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eBay sets more precedent in online defamation jurisprudence
Today's Recorder has an article by Brenda Sandburg about the California Court of Appeals' decision in Grace v. Ebay, a suit seeking to hold eBay liable…
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CreditCards.com sells for $2.5 million
The sale of creditcards.com for $2.5 million disproves the claim that domain names aren't valuable because of the proliferation of TLDs.…
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Cheney and Leahy Engage in Impossible Acts
A hilarious piece by Paul Simms in the New Yorker detailing new details of the Cheney/Leahy encounter on the floor of the Senate.…
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Ordinary Person's Guide to Republican National Convention Published
Every RNC event, corporate sponsor, delegate hotel, war profiteer in Manhattan, along with anti-rnc events, independent media outlets, protest sanctuaries, publ…
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Paper Kills
I am always impressed by the ability of US politicians to coin catchphrases. While European governments try to sell their e-health initiatives with lengthy argu…
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The Real Berger-Gate
Sandy Berger, loyal American and former National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, admits to misfiling papers in the national archives in…
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academic copyright
Another Elizabeth, another promising blog: academic copyright.…
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Move Over Markman- The Federal Circuit Takes a Claim Construction case en banc
Suuuueeee, feeding time for patent litigators (and patent avengers!). The Federal Circuit has issued an Order taking en banc a case called "Phillips"…
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Life Expectancy Around the World
Since income is only a very incomplete measure of human welfare, I include below the World Bank figures for life expectancy.…
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Bush Finally Decides to Work in August
President Bush (43) has decided to hit the campaign trail instead of the golf course this August. Bush Schedule: August 2001--Vacation--Golf/clearing brush/boa…
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No More Time for Jawboning Sudanese Government
The Sudanese catastrophe has continued far too long without active intervention by the rest of the world. It's far past time to plead with the Sudanese gov…
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Digital music blog looks promising
I'll take a look at this blog by Brad Hill from time to time.…