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They Should Resign Because They Believed Lies
From a letter writer to the NY Times... Right-wing media commentators think that Dan Rather should resign because he made false claims based on documents that…
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still havig tech trouble w/movable type - go to http://academiccopyright.typepad.com…
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National Law Journal covers <i>Golan v. Ashcroft</i>
The National Law Journal discusses the Golan v. Ashcroft case in this article ("Trolls are Back -- In Suits Testing Copyright Restoration Law") by Tr…
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Wired on Kahle v. Ashcroft
Wired's Katie Dean has written a nice article on Kahle v. Ashcroft. You can find the article here, and more information about the Kahle case here.…
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Kahle v. Ashcroft update
Wired is running a nice summary of what's been going on in Kahle v. Ashcroft, an important case currently wending its way through N.D. Cal. The key question…
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Why Microsoft will go open source...
At least in the public sector! Microsoft has announced that it expands its Government Security Program, better known under the name ‘Shared Source”, to its Off…
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At the Biometrics Consortium Conference...
I am and will be here for the next few days. I have been a regular with this crowd since getting involved in biometrics in 1999 through RAND's project wit…
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Event Notes: Jorge Cortell -- "Free culture"
Jorge Cortell, from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, gave a lunchtime talk today entitled "Free culture for all: a sustainable, real example."…
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Google taking a hit on international fair use
We law students love to talk about fair use, though I confess that for many of us it's a substantially academic concern. Not so for Google, which is driven…
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TMI? - Blotter Spotter - Part 2
I found some more blotters online: Florida (cont.) Palm Beach County (through the Palm Beach Post) Kansas Johnson County (Booking report) [Inmate search for J…
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Content industry bidding for CD copy protection in Longhorn
According to CNet News.com, the major recording studios are asking Microsoft to build a "framework" for copy protected CDs into the next version of th…
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Digital sampling opinion - huh?
I read the Sixth Circuit's opinion in the Bridgebort Music v. Dimension Films case, and all I can say is: huh? I'm really not sure where to start. The…