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Wait, Second Life still exists? And universities still use it?

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

I was surprised to read in the Chronicle of Higher Education that universities are still using Second Life, a “virtual worlds” system I honestly thought died in 2007. No one I know ever used it. Why is this, considering the people I know tend to be early adopters of pretty much everything technological?

business   culture   education   technology

Highlights of the Google Books settlement hearing

By Kristopher Nelson on Feb 19, 2010

business   copyright   intellectual property   law   library   news   technology

Who supports and who opposes the Google Books settlement

By Kristopher Nelson on Feb 18, 2010

business   copyright   intellectual property   law   news   technology
Terms of use for application programming interfaces (TOS for APIs)

Terms of use for application programming interfaces (TOS for APIs)

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

business   law   technology
Research preview: the historical case for vaccination

Research preview: the historical case for vaccination

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

education   history   law   research   science studies
Should police need probable cause to request mobile-phone location data?

Should police need probable cause to request mobile-phone location data?

By Kristopher Nelson on Feb 11, 2010

law   news   privacy   search and seizure   technology   wiretap
You do not get an “A for effort” with copyright

You do not get an “A for effort” with copyright

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

constitution   copyright   featured   intellectual property   law   theory
Dear Starbucks and AT&T: fix your WiFi!

Dear Starbucks and AT&T: fix your WiFi!

By Kristopher Nelson on Feb 7, 2010

Technology on the road has a reputation for being finicky. Some of this difficulty is unavoidable. But other technology challenges are easily remedied through decent design and forethought.

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Retention of transactional Web browsing data

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

business   constitution   government   law   privacy   search and seizure   technology

Does an open WiFi signal reduce your 4th Amendment protections?

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

constitution   law   search and seizure   technology   wifi
Can a teaching-focused law school fit into a public research university?

Can a teaching-focused law school fit into a public research university?

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

education   law   research
Five sources of free photographs for your blog

Five sources of free photographs for your blog

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

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Is the future of scholarship social? Should it be?

Is the future of scholarship social? Should it be?

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

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Challenging the big two in legal research

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

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Want clients? Be helpful and do good

By Kristopher Nelson in the Spring of 2010

“Be helpful and do good” is a deceptively simple strategy: just go out and help people, and clients will find you. (Just don’t forget to make it easy to be found!)

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EFF's warrantless wiretapping case dismissed

EFF's warrantless wiretapping case dismissed

By Kristopher Nelson on Jan 22, 2010

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