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Kim Dotcom, Pirate King
Chris Sprigman is quoted in Businessweek about "secondary infringement" in an article asking "Is Kim Dotcom a criminal mastermind, or the world&#…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Congress Should Fix the Copyright Mess
The real story behind last week’s blow-up over legislation regulating piracy on the Internet has less to do with the fears of motion picture studios or the intr…
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First Amendment “Exceptions” and What the First Amendment Means (#2)
Cross posted from Marvin Ammori's post at Concurring Opinions. This is the second post laying out my argument in a recent article. I hope to post later on…
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Negative Liberty and What the First Amendment Ought to Be
Cross posted from Marvin Ammori's post at Concurring Opinions. Two days ago, I posted about a law review article I’m presenting next Friday at a symposium.…
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Thoughts on Ammori's Free Speech Architecture and the Golan decision
This post is cross-posted at Concurring Opinions, which is having a blog symposium on Marvin Ammori's excellent article on First Amendment Architecture. Nex…
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Beneath the Blindfold
FOUR SURVIVORS, ONE TRUTH THIS SHOULD NOT HAPPEN TO ANYONE A nursing home aide from Africa. An actor from Colombia. A U.S. Navy veteran from Chicago. A doctor…
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INCENDIARY: The Willingham Case
In 1991, Cameron Todd Willingham’s three daughters died in a Corsicana, Texas house fire. Tried and convicted for their arson murders, Willingham spent twelve y…
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Eames: The Architect and the Painter
The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plyw…
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Casablanca Mon Amour
Casablanca Mon Amour is a modern road movie that encapsulates the more complex and fractured nature of living in a world where TV and wars compete for headlines…
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First Amendment Challenges in the Digital Age
Next Friday, February 10, the Stanford Technology Law Review is holding its annual symposium, and this year's topic is an important one: First Amendment Cha…
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If You Thought SOPA and ACTA Were Bad…
CIS Non-Residential Fellow David Levine writes about SOPA and ACTA in this Info Justice post. In the wake of the Stop Online Piracy Act/PROTECT IP Act (collect…
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Cariou v. Prince
Photographer Patrick Cariou sued artist Richard Prince for copyright infringement on the basis of Prince’s use, in works of collage art, of images of Rastafaria…