platforms"…
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Professor Wendy Gordon's Article (3)
法と経済学の分野で活躍しているGordon教授の論文として最後にご紹介するのは、価格差別（Price discrimination)に関する論文です。 価格差別というのは、ミクロ経済学で、市場での独占（Monopoly)、または独占にまで至らなくともある程度の市場支配力（Market Power）がある場合に、商品の…
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Digital Watermarking as Evidence
今日は、著作権の判例をひとつご紹介しましょう。論点は、「電子透かしは、本当に裁判所で証拠能力があるのか？」という点です。 2005年2月に、第10控訴裁判所で判決がひとつ出ています。 Palladium Music, Inc. v. EatSleepMusic, Inc., 398 F.3d 1193 (10th C…