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Praying with Lior
An engrossing, wrenching and tender documentary film, PRAYING WITH LIOR introduces Lior Liebling, also called "the little rebbe." Lior has Down syndro…
Copyright and Fair Use
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Manufacturing Dissent
Manufacturing Dissent is a controversial, well-rounded portrait of Michael Moore the man, and how he uses documentaries to affect political change. This “muckra…
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Is there a 102(b) in your 401(k)?
Let me clarify: '102(b)' refer to a portion the US statute for patentability of inventions, and '401(k)' refers to the ubiquitous retirement ac…
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BT Moves to Recover Attorneys' Fees and Costs
In May, BT secured a complete victory over Plaintiffs Ralph Vargas and Bland-Ricky Roberts when the court granted his summary judgment motion and dismissed Plai…
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DRM by mandate? Belgium court imposes a filtering duty on ISP
In a press release from today the IFPI hails a Belgium court decision, which reportedly imposes a duty on an Internet Service Provider to use filtering technolo…
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Access-Right and Copyright Presentation
Next month I’ll be speaking about my work on copyright law at the Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law in Munich. The title o…
Vargas v. BT - Defendants' Memorandum in support of their Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs
Defendants' Memorandum in support of their Motion for Attorneys' Fees and Costs * Publication Type:Litigation Brief * Publication Date:06/29/2007 D…
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Open Source and Privacy Can Co-exist and Thrive!
From ZDNet: "Google’s role in an open source world by ZDNet's Dana Blankenhorn -- Google proves you can scale an enormous company in a short time, shar…
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Electronic filings coming soon to the Copyright Office
The Copyright Office reports it's final rule about electronic copyright submissions and fees. Starting July 2 (for a limited number of copyright claims) it…
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On the Shoulders of Giants
I write this month in CIO Insight, href="http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2124841,00.asp">“IP Law vs. Moore’s Law,” that the legal fictio…
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Soldiers of Fortune
TorrentFreak has a cute story about how politicians are receiving “a fair amount of money” (aka campaign contributions) from the RIAA and the MPAA to promote st…
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The L.A. Times Opines On Shloss v. Joyce Estate
Here is an editorial from today's L.A. Times, entitled Portrait of the Old Man as a Copyright Miser: How a Lawsuit About Some Old Books and Letters Sheds L…