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"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." -Aristotle

The Death of Sampling
Posted about 1 years ago (Feb 21, 2009)

Filed under: Copyright | Music | Intellectual Property

Haystacks: The real reason behind the Facebook TOS changes
Posted about 1 years ago (Feb 18, 2009)

Filed under: Blogging | Facebook | Privacy | Intellectual Property | Law

Explaining copyright with a drawing
Posted 1 year and 9 months ago (Jun 10, 2008)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law

Simultaneous Discovery and its impact on stealth mode
Posted 1 year and 9 months ago (Jun 08, 2008)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Startup | Rants | NextNY | Business | Notches | Innovation | Patent | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior

Free can make you a lot of money
Posted 1 year and 9 months ago (Jun 04, 2008)

Filed under: Startup | Intellectual Property | Business | Venture Capital

Being better than free when copies are ubiquitous
Posted about 2 years ago (Feb 22, 2008)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Business | Law

Friday Fun: Hillary's inner Flick
Posted 2 years and 2 months ago (Jan 25, 2008)

Filed under: Copyright | Friday Fun | Things that amuse me | Intellectual Property

Scoble, Facebook and Data Ownership
Posted 2 years and 2 months ago (Jan 09, 2008)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Blogging | Facebook | Privacy | Intellectual Property | Law

When will the NFL Network standoff end?
Posted 2 years and 2 months ago (Dec 27, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Sports | Things that bother me | Intellectual Property | Law | NYC | Rants

Why Notches isn't "Anti-Stealth"
Posted 2 years and 4 months ago (Nov 26, 2007)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Startup | NextNY | Intellectual Property | Business | NYC | Notches

The Full vs. Partial RSS Feed Debate
Posted 2 years and 7 months ago (Aug 17, 2007)

Filed under: Blogging | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Professional bloggers get journalist rights
Posted 2 years and 7 months ago (Aug 17, 2007)

Filed under: Blogging | Intellectual Property

Friday Fun: The perfect car for Manhattan?
Posted 2 years and 8 months ago (Jul 06, 2007)

Filed under: Friday Fun | Patent | Intellectual Property

Arguing Intelligently about Copyright
Posted 2 years and 10 months ago (May 01, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Intellectual Property

Understanding the Cablevision DVR lawsuit
Posted about 3 years ago (Apr 11, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Video | Gadgets | Intellectual Property | Law

Was DRM-free music an Apple innovation?
Posted about 3 years ago (Apr 09, 2007)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Copyright | DRM | Intellectual Property | Law | Microsoft | Audio | Rants | Things that amuse me | Apple

Students sue anti-cheating company
Posted about 3 years ago (Apr 03, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law

More on the Music Industry's Slow Death
Posted about 3 years ago (Mar 22, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | DRM | Audio | Rants | Law | Music | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior

First Life is refused a C&D
Posted about 3 years ago (Mar 01, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | Things that amuse me | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property | Law

Streamburst offers innovative DRM for video
Posted about 3 years ago (Feb 28, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | DRM | Video | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior | Security | Innovation

Steve Jobs and Apple telling half-truths about DRM
Posted about 3 years ago (Feb 13, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | Rants | Apple | Music | Intellectual Property | Business | Law

How is IP split between separating founders?
Posted about 3 years ago (Feb 12, 2007)

Filed under: Entrepreneurship | Copyright | Startup | NextNY | Patent | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property | Business | Law

Sometimes piracy isn't about getting it for free
Posted 3 years and 1 month ago (Jan 30, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Music | Gadgets | Intellectual Property | Law

Fair Use and RSS
Posted 3 years and 2 months ago (Jan 23, 2007)

Filed under: Copyright | Blogging | Intellectual Property | Law

Managing IP Issues with Software
Posted 3 years and 2 months ago (Jan 18, 2007)

Filed under: Software Development | Programming | Intellectual Property

Abandonware and Unlocked Cellphones
Posted 3 years and 2 months ago (Jan 02, 2007)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law

A player's right of publicity in sports statistics
Posted 3 years and 2 months ago (Jan 02, 2007)

Filed under: Sports | Trademark | Intellectual Property | Law

Licensing the Office 2007 UI - what is Microsoft's IP strategy?
Posted 3 years and 4 months ago (Nov 27, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Copyright | Software Development | Things that amuse me | Patent | Intellectual Property | Microsoft

Stanley
Posted 3 years and 4 months ago (Nov 06, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Personal | Law School | Law

Would you trust Zamzar with your data?
Posted 3 years and 4 months ago (Nov 03, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Privacy | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property | Security | Innovation

TWiL is finally out, and it's excellent
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 24, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Audio | Podcast | Web 2.0 | Trademark | Intellectual Property

Taxing Virtual Economies?
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 18, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Gaming | Rants | Intellectual Property

Prescription Drug Advertising
Posted 3 years and 5 months ago (Oct 10, 2006)

Filed under: Advertising | Intellectual Property | Law

The Role of Copyright in Fashion
Posted 3 years and 6 months ago (Sep 18, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Trademark | Intellectual Property

Google adds news archives
Posted 3 years and 6 months ago (Sep 06, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Google

The First Sale Doctrine and the Textbook Industry
Posted 3 years and 6 months ago (Aug 31, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Tablet PC | Intellectual Property | Innovation

FairUse4WM cracks PlaysForSure DRM
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago (Aug 28, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | DRM | Music | Intellectual Property

Scoble changes his mind about RSS republishing
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago (Aug 28, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property

The Broadcast Flag and TiVO
Posted 3 years and 7 months ago (Aug 24, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Garter admits 'mistake' in RedMonk C&D
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 25, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property

Gartner sends a cease and desist to remove a link
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 11, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Business | Rants | Things that amuse me

The problem with regulating what you don't understand
Posted 3 years and 8 months ago (Jul 05, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property

Digital music hurts the artists
Posted 3 years and 9 months ago (Jun 18, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Music | Web 2.0 | Intellectual Property

More on the Web 2.0 Trademark
Posted 3 years and 9 months ago (Jun 16, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | AJAX | Software Development | Trademark | Intellectual Property

Does the First Sale Doctrine apply to DVDs?
Posted 3 years and 9 months ago (Jun 15, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

The Web 2.0 Trademark Debacle
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 26, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Web 2.0 | Trademark | Intellectual Property

Commercial Skipping
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 10, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Warner Bros to start selling movies on BitTorrent
Posted 3 years and 10 months ago (May 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Intellectual Property

Netflix sues Blockbuster over business method patents
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 10, 2006)

Filed under: Patent | Intellectual Property

MPAA, P2P and digital downloads
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 09, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Abandonware
Posted about 4 years ago (Apr 02, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Russian Software Developer Beats Pirate in Boxing Ring
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 31, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Software Development | Things that amuse me | Intellectual Property

DRM can have a significant impact on battery life
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 21, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | DRM | Intellectual Property | Security | Music | Gadgets

Unauthorized sampling in Biggie's Ready to Die, sales halted
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 20, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Music | Intellectual Property

Trademark Attribution for Dummies
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 14, 2006)

Filed under: Web 2.0 | Trademark | Intellectual Property

Trade dress, literally
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 10, 2006)

Filed under: Trademark | Intellectual Property

Tower Records to offer free podcast service
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 08, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Music | Intellectual Property

Waxy.org sent cease-and-desist for hosting House of Cosbys parody
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 08, 2006)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Balthesar's "Rich-Media Application" patent
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 07, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | AJAX | Software Development | Patent | Intellectual Property

RIM's long overdue settlement with NTP
Posted about 4 years ago (Mar 06, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Patent | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Surprise: RIAA trying to undermine important exceptions to copyright exclusivity
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 22, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Music | Intellectual Property

Copyright issues with Google News
Posted about 4 years ago (Feb 21, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Contrary to popular belief, CDs are not going away yet
Posted 4 years and 2 months ago (Jan 26, 2006)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Music | Intellectual Property

Let's get 3 things straight: Copyright, Trademark, and Patent
Posted 4 years and 2 months ago (Jan 02, 2006)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Rants | Technology

Visto suing Microsoft for Patent Infringement
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Dec 15, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Rethinking the Exclusive Reproduction Right in the Digital Context
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Dec 05, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Software Development | Intellectual Property

Apple to launch new content distribution system
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Dec 05, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Apple | Music | Intellectual Property

The patented comb-over technique... literally
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Dec 04, 2005)

Filed under: Intellectual Property

America's Finest News Source reports "RIAA Bans Telling Friends about Songs"
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Dec 03, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Things that amuse me | Music | Intellectual Property

Sony/BMG Rootkit: How not to treat your customers
Posted 4 years and 3 months ago (Nov 30, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Music | Intellectual Property

Should we apply product liability to software?
Posted 4 years and 4 months ago (Nov 01, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Software Development | Intellectual Property

Converting from protected music formats to unprotected MP3s
Posted 4 years and 4 months ago (Oct 31, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Rants | Gadgets | Intellectual Property

Cronyism
Posted 4 years and 5 months ago (Oct 04, 2005)

Filed under: Intellectual Property | Law School

Unauthorized Propogation Prohibited: IP Rights in House Plants
Posted 4 years and 7 months ago (Aug 16, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Why do gun manufacturers deserve immunity?
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 29, 2005)

Filed under: Things that bother me | Rants | Intellectual Property | Law School

John Dvorak on Creative Commons: Will this nonsense ever end?
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 19, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Former Clerks Blog the Supreme Court Nomination Battle
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 19, 2005)

Filed under: Intellectual Property | Law School

Legislating IP Blog
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 15, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Linking can be illegal in Australia
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 15, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Innovation in the Post-Grokster Era
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 11, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Software Development | Intellectual Property

The Significance of Brand X: Was Grokster just a smokescreen?
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 07, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property | Law School

Supreme Court Vacancy: Justice O'Connor resigns
Posted 4 years and 8 months ago (Jul 01, 2005)

Filed under: Intellectual Property | Law School

Grokster Reversed in Unanimous Decision
Posted 4 years and 9 months ago (Jun 27, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Music | Gadgets | Intellectual Property | Law School

Will RSS advertising help the misappropriation problem?
Posted 4 years and 9 months ago (Jun 16, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Do the record companies WANT to go out of business?
Posted 4 years and 9 months ago (Jun 16, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Copyright | Music | Intellectual Property

Yahoo! Music Unlimited: The music still doesn't feel free
Posted 4 years and 10 months ago (May 18, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Music | Intellectual Property

Broadcast flag overturned; FCC lacks authority
Posted 4 years and 10 months ago (May 11, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

Dell invests almost $100M in Red Hat
Posted 4 years and 10 months ago (May 10, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property | Law School

FECA and Commercial Skipping
Posted 4 years and 10 months ago (May 06, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

A quick rant on H1-B Visas
Posted 4 years and 10 months ago (May 03, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Software Development | Intellectual Property

Family Entertainment and Copyright Act (FECA) 2005
Posted 4 years and 11 months ago (Apr 21, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

The Paradox of DRM: What is the value of control?
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 07, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Security | Law School

iPods, TiVo, and Fair Use as Innovation Policy
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 07, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property

Clarifying my position on Copyright
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 06, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

ICANN cuts secret deal for .travel TLD
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 06, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

In the future, music wants to feel free
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 04, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Debating Google Autolink: IT Conversations Podcast
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 04, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

The Copyright Office comes to New York
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 04, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Database Sui Generis Protection
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 03, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Digital Rights Management
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 03, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Constitution + Copyright and Orphan Works
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 01, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Copyright Exceptions and Defenses in the Digital Age
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 01, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Blogging the Fordham IP Conference
Posted about 5 years ago (Apr 01, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Grokster
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 29, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

Come meet up at the inaugural CopyNight
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 21, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Law School

Syndication and Copyright: Is there an implied unrestricted license with a full-text RSS feed?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 20, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property

Did you hear the one about the lawyer and the software engineer?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 14, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Rants | Things that amuse me | Intellectual Property | Law School

Opting out of content changes a la Autolink
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 10, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

When you buy a CD, what are you getting?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 09, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

When should a Blogger be treated as a Journalist?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 07, 2005)

Filed under: Rants | Intellectual Property

Identity Theft and Use of Social Security Numbers
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 06, 2005)

Filed under: Privacy | Intellectual Property | Law School

Are sport stats copyrightable?
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 06, 2005)

Filed under: Copyright | Intellectual Property

More on Autolink: Copyright protects the holder, not the consumer
Posted about 5 years ago (Mar 01, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Are there legal implications of the Google's new AutoLink feature?
Posted about 5 years ago (Feb 21, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Of Dog Sniffs and Packet Sniffs
Posted about 5 years ago (Feb 13, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Privacy | Intellectual Property

One bad lawyer joke
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Jan 12, 2005)

Filed under: Intellectual Property | Law School

Non-infringing uses of BitTorrent
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Jan 07, 2005)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Intellectual Property

Do strict laws encourage anti-social behavior?
Posted 5 years and 2 months ago (Dec 30, 2004)

Filed under: Rants | Intellectual Property | Social Behavior | Security | Law

Apple sues owner of itunes.co.uk
Posted 5 years and 3 months ago (Dec 08, 2004)

Filed under: Apple | Intellectual Property

What power does a judge really have?
Posted 5 years and 3 months ago (Dec 07, 2004)

Filed under: Intellectual Property

Default Votes? The most disturbing thing I've heard about the election...
Posted 5 years and 4 months ago (Nov 02, 2004)

Filed under: Intellectual Property

VOTE
Posted 5 years and 4 months ago (Nov 01, 2004)

Filed under: Intellectual Property

On the Presidential Debate
Posted 5 years and 5 months ago (Sep 30, 2004)

Filed under: Intellectual Property

Grokster decision upheld
Posted 5 years and 7 months ago (Aug 20, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

Who's reading your e-mail?
Posted 5 years and 8 months ago (Jul 11, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Privacy | Intellectual Property | Security

More on Blog Disclaimers
Posted 5 years and 9 months ago (Jun 09, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

OneNote catching on with the legal crowd
Posted 5 years and 10 months ago (May 25, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

The RIAA's Fuzzy Math
Posted 5 years and 10 months ago (May 23, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Intellectual Property

Absurd Legal Fees?
Posted 5 years and 10 months ago (May 15, 2004)

Filed under: Technology | Things that bother me | Things that amuse me | Intellectual Property

WalMart's new music download service
Posted 6 years and 3 months ago (Dec 22, 2003)

Filed under: Apple | Copyright | Intellectual Property | Music

Stealing Music?
Posted 6 years and 6 months ago (Sep 18, 2003)

Filed under: Technology | Copyright | Apple | Music | Intellectual Property