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Copyfraud: Techdirt Book Club Selection For April, Part Two
Anthony Falzone suggests that the defendants’ decision not to assert fair use may have been strategic: “Combs and his label can afford to pay for samples. Many…
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Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
I am excited to announce that Oxford University Press has published my book, Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources. It has been almost a deca…
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No Way Out But One
In 1994 Holly Collins became an international fugitive, hunted by the FBI after she grabbed her three children and went on the run. Holly felt she had no choice…
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How Important Is Attribution In Copyright Issues?
Many, many people think that attribution is a key part of copyright law, but in the US it's really not a part of the law at all (with a few tiny, nearly mea…
Infrastructure: The Social Value of Shared Resources
Book Website Infrastructure resources are the subject of many contentious public policy debates, including what to do about crumbling roads and bridges, whethe…
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Google Steps Into File Sharing Scrap
Marketplace Tech interviews CIS Executive Director of the Fair Use Project Anthony Falzone about Google file sharing. If you’re an online company, it’s certain…
Julie Cohen - Hearsay Culture - Show #159 - KZSU-FM
A talk show on KZSU-FM, Stanford, 90.1 FM, hosted by CIS Affiliate Scholar David S. Levine. The show includes guests and focuses on the intersection of technolo…
Megaupload Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 2
Daily/Journal Op/Ed The first part of this article outlined the mechanics of the Megaupload website, and the novel questions of criminal inducement on which th…
Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1
Daily/Journal Op/Ed Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-b…
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Megaupload.com Indictment Leaves Everyone Guessing - Part 1
Days after anti-piracy legislation stalled in Congress, the U.S. Department of Justice coordinated an unprecedented raid on the Hong Kong-based website Megauplo…
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Jailbreak Cage Match: Windows 8 Tablets vs. the Library of Congress
* Date Published:03/09/2012 * Original Publication:PC Advisor…
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A Rosenhan Experiment for the PTO
How accurate is the Patent and Trademark Office? Can its examiners tell good patents from bad? Many doubt that they can and the PTO is often criticized for allo…