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Kahle v. Ashcroft update
Wired is running a nice summary of what's been going on in Kahle v. Ashcroft, an important case currently wending its way through N.D. Cal. The key question…
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Why Microsoft will go open source...
At least in the public sector! Microsoft has announced that it expands its Government Security Program, better known under the name ‘Shared Source”, to its Off…
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At the Biometrics Consortium Conference...
I am and will be here for the next few days. I have been a regular with this crowd since getting involved in biometrics in 1999 through RAND's project wit…
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Event Notes: Jorge Cortell -- "Free culture"
Jorge Cortell, from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, gave a lunchtime talk today entitled "Free culture for all: a sustainable, real example."…
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Google taking a hit on international fair use
We law students love to talk about fair use, though I confess that for many of us it's a substantially academic concern. Not so for Google, which is driven…
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TMI? - Blotter Spotter - Part 2
I found some more blotters online: Florida (cont.) Palm Beach County (through the Palm Beach Post) Kansas Johnson County (Booking report) [Inmate search for J…
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Content industry bidding for CD copy protection in Longhorn
According to CNet News.com, the major recording studios are asking Microsoft to build a "framework" for copy protected CDs into the next version of th…
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Digital sampling opinion - huh?
I read the Sixth Circuit's opinion in the Bridgebort Music v. Dimension Films case, and all I can say is: huh? I'm really not sure where to start. The…
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Coalition letter on INDUCE
Real quick hit before David Cole begins his presentation on civil liberties and terrorism "preemption": a gigantic coalition of civil liberties groups…
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Secret Pennsylvania ISP Blocking Struck Down
Where to begin? How about with the big free speech victory in CDT v. Pappert? The decision is a real victory for free speech against overbroad government actio…
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Press on <i>Golan</i> case
Today's article ("Trolls are Back -- In Suits Testing Copyright Restoration Law") by Tresa Baldas in the National Law Journal discusses the Golan…
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Golan v. Ashcroft: No "Dead Fish"
We filed Plaintiffs' opposition to the government's objections to Magistrate Judge Boland's rulings which allow discovery to proceed forward. Read…