by ghans | Jan 7, 2011 | MTTLR Journal |
On behalf of MTTLR, I am pleased to announce the publication of our latest issue. MTTLR Volume 17.1 features a wide range of scholarship, from pharmaceutical patenting practices to online music pricing to the First Amendment rights of telecommunications providers. The...
by ghans | Jan 6, 2011 | Commentary |
January 1 of each year marks the expansion of the public domain – at least in theory. When creative materials lose their copyright protection as granted by the U.S. Copyright Act, they pass into the public domain, making them free for use by anyone within the...
by ghans | Nov 9, 2010 | Legal/Tech News |
The issue of free content on the Internet took an interesting turn last week when a food blogger was told that “the web is considered ‘public domain'” by Cooks Source magazine. As reported by the Los Angeles Times Daily Dish blog, food blogger Monica...
by ghans | Jul 28, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The recent controversy over Wikilinks’ online posting of internal war documents (aka the Afghan War Diary) pertaining to the Afghan War have reminded some commentators of the similar debate surrounding Daniel Ellsberg’s leaking of the Pentagon Papers. Last...
by ghans | Nov 11, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
The New York Times reported Wednesday that a man arrested in connection with a robbery got the charges against him dropped by proving that a status updated was posted to his Facebook account at the time. Rodney Bradford, 19, hired a criminal defense attorney who...
