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Mr. Alan Greenspan on IPR
On February 27, the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research was honored by the visit of Mr. Alan Greenspan, who addressed his audience putting forth a n…
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TCG article 29 reply
Trusted Computing Group, Reply to the European Article 29 Working Group report, February 6, 2004.…
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TCG replies to the Article 29 Working Party Report
TCG has published a short reply and Q&A to the European Article 29 Working Party report. There is not a whole lot of new information in there, though.…
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"Ministers Without Portfolio (Yet)"
CIS Residential Fellow Chris Sprigman is featured on today's New York Times Op-Ed page. Check out his recommendations for the Kerry campaign here.…
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Creating rights to control import of CDs and rental of books
報道によると、政府は、音楽CDの輸入権と書籍の貸与権を新たに導入することを3月4日に決定し、5日に閣議決定することになりました。 この方針は、昨今の知的財産国家戦略の一環として、今年の1月に文化審議会の著作権分科会報告書（概要）で提言されたことに基づき、2月中旬に法律改正案が発表され、明日の閣議決定、という運びです。…
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No Frankenfoods in Ukiah.
Mendocino County passed the first anti-GMO law in the US on Tuesday. Even though it will not have any immediate effect on that county (since no one is growing…
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You exported what?!
Friedman has an op-ed in the NY Times today about what he calls the 3rd wave of globalization, characterized by decentralization of services--re: exporting jobs…
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House Passes CARP Reform Bill
On Wednesday the U.S. House passed H.R. 1417, legislation to replace the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel system with a more affordable and efficient system…
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Dueling Troll Makers Bury The Hatchet
Dam Things From Denmark and Russ have settled a long-running copyright dispute over restored copyrights in troll dolls. Here's the press release via Yahoo!…
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Half Dead CARP
The U.S. House passed H.R. 1417, the CARP Reform bill, yesterday. 406 to zero. There is no companion bill in the Senate, but no doubt there soon will be. The…
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Clinic Files Comments with the USSC
The Clinic filed comments on behalf of the NACDL and the EFF on the CAN-SPAM Act on March 1. The comments argue that the Commission’s proposed guidelines and s…
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The Ethics of P2P Filesharing
The Ethics of P2P Filesharing with SLS Professors Lessig and Rhodes on Monday 3/8.…