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 [...]
Archive for the ‘property’ Category
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 »
Castle Doctrine law in New Mexico?
Posted in castle doctrine, privilege, property on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Looks like the bill has been introduced, but they haven’t done anything with it yet.
An Update On The Amarillo Shooting
Posted in castle doctrine, dissent, education, privilege, property, torts on January 27, 2009 | 2 Comments »
The intruders were allegedly trying to steal marijuana that the homeowner was growing:
Lt. Gary Trupe, coordinator for the Potter-Randall Special Crimes Unit, said Monday that the home was targeted because of marijuana plants that were being grown there.
Arcay and the roommate are now wanted by police for possession of 25 to 35 marijuana plants. The [...]
Castle Doctrine Map Update for January 2009
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, education, politics, privilege, property, torts, tagged castle doctrine, map, update on January 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I realize the insanity of trusting Wikipedia for any kind of exhaustive legal analysis. But they’ve got a great list, and the list (for the most part) links to the relevant statutes. If I was really going to be serious about this I’d take the time to look up state murder law for all 50 [...]
It Doesn’t Work Like That
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, privilege, property, torts on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This one has a Joe Horn mention. I guess the lesson is, if you want to gun down random people in Texas, you have to claim that you felt threatened. It’s probably not enough to say you did it because they were stealing someone else’s stuff.
A Kingsland man Wednesday was indicted on charges of criminally [...]
And Sometimes, It Just Looks Wrong
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, privilege, property, torts, tagged alabama, castle doctrine, Murder on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The unfortunate thing about bright-line rules is that sometimes they give you an answer that you’re not going to like.
In most other states, police would have taken Malik in to answer a few questions. Certainly that’s not an unreasonable request, especially if someone’s dead.
Not so in Alabama.
The legislature approved a strict version of the so-called [...]
More Castle Doctrine catch-up – Amarillo, TX
Posted in castle doctrine, criminal law, ethics, politics, privilege, property on January 24, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Here’s a short editorial blurb about a home-invasion shooting that will probably be excused by the Texas castle doctrine law. The writer seems unapologetically in favor of shooting people to protect property. The second comment on the article, however, is what’s really priceless:
I would blow someone away if they were dumb enough to try to [...]
