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Geist on solving Canada's culture deficit

New article by Michael Geist arguing that the benefits of Canadian authorship are being reaped more outside the country than in -- and that the parties pushing…

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Victory is Mine - iPod day four

As I type, my iPod, in Linux, is having songs transferred onto it. Dana, you ask, what on earth did you do to get your iPod to work under Linux? Well, I answer,…

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Fun with RFID

RFID technology is on the verge of explosive growth and is in the news almost daily.  Although some of the privacy concerns are a little out-there (e.g., thieve…

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First Can-Spam conviction

Why didn't George W.'s advisors and speechwriters have him focus on this triumph last night?  They must be saving it for St. Louis.…

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Whose email is Arnold reading?

The governor vetoed a bill yesterday that would have required employers to notify their employees that all email and Internet usage is subject to monitoring.  S…

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Free Speech Victory!

The Cyberlaw Clinic won a landmark free speech ruling today on behalf of two Swarthmore college students.  The students had published internal memos that showed…

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Free Speech Victory!

The Cyberlaw Clinic won a landmark free speech ruling in OPG v. Diebold today.  Diebold erroneously claimed that our clients, two Swarthmore college students, a…

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The MS FAT Drama...

Microsoft's patent to their FAT file system was rejected by the USPTO today... [Groklaw] Pending appeal, there are going to be a lot of pissed off businesse…

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RIAA demands less copyright protection

You've probably already heard about the Sixth Circuit's decision in Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films, holding that even a small amount of unauthorize…