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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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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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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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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…