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Star Wars on DVD ... but Greedo shoots first
Quasi-confirmed reports that George Lucas has finally greenlighted the release of Star Wars IV-VI on DVD. The catch is that the only versions available will be…
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MS and Disney
There have been lots of major press stories about how Disney has chosen Windows Media to protect its digital content. If this means some major studios are final…
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Playboy, Netscape and Excite Back to Court on Keying Case
The United States District Court for the 9th Circuit has reversed and remanded the summary judgment granted by the district court to Netscape Communications (Ne…
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Pop-up Advertisement Vendor WhenU.Com Enjoined
Contact lens vendor 1-800 Contacts was granted a preliminary injunction against pop-up advertisement vendor WhenU.com and competing lens merchant Vision Direct…
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ARGOS Survives Dismissal Motions in Cybersquatting Suit
ARGOS is a corporation organized under French law—“[i]t is a non-profit organization that functions to promote and facilitate applied research in spinal surgery…
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New York State Supreme Court Sustains Trespass to Chattels Claim for Unwanted E-Mail
A former employee of plaintiff School of Visual Arts (“SVA”), allegedly posted false job listings on the website Craigslist.com, stating that SVA was seeking ap…
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Second Circuit Upholds Preliminary Injunction Barring Query and Use of WHOIS Information in Register.com v. Verio
Register was appointed by ICANN to serve as one of more than fifty companies that issue domain names for websites. In addition, it sells its own web-related ser…
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Court Upholds $521 million Jury Verdict Against Microsoft For Patent Infringement
In 1999, Eolas Technologies sued Microsoft for patent infringement over its implementation of ActiveX. The Patent, No. 5,838,906t, owned by the University of C…
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Denies Reporters Protection against Compelled Disclosure of Murder Defendant’s Statements
Brian Tyson shot and killed a drug dealer during a feud with local dealers in his neighborhood. Tyson claimed that he acted in self-defense. Prior to his tria…
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Democracy
On Friday, I was at a conference on digital copyright issues. At several points, speakers expressed the view that when wealthy content owners like Disney go to…
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outlines
この間の記事に頂いたコメントに触発されて、スタンフォード･ロー・スクールでのアウトラインについて書いてみます。 アウトラインというのは、分かりやすく言えば、講義録（授業ノート）です。こちらの試験は、教科書やノートは持ち込み可、という試験も多いので、試験の鍵のひとつは、いかに見やすくて分かりやすいノートを作っておき、問…
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strict policy v loose policy
今日、Lessig教授と議論をしていたら、以下のようにアドバイスされました。 すなわち、著作権政策には、1)著作権強化、2)著作権緩和、という二つの大きな方向性がある。それぞれに、違ったプラス面とマイナス面がある。どちらがよい、悪いという判断を下すまえに、まずはそれぞれのプラスとマイナスを深く掘り下げて考えてみなさい…