Stanford CIS

Copyright and Fair Use

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Salinger v. Colting, et al.

When J.D. Salinger sued to stop the publication of Swedish author Fredrik Colting’s book 60 Years Later: Coming through the Rye alleging it infringed his copyri…

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Stamps, Sculpture and Free Expression

We filed an amicus brief today in Gaylord v. U.S., a potentially important but little-noticed fair use case on appeal in the Federal Circuit. We filed it on beh…

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Gaylord v. U.S. Postal Service

The U.S. Postal Service created a commemorative stamp from a photograph of a sculpture called, which is part of the Korean War Veterans’ Memorial in Washington…

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Coming Through the Rye No More

Read more here: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090701/ap_on_re_us/us_books_salinger http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/02/books/02salinger.html?partner=rss&emc=rs…

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Supreme Court Denies Cablevision Review

Today the Supreme Court reportedly resolved not to hear the appeal on the Second Circuit’s Cablevision decision. This denial comes shortly after the Court has r…

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Collaboration and the Law

Inc. magazine has published Part Two of their early look at my upcoming book, "The Laws of Disruption." (See Href=http://www.inc.com/articles/2009/04/…

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Petition To Improve PACER

A "small band of law librarians," including the wonderful staff here at Stanford, asks you to sign their petition to improve the online court docket s…