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Can Amazon’s Kindle disrupt the current textbook market?
BizOp News asks the question: “Is the Kindle DX: Amazon’s 9.7” Wireless Reading Device (Latest Generation) a disruptive device for the textbook market?”
July 2009 / 2 min.
Does selling access to court-filed attorney briefs violate copyright law?
California courts are turning over attorney work product to for-fee services like LexisNexis and Westlaw, which then resell them (or merely make them available?) to customers. Does this violate copyright law?
July 2009 / 2 min.
Should there be no copyright for academic publications?
Worth reading and considering is a new draft article by Professor Steven Shavell that proposes abolishing copyright on academic works.
July 2009 / 2 min.
Google responds to publishers
According to Rob Salkowitz of Internet Evolution, in the so-called Hamburg Declaration issued July 9, publishers argued that services like Google are “using the work of authors, publishers and broadcasters without paying for it.”
July 2009 / 2 min.
Current themes evident in copyright arguments from 100 years ago
From thepublicdomain.org comes this interesting and revealing series of excerpts from the legislative history of the 1909 Copyright Act.
July 2009 / 2 min.
New law journal launches that focuses on open source
There’s a new law journal in town: “The International Free and Open Source Software Law Review (IFOSS L. Rev.) is a collaborative legal publication aiming to increase knowledge and understanding among lawyers about Free and Open Source Software issues. Topics covered include copyright, licence implementation, licence interpretation, software patents, open standards, case law and statutory changes.”
July 2009 / 2 min.
Is online legal education a viable alternative to traditional schooling?
So are online options a viable alternative to traditional legal education? The ABA is considering opening up the option to allow greater accreditation for such schools. I think that’s a good idea.
July 2009 / 2 min.
When is print better than online?
Cost is a major element of this: online access to a treatise (a compendium of legal research, opinion, etc. that’s an extremely useful resource for understanding an area of the law before diving into more specifics) can run to around $825 an hour, while the print version of the same treatise costs $499 per year (or less, if you don’t mind out-of-date treatises). But it’s more than simply the straight-up cost of access - print research can be more effective and time-efficient for many tasks.
July 2009 / 3 min.
Openness and the social web
A recurring theme for me is the difficulty of keeping markets “open,” in the sense of empowering customers and users with information and choice, while still permitting businesses to grow and innovate.
July 2009 / 2 min.
Write an article; find a job
Debra Bruce suggests that lawyers looking for work think about writing an article to aid in finding a job.
July 2009 / 2 min.