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CC license enforced in Holland
Adam Curry recently took a Dutch "gossip rag" to court over ripping off his photo which had been posted on flikr and licensed via Creative Commons (At…
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Excessive literalism in our public dialogue
On Friday last week Jim Emerson posted a very good analysis of a Charles Krauthammer column from the same day called Oscars for Osama. Krauthammer devoted his…
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O'Reilly v. Olbermann
In the midst of the various legal battles involving free speech and what can and cannot be said in public spaces -- Howard Stern's laudable battles being fo…
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Other Spheres
I found this quote attributed to Tim O'Reilly -- my apologies if it's not accurate. For the sake of my remarks I'll need you all to believe it is a…
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Congress Caves to WH: Authorizes Warrentless Wiretaps
As I predicted, Congress has caved to the White House. Instead of investigating the President's illegal warrentless wiretaps, they have instead imposed new…
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Minnesota Moves To Block Access To Certain Personal Government Records
One of the issues we discuss a lot in the Law, Tech, and Privacy class concerns records that have previously been available through government sources (such as…
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Legal writing tip
I hope my legal writing students read my blog because I have a tip for them: Make sure your briefs are comprehensible, include sound legal reasoning and argumen…
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Privacy Items of the Week
From SlashDot: Financial Responsibility == Terrorism? NJ Bill Would Prohibit Anonymous Posts on Forums Total Information Awareness Lives On SiteAdvisor Help…
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The Importance of Net Neutrality
Imagine if your internet service came in different grades: if you were willing to pay $40 per month, your access to the Net would be as fast as possible; if yo…
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No Backdoor in Vista?
Even after doing extensive research on the current status of encryption law, I am still somewhat confused. What's the current government strategy for overc…
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Street performances -- can I put them on my blog?
Last week I received a question from JD Lasica. He asked me "If I videotape a street musician performing in public, can I post it to my noncommercial blog…
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Congressional Oversight Of Intelligence Sufficient?
When Senator Wyden, D-Oregon, spoke at Stanford Law School on the February 17th, he said he does not have enough information about the NSA warrantless domestic…