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Do Re Mi: a scale of piracy
http://www.lexferenda.com/ 13102008/ do-re-mi-a-scale-of-piracy/A gem this morning from xkcd. By coincidence, Lawrence Lessig’s piece, In Defence of Piracy, an extract from his forthcoming book, Remix, has just been published by the Wall Street Journal. The book is out later this week.
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The Lib Dems and the E-Privacy Directive
http://www.lexferenda.com/ 09102008/ the-lib-dems-and-the-e-privacy-directive/In a blaze of publicity, the Liberal Democrats (a UK political party, for those not familiar with them) announced that party leader Nick Clegg was going to call thousands of households to talk about policy. In fact, Clegg mentioned it in a speech at the party’s conference. All good.
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Quotable
http://www.digital-rights.net/ ?p=1834The Australian Senator John Faulkner seems to be a highly quotable person. Here are two quotes from the New Zealand website Stuff.co.nz A Facebook posting or a YouTube video, like an ill-considered tattoo, can linger forever.
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US Ratifies Singapore Treaty on Trademarks
http://www.harvardilj.org/ digest/ archives/ 368The United States ratified on October 1 the Singapore Treaty on the Law on Trademarks. The Singapore Treaty, concluded under the auspices of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in March 2006, marks international efforts to update the 1994 Trademark Law Treaty (TLT) in light of changing trademark practices.
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False Advertisements of Myself
http://www.concurringopinions.com/ archives/ 2008/ 10/ false_advertise.htmlI just heard about a Jezebel post on Redbook's photoshopped transformation of Faith Hill--from an ordinarily attractive person to a cookie-cutter replica of a surgically bedizened Hollywood star. Jezebel called the retouching one more example of the "'cover lie' of a medium that has made its mark by
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Seminar: Recent Intellectual Property issues in Internet Service Providers
http://ictlogy.net/ 20081002-seminar-recent-intellectual-property-issues-in-inte…Research seminar by professor Miquel Peguera at UOC headquarters about cyberlaw, focussing on ISP liability related to Intellectual Property Rights (mainly under the Spanish law). Webs with links to P2P files The case of Sharemula.com: main entertainment firms claim IP violation, because the site links (eD2k links) to files protected by copyright, shared in P2P networks.
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The Bands Visit
http://www.digital-rights.net/ ?p=1815Klufty recommended a movie to me called The Bands Visit (original title Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) from 2007. What was the film about? “Once-not long ago-a small Egyptian police band arrived in Israel. Not many remember this…It wasn’t that important.” This is from IMDB On an ordinary day, the Alexandria
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Internet Law Classes: the Uninformed Teaching Newbies
http://mikeyounglaw.com/ wp/ 2008/ 09/ 22/ internet-law-classes-the-uninformed-t…Given the amount of e-commerce, it isn’t surprising that law students want more Internet law classes. The issue is: where will the schools find qualified instructors to teach the classes? I don’t mean to be harsh but most schools default to large firms filled with attorneys who bring blue chip
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Grapes with licensing agreement
http://www.digital-rights.net/ ?p=1748Via Boing Boing comes this marvel of legal wackiness. The plastic bag containing grapes has the text: The recipient of the produce contained in this package agrees not to propagate or reproduce any portion of the produce, including (but not limited to) seeds, stems, tissue and fruit.
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Dozier Internet Law Federal Court Report
http://johndozierjr.typepad.com/ dozierinternetlaw/ 2008/ 09/ dozier-internet-la…At Dozier Internet Law we monitor the Federal Courts everyday and once a month prepare summaries of the most important and interesting lawsuits filed. You can imagine the number of lawsuits I personally go through each month. It's enlightening to see what the trends and latest and greatest theories of recovery are in the Federal Court.
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