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Defending fair use of yoga knowledge

Bikram Choudhury is a yoga guru who promotes a style of yoga he now claims as his own intellectual property, known generically for the past 25 years or so as Bi…

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MPI on Collective Goods

Recently, the German Max Planck Society - an independent, non-profit research organization to promote scientific progress in the natural sciences as well as the…

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Intel LaGrande Policy Draft

Intel has posted a draft of its LaGrande Technology Policy on Owner/User Choice and Control, and welcomes comments until the end of this year. While I like many…

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what to write?

I assume that writing a blog is like writing anything-- the biggest hurdle is sitting down and starting.  I manage the eldred blog, and post to the cis blog, an…

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HACKERS TO FACE TOUGHER SENTENCES IN U.S.

October 7, 2003: Hackers to Face Tougher Sentences:  The washingtonpost.com reports that convicted hackers and virus writers soon will face significantly harshe…

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WashPo: Hackers to Face Tougher Sentences

The Washington Post quotes Jennifer Granick and mentions the McDanel case in an article about new sentencing guidelines that are destined to create harsher pena…