I'm breaking blog silence to report on an amazing decision out of the DC Circuit holding that the federal Privacy Act's requirement that Plaintiffs show…
I had the pleasure of participating in the excellent Legal Futures Conference sponsored by CIS and Google last month, where I was on a panel of “lightning talke…
On the Wall Street Journal Law Blog, Dan Slater notes the growing reaction against Rowling's copyright claims against RDR Books, and generates a spirited di…
We agreed to help represent RDR Books in its litigation against J.K. Rowling because she asserts rights that go far beyond those the Copyright Act gives her, an…
On Friday, we filed our opposition to J.K. Rowling's motion to enjoin publication of the Lexicon. In our brief, we explain both why the Lexicon is the sort…
Today on Slate, Columbia Law Professor Tim Wu lays out an excellent explanation of why RDR Books has the right to publish the Harry Potter Lexicon, and why J.K.…
Pat Aufderheide, Peter Jaszi and their colleagues at American University's Center for Social Media have released a fantastic new study on creativity on the…
Author: Scott M. Noveck I. The 2001 FISA Amendments For purposes of criminal surveillance, the Fourth Amendment’s prohibition on unreasonable searches and sei…
In this week's Circuit Court column, I write about the legislative battle over changing our communications eavesdropping laws and a related issue of giving…
Music sampling has suffered a strange fate at the hands of copyright law. It should fare well under the fair use doctrine. In general, it's very transform…
Proposed Reporters' Shield Law Overdue but Underpowered This week's Circuit Court column is about the proposed federal reporters' shield law that j…
Just posted my newest episode of Rules for the Revolution which discusses Network Neutrality with Alex Curtis of Public Knowledge. Please give it a listen, and…