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control v compensation
Is it enough to give full compensation to the artists and copyright holders? Or, is it important to give a power to control how their works are used? This is on…
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Queer Yoga for the Straight Guy?
On Tuesday Night I tuned into Queer Eye for the Straight Guy on cable tv. I missed the first half, but it seems the Fab Five took their makeover, Ralph, to a…
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EPIC Asks to Speed Up the Litigation
Today EPIC filed a Motion to Recalendar the case management conference and to set a briefing schedule so the litigation can commence. We also had to file an Ap…
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<b>Mexican Borough Regulates Arcades and Video Game Saloons</b>
It appears that in September 2003, the Municipio (Borough/Municipality) of Durango, Mexico, passed regulations aimed at governing the operation of arcades and v…
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Well I guess you gone have to wake him up then
Do you use the GIMP? You should. It's a fantastic open-source image manipulation program, up there with Photoshop in capabilities. And now a new interface i…
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Replacement computer system in breach of contract
Longhorn Packaging prevailed in a suit initiated in 1999 against Computize for the breach of contract both entered into in order to renew and upgrade Longhorn’s…
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California Court Rules Internet Message Board a Public Forum
In July 2002, National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS) and its president Jack Lin (“respondents”) sued former NTS vice-president Brett Schoneman (“appellant”) for…
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Eighth Circuit Finds that Bailee had Neither Apparent nor Actual Authority to Consent to Warrantless Search of CDs Left in his P
In June 2003, former priest James Beine, also known as Mar James, was sentenced by a federal district court to nearly 57 months in prison for possessing child p…
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Citing Communications Decency Act Safe Harbor, California Court of Appeal Holds Ebay Is Not Liable For Publishing Allegedly Defa
This case arose after an Ebay user (who was not a party in this suit) left negative feedback directed at the plaintiff, Robert M. Grace, on the Ebay website. Gr…
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Sing out loud, face lawsuit?
OK, that's a little glib. But the fact is that the song at issue in Eminem's lawsuit against Apple never actually appears in the commercial at issue --…
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Tip My Hat to the New Constitution...
As Iraq reconstruction moves forward towards some kind of Constitution, Slate offers an interesting take on the pro-feminist antecedents already present in Iraq…
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Are strong IP rights good for the public domain? Or: Order Despite Law
Boalt's Professor Robert Merges has published an interesting article which is forthcoming in the University of Chicago Law Review. In the article, he argues…