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Imagine if Michael Berube Replaced William Safire
How much fun the old "Grey Lady" would be... (This is an excerpt from his latest post, responding to reader emails) In his defense of Harvard preside…
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Should India, Japan and South Africa Have a Veto?
Should new permament members to the Security Council have the same veto power as the original 5 permanent members (China, France, Russia [replacing the USSR], t…
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Internet and Society News -- 050124
"Extremely Flammable with the Consistency of Creme Brulee" COMPETITION ========== Microsoft Won't Appeal EU Sanctions Microsoft Corp.…
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Documenting copyright problems for documentarians
There's an interesting article in the Globe and Mail this week re: how difficult it is for documentary film makers to clear copyrights. As the article (quo…
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Revolutions in file sharing... paying the artists?
Ren Bucholz (of EFF) published a hopeful article in the SF Guardian about how artists will someday (perhaps soon?) get paid when their works are shared online.…
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Townsend's patent reform roundtable
Last evening I attended the first of three patent reform roundtable discussions being hosted by Townsend and Townsend and Crew. The Townsend attorneys, Ted Her…
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Internet and Society News -- 050120
"Losing Our Respect for the Truth for Over 39 Years" COMPETITION ========== Perjury Charged In Antitrust Inquiry Ex-Department Store Execu…
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Kahle v. Ashcroft Appellate Brief Filed
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Opening Brief Filed
Today we filed the appellant's opening brief in the Ninth Circuit. The brief argues that, starting with the 1976 Copyright Act, Congress changed the fundam…
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Jailed for a song
This is the ad for a new IPac campaign... Read more about it here and about IPac here.…
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2nd term song by Jibjab
Just in time for the inauguration Jibjab is at it again with a good little jingle about the next 4 years...…
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Yiddish with Dick and Jane under fire
I just learned of what sounds to be an interesting lawsuit filed in Los Angeles by the owners of the Dick and Jane copyright, Pearson Education. Evidently, Pe…