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Digging the grave for next-generation DVD TPMs?
That a string of digits-and-letters receives the honor to be composed into a song is, I think, a noteworthy development. Sure, copyright law is about fostering…
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Prof. Michael Geist at CFP
Here's a quick live-blog of Prof. Michael Geist's dinner talk tonight at the Computers Freedom & Privacy conference in Montreal. Future of the Inte…
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Supreme Court’s Patent Cases: Angels? Dancing? On?
I’ve just read the opinions released on Monday by the U.S. Supreme Court in two separate patent cases, KSR v. Teleflex and Microsoft v. AT&T. Though the bu…
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Rules for the Revolution - Trademark episode with Marty Schwimmer
Episode 13 of Rules for the Revolution covers issues related to trademarks, corporate names, and domain names, and includes a brief discussion about the initial…
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Be carefull out there, dear bloggers
I am echoing here a post from Science Commons’ blog featuring another juicy story of apparent abuse of copyrights against a science student at the University of…
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not your everyday podcast IV
I was very delighted to find iTunes downloading a new 'Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature)' podcast . After a long hiatus of almost 2 years an…
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“Special 301” Report for 2007 is out
Here is the link. It’s an interesting reading, though not utterly astonishing with respect the usual suspects it names. No less than 43 trade partners of the U.…
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Builder Sues Review Site and Google Over Anonymous Posting
The New Jersey Star-Ledger reports that: "a Bergen County builder is suing a consumer-advocate Web site and Internet search-engine Google over an anonymou…
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Bill Moyers on Buying the War
If you get a chance, I highly recommend viewing the first episode of Bill Moyers' new program Journal, entitled Buying the War, especially as it is availabl…
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Help to Save Net Radio
After the recent Copyright Royalty Board decision (pdf), which set the new rates for webcasting (web radio and any other streaming audio over the internet), it…
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A download is not a "performance"
Haven't had a chance yet to read the full opinion yet, but the bottom line of this important ruling from the S.D.N.Y. is that a "download" of a fi…
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Will Bioterror Fears Spawn Science Censorship?
Will Bioterror Fears Spawn Science Censorship? My latest Wired News column revisits an issue I wrote about in a law review article a few years ago for the Yale…