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About this Blog

The first entry always seems to be the hardest to write.  I've been blogging at typepad this summer on academic copyright issues (http://academiccopyrighgt.…

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I came to the topic of copyright within an academic setting from my own doctoral work, initially a biography, which has subsequently turned into a comparative g…

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Value-centered DRM

Value-Centered Design of Digital Rights Management - Perspectives on an Emerging Scholarship, contribution to the INDICARE project, September 2004.…

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RFIDs

I've been curious about the RFID technology.  Here's an article from e-Week re: RFIDs and a brewing patent dispute (thanks Julie for pointing me to it).…

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Judge rules for Oracle in antitrust suit

Judge Vaughn Walker (N.D. California) cleared Oracle of alleged antitrust violations regarding its proposed takeover of PeopleSoft.  A full read of the lengthy…

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Bad legislation article

This article by Dan Gillmor from yesterday's SJ Merc provides a concise summary of some disturbing legislation that is on the table this congressional term,…

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George Washington Exposed!

"He wasn't even standing up in the boat when we crossed. In fact, he was hunched over under a blanket, trying to spark his hempweed pipe." Burgess…

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Chilling effect for church

The other day I was called by a church that had questions about the status of the copyright in Peter Pan.  The church hoped to include Peter Pan as a character…

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Welcome!  I am very excited to be beginning this non-residential fellowship at CIS.  I am in the process of transferring my blog over here and should be up and…