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Shaking the Foundations 2003
Shaking the Foundations 2003 is an annual student-organized conference that brings together law students, practitioners, and academics from around the country w…
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shaking the foundations
I will be speaking on a panel on "Equally in war and in peace: An Examination of Civil Rights in the Wake of 9/11" on 11/9 at Shaking the Foundations…
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McDanel Files
In case you missed it before the DoJ removed it from its servers, here is the original press release announcing Bret McDanel's [wrongful] conviction. And h…
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Open Access to Scientific Information
In the ongoing revolution of how scientific information is being published, major German research organizations have published a Berlin Declaration on Open Acce…
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Taking Patent Reform to the Banc
The beautiful and talented Donna Wentworth recently called me a "Stupid Patent Avenger." While I'm usually not tickled when people use the word &…
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Washington Internet Daily
October 22, 2003: Admission of Bad Conviction Shows Hacking Act Needs Clarity, Lawyer Says, Washington Internet Daily…
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Voting Vagaries
There's something weird going on in the implementation of touchscreen technology for voting machines: the company Diebold is making tons of voting machines…
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SCDC taking a swat at Diebold's black box
The digital commoners at Swarthmore are speaking out about voting-machine manufacturer Diebold's attempt to use copyright to hide documents that reveal seri…
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New Scientist on clever new DRM
A few days ago, bIPlog pointed to a New Scientist article on a clever anti-piracy scheme called Fade, distributed by (of all people), Macrovision. Fade is desi…
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Ninth Circuit Finds Cable Modem Service Part “Telecommunications Service” and Part “Information Service"
The appropriate regulatory classification of cable modem services has been disputed for over the last five years. In response to conflicting federal court decis…
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VeriSign Shareholder Derivative Action Dismissed
VeriSign is a leading provider of Internet security and control services, facilitating on-line communications and commercial transactions. Following the period…
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New York State Court Holds that Plaintiffs Must Meet a Higher Standard when Making a Claim of Libel against an Author of a Work
The New York Supreme Court granted summary judgment for defendants and dismissed a libel suit against the author and publisher of Primary Colors, a novel based…