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Obama to Appoint Information Security Coordinator
President Barack Obama confirmed Friday that the White House will be creating a new office to be led by a cybersecurity czar. The office will be in charge of coordinating efforts to secure government networks and U.S. critical infrastructures.
Are Tweets Copyrightable?
Brock Shinen writes an in-depth article from the perspective of an intellectual property and entertainment lawyer that says, “No.”
Have "Real-Time" Services Altered the Balance of the DMCA?
Image via Wikipedia The DMCA has a bad reputation with those who prefer to see greater freedom of information flow. Its anti-circumvention provisions provisions have attracted particular antipathy, and many believe the DMCA takedown provisions are regularly abused. The point … Continued
Journalist Shield Laws and Bloggers
Image via Wikipedia Should so-called “shield laws,” intended to provide protection for journalists from being forced to reveal their confidential sources, apply to bloggers? The current answer seems to be “no,” although the question must be asked on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction … Continued
What You Write Could Get You Sued
Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife From the Wall Street Journal comes an article cheerfully titled Bloggers, Beware: What You Write Can Get You Sued – WSJ.com Be careful what you post online. You could get sued. In March 2008, … Continued
Craigslist vs. South Carolina's Attorney General
Craigslist, under threat from the Attorney General of South Carolina, has decided to proactively defend itself in court: craigslist has filed suit against SC AG Henry McMaster in federal court in South Carolina, seeking declaratory relief and a restraining order … Continued
Saving Newspapers by Changing the Law
Image by Getty Images via Daylife In an article entitled, Lawyers: To Save Newspapers, Let’s Destroy Pretty Much Everything Else Good, the always-interesting Techdirt reacts to a recent Washington Post opinion piece about “saving” newspapers, and argues, “It’s time to … Continued
Domestic Wiretaps Down in 2008 (including FISA)
Image via Wikipedia Domestic wiretaps have dropped by 14 percent from 2007 to 2008. FISA wiretaps are down as well, although the reasons are unclear. Pursuant to the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the Administrative Office … Continued
Random House Disabling Kindle Speech
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Random House now disabling text-to-speech function of Kindle e-books: Random House has thrown the dreaded “kill switch” on about 40 of its titles, including authors such as Toni Morrison. Cory Doctorow adds some background: … Continued
10 Alternative Legal Research Sites
Looking for alternatives to expensive legal research through Westlaw and LexisNexis? Here’s a non-exhaustive list of ten alternative sources for legal research (aimed primarily at lawyers and law students) that are useful – and much cheaper.
Are Westlaw and LexisNexis simply selling "free" information?
Image by mattlary via Flickr Minneapolis News – Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information: West makes its money by selling free, public information – specifically, court documents – to lawyers. On this simple model, the company … Continued
The Failure of Public WiFi
Image by Getty Images via Daylife SSRN-The Failure of Public WiFi by Eric Fraser: This short piece describes the failure of the widespread plans to provide public wireless internet access. It identifies three interrelated types of causes for the near-universal … Continued
Bringing Better Science to the Courtroom
Image by maveric2003 via Flickr As long as I’m following the lead of Lawrence Solum at the Legal Theory Blog, I want to recommend the following new article: Judicial Analysis of Complex & Cutting-Edge Science in the Daubert Era: Epidemiologic … Continued
IP and Traditional Knowledge
Image via Wikipedia The Uneasy Case for Intellectual Property Rights in Traditional Knowledge by Stephen Munzer, Kal Raustiala: Should traditional knowledge—the understanding or skill possessed by indigenous peoples pertaining to their culture and folklore and their use of native plants … Continued
10 Hints for Representing Yourself in Court
It’s not easy to represent yourself in court. Here are some useful tips that may help with in propria persona/pro se litigation (note that this is not legal advice, and in many cases you are well advised to retain your … Continued
