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Invitation -- Social Networks: Friends or Foes?
On October 23, 2009, the UC Berkeley School of Law will host an all-day conference at the Bancroft Hotel to explore some of the most pressing legal challenges,…
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It's My Browser, and I'll Auto-Click if I Want To
In It's My Browser, and I'll Auto-Click if I Want To, Fred blogs about how EFF is representing SkipScreen, a Firefox browser add-on that helps users avo…
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PATRIOT Act: Last Refuge of Scoundrels
“Patriotism,” as Samuel Johnson famously said, “is the last refuge of a scoundrel.” In that sense, perhaps the USA PATRIOT Act is appropriately named after all…
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The End of the American Internet
In 1998, all hell broke loose as the U.S. government considered how to govern the network it had created. That fight has now ended, with a whimper: http://larr…
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Horsemen of the Patent Apocalypse
No one would seriously disagree with my observation that the patent system has become the single greatest obstacle to innovation faced by entrepreneurs and esta…
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Brazilian Government Launches Official Blog
On Aug 31st, the Brazilian government launched its first official blog, "Blog do Planalto" (http://blog.planalto.gov.br/sobre-o-blog-do-planalto/). [&…
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Fall 2009 Hearsay Culture schedule posted
I am very excited about the slate of upcoming guests for Hearsay Culture this quarter! Ranging from copyright experts to technology philosophers, this quarter…
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Happiness and healthiness are contagious
One of the more interesting results of the Framingham Heart Study: happiness and healthiness are contagious: "two years ago, a pair of social scientists n…
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The Net Neutrality Walk of Shame
It just gets worse...less than a week after the FCC Chairman calls for simple rules to enforce Net Neutrality, all the thieves have fallen out. Everyone thinks…
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Joyce Estate Pays $240,000 In Attorneys' Fees To Shloss And Her Counsel
The long saga of Professor Carol Shloss's dispute with the Estate of James Joyce over her right to use copyrighted source materials in connection with her b…
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red-blue dialogue on health care part n+3
Read Don's latest post here. I thought in my last post we were making some progress in this discussion, but it seems we've backslid to talking points a…
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Paris in the Ninth Circuit
I simply could not resist sharing this one, for those who don’t check IPKat regularly. Apparently, transformativeness is not only a big deal in copyright fair u…