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California Court Rules Internet Message Board a Public Forum
In July 2002, National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) and its president Jack Lin (“respondents”) sued former NTS vice-president Brett Schoneman (“appellant”) for…
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Eighth Circuit Finds that Bailee had Neither Apparent nor Actual Authority to Consent to Warrantless Search of CDs Left in his P
In June 2003, former priest James Beine, also known as Mar James, was sentenced by a federal district court to nearly 57 months in prison for possessing child p…
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Citing Communications Decency Act Safe Harbor, California Court of Appeal Holds Ebay Is Not Liable For Publishing Allegedly Defa
This case arose after an Ebay user (who was not a party in this suit) left negative feedback directed at the plaintiff, Robert M. Grace, on the Ebay website. Gr…
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Sing out loud, face lawsuit?
OK, that's a little glib. But the fact is that the song at issue in Eminem's lawsuit against Apple never actually appears in the commercial at issue --…
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Tip My Hat to the New Constitution...
As Iraq reconstruction moves forward towards some kind of Constitution, Slate offers an interesting take on the pro-feminist antecedents already present in Iraq…
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Are strong IP rights good for the public domain? Or: Order Despite Law
Boalt's Professor Robert Merges has published an interesting article which is forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review. In the article, he argues…
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Right Fright?
The US House and Colorado legislature has introduced a "Student Bill of Rights" to protect conservative students against insidious intellectual discou…
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Take It To The Limit
Don Henley delivers his State of the Music Industry address, promising both carrot and stick: "If the labels are not willing to voluntarily implement chang…
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Pioneer Press: Scenes in video lead to charges
Jennifer Granick is quoted in a Pioneer Press article about video surveillance in Wisconsin.…
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No claim? No evidence? NO PROBLEM!
I don't have time to comment on this right now but maybe one of my compatriots does... DirecTV has gotten its grubby hands on the lists of some people who h…
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Erik Valgaeren
Thursday February 19, 2004 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. Room 80 (Moot Courtroom) Free and Open to all! Lunch Served The digitalization of content is a cornerstone for the…
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RIAA: webcasting rates are still too low!
Here is the RIAA's Reply Brief in the appeal from the webcasting CARP. Some people are never satisfied.…