Read this. If Sirota is right, and if Huck and Edwards could consolidate support around a position of economic populism and health care reform, candidate Huckawards would have something like 50% of the electorate… at a time when there are still ten other candidates in the race.
Archive for December, 2007
The Story Behind The Story
Posted in dissent, education, free speech, hypocrisy, media, politics, private press, tax on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A Year-End Top Ten List
Posted in constitution, criminal law, dissent, education, ethics, free speech, hypocrisy, impeachment, politics, privacy on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Courtesy of Dahlia Lithwick at Slate:
4. Nine U.S. attorneys were fired by nobody, but for good reason.
Of course, the great legal story of 2007 was the unprecedented firing of nine U.S. attorneys who either declined to prosecute Democrats or were too successful in prosecuting Republicans. After months of congressional hearings, subpoenas, and investigations, [...]
Just Like Verizon
Posted in civil procedure, contracts, copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, internet, oregon, politics, property, technology, tagged Cary Sherman, Mafia, riaa on December 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There is an article up at the NYT today about the RIAA lawsuit that is currently pending against 17 John Doe defendants at the University of Oregon. The article is relatively even-handed as these things go, hitting the typical applause lines for each side: college students don’t respect copyright, stealing music is bad, settlement offers [...]
Groklaw vs. The RIAA
Posted in advertising, copyright, dissent, economics, education, ethics, fair use, free (or not) software, free speech, hypocrisy, internet, property, technology on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If I was the record industry, I’d be very worried. The last time Groklaw started paying attention to frivolous lawsuits about imaginary copyright infringement, the people who picked the fight ended up dead.
One Copy For The House, One Copy For The Car, Another Copy For The Other Car…
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, first sale doctrine, internet, media, property on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
(updated 10:17 pm- slashdot says that the WaPo story I quote below is, um, misleading. Or maybe it’s just wrong. Hooray for traditional journalism.)
The RIAA is breaking out a new legal tactic:
In legal documents in its federal case against Jeffrey Howell, a Scottsdale, Ariz., man who kept a collection of about 2,000 music recordings on [...]
I Wish This Story Was About UO
Posted in copyright, economics, education, ethics, fair use, first sale doctrine, internet, property on December 30, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
From Ray Beckerman’s place:
In a fascinating interview with Jon Newton of p2pnet, Prof. Deirdre Smith of the University of Maine Law School’s Cumberland Legal Aid Clinic, which is the first law school legal clinic in the U.S. to have taken on the RIAA, says that “our students are enthusiastic about being directly connected to a [...]
Copyright vs. The WTO
Posted in copyright, dissent, economics, ethics, fair use, hypocrisy, internet, politics, technology on December 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like Antigua has won its bid to have the World Trade Organization rule that the US laws against online casinos are an unlawful restraint on trade. Howard Knopf posted a thorough write-up at his blog, excess copyright. And as everyone seems to have recognized, the real question now is how that $21 million per [...]
