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Well, I spend some time these days looking for my next job, and a search for "copyright" on lawjobs.com brought up this one.. Entertainment Trade Ass…
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All rights reserved in Birth Control for Flatworms
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that the UC Santa Barbara is donating a patent on a treatment for schistosomiasis to the Institute for One World Healt…
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control v compensation
近頃、米国のデジタル著作権の分野で、相次いで、著作権の強制許諾制度的な提案がなされています。Neil Netanelの論文、Terry Fisherのもうすぐ出版予定の本「Promise To Keep」の第6章、Raymond Ku、Jessica Litmanのドラフトなど、皆それぞれ提唱する制度の範囲や条件が多少…
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Editing Evil?
The Treasury Department sent out several letters interpreting the editing of Persian poetry as "aiding and abetting the enemy." Yes, really. Apparentl…
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Hacking Democracy?
March 2nd is Super Tuesday in ten states including California... and it's also a major test of electronic voting technology. Diebold Election Systems, the c…
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Return of the King?
Nat Hentoff surmises the situation in Guantanamo Bay and calls it "monarchical." From Ghost in the Machine.…
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control v compensation
Is it enough to give full compensation to the artists and copyright holders? Or, is it important to give a power to control how their works are used? This is on…
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Queer Yoga for the Straight Guy?
On Tuesday Night I tuned into Queer Eye for the Straight Guy on cable tv. I missed the first half, but it seems the Fab Five took their makeover, Ralph, to a…
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EPIC Asks to Speed Up the Litigation
Today EPIC filed a Motion to Recalendar the case management conference and to set a briefing schedule so the litigation can commence. We also had to file an Ap…
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<b>Mexican Borough Regulates Arcades and Video Game Saloons</b>
It appears that in September 2003, the Municipio (Borough/Municipality) of Durango, Mexico, passed regulations aimed at governing the operation of arcades and v…
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Well I guess you gone have to wake him up then
Do you use the GIMP? You should. It's a fantastic open-source image manipulation program, up there with Photoshop in capabilities. And now a new interface i…
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Replacement computer system in breach of contract
Longhorn Packaging prevailed in a suit initiated in 1999 against Computize for the breach of contract both entered into in order to renew and upgrade Longhorn’s…