This is one of those questions that has bothered me ever since the DeCSS thing went down way back in 2001. The crux of the problem is this: the movie industry wants to sell you a DVD like it’s a physical object, and then use technology to restrict your use as though you have [...]
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is it legal to make backup copies of your DVDs?
Posted in contracts, copyright, economics, fair use, first sale doctrine, free (or not) software, media, property, technology on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
40 Cents On The Dollar
Posted in M&A, contracts, dissent, economics, education, ethics, internet, media, politics, tagged bailout, bankrupt, cdo, countrywide, credit, housing, mortgage crash on January 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Jan. 10 (Bloomberg) — Lennar Corp.’s November sale of 11,000 properties in eight states set a price that may mark the bottom for the U.S. housing market: 40 cents on the dollar.
That’s how much Morgan Stanley Real Estate paid for an 80 percent stake in the 32 communities, 60 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Warren Buffet Buys Half Of Pritzker Empire
Posted in M&A, contracts, economics, education, ethics, medicine, science on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I am half-ashamed to admit that I knew almost nothing about the Pritzker family before today, but it is somewhat instructive to compare this article from Wednesday, Dec 26 2007:
“This transaction is the culmination of a process that began six years ago,” said Tom Pritzker in a statement. “We brought John Nichols in as CEO [...]
What’s The Deal?
Posted in M&A, contracts, economics, education, internet, media, technology on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Interesting; whether or not it will be useful is anybody’s guess. Since I just took a great class in M&A, I hope that the downturn in the economy will provoke a spike in the pace of acquisition deals, so that I might have a job waiting for me when I finish in 18 months.
Deal Journal [...]
Clinton’s Alternate Reality
Posted in contracts, dissent, economics, education, ethics, free speech, politics, property, tagged big shitpile, citibank, clinton, countrywide, subprime on December 2, 2007 | 9 Comments »
Hillary makes an appeal for “the little people” and calls for a 90-day freeze on forclosures:
But the plan she is about to announce is striking on two levels. Calling as it does for a 90-day moratorium on foreclosures and a five-year freeze on interest rate adjustments for existing mortgages, the Clinton plan goes further than [...]
