That letter had four important characteristics that each embodied vital civil liberties. That letter, first of all, was anonymous. Everybody had the right to send…
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This is from May but I’m a bit behind in some of my reading. However it is worth every moment you’ll spend reading it. A…
In a decision that raises questions about the legality of “browsewrap” agreements on ecommerce websites, a California court ruled that a browsewrap agreement in the…
Streamed live on Aug 18, 2014 A Google Hangout with Kenneth Crews, the prominent copyright attorney, law professor, and trusted advisor to many in higher…
European libraries may digitize books and make them available at electronic reading points without first gaining consent of the copyright holder, the highest European Union…
On Aug. 5, the Federal Communications Commission announced the bulk release of the comments from its largest-ever public comment collection. We’ve spent the last three…
After the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cracked down on a seed bank in the Joseph T. Simpson Public Library in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, hundreds of seed…
I’ve been watching episode 272 of This Week in Law and one of the guests is Sarah Pearson of Creative Commons. I hear this bit…
Power exists to be used. Some wish for cyber safety, which they will not get. Others wish for cyber order, which they will not get.…