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Brett M. Frischmann

Monday March 8, 2004 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Room 80 (Moot Courtroom) Free and Open to all! Lunch Served The open access (commons) vs. private control debate is ragi…

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The Ethics of P2P Filesharing

March 8, 2004 5:45- 7:00 PM Stanford Law School: Room 290 Free and Open to All When a technology's integration into society outpaces the laws that govern i…

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Environmental consequences of new PCs

One new PC requires about 1.8 tons of raw material. Stunning new study from the UN. In particular, chip fabrication takes a tremendous amount of water -- ironic…

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But those thin mints taste so good!

Heard about the ban of Girl Scout Cookies in Texas?  Seems the Scouts’ association with Planned Parenthood was a bit unsavory for these lone-star palettes and t…

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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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"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…