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Reading list, good titles edition

Posted on March 4, 2017 by rtushnet

Kacy Popyer. Note. CACHE-22: the fine line between information and defamation in Google’s autocomplete function. 34 Cardozo Arts &; Ent. L.J. 835-861 (2016) But why no publicly available copy, Cardozo Arts & Ent. L.J.? from Blogger http://ift.tt/2mnSSAP

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Reading list: women in technology

Posted on February 27, 2017 by rtushnet

Sacha Judd on where to point the “pipeline”: fandom–includes discussion of the Organization for Transformative Works’ AO3.  Also worth reading is the linked talk from the founder of Pinboard, who writes hilariously and respectfully about fans’ ability to self-organize and … Continue reading →

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Reading list: aesthetic nondiscrimination and fair use

Posted on February 22, 2017 by rtushnet

 Brian L. Frye, Aesthetic Nondiscrimination & FairUse,  3 Belmont L. Rev. 29 (2016) ABSTRACT While courts do not consider the aesthetic value of an element of a work in determining whether it is protected by copyright, they do consider the … Continue reading →

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Reading list: poetry and copyright norms

Posted on February 21, 2017 by rtushnet

Evan Nelson, Unacknowledged Legislators: The ContemporaryPoetry Community’s Quasi-Regime of Intellectual Property, 91 N.D. L. Rev. 634 (2015). Abstract: Intellectual property grants artificial monopolies to authors, and this practice has long been justified as an economic bargain necessary to encourage new … Continue reading →

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Reading list: anti-surcharge rules and behavioral economics

Posted on January 6, 2017 by rtushnet

Todd J. Zywicki, Geoffrey A. Manne & Kristian Stout, Behavioral Law & Economics Goes to Court: The Fundamental Flaws in the Behavioral Law & Economics Arguments Against No-Surcharge Laws I found this quite interesting, though I am much less skeptical … Continue reading →

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Reading list: 2016 TM year in review

Posted on January 4, 2017 by rtushnet

 Mark P. McKenna & Shelby Niemann, 2016 Trademark Year in Review: This brief essay reviews some of the most significant developments in trademark law during the past year. In most cases we have interpreted “year” fairly liberally, particularly to highlight some … Continue reading →

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Reading list: why search engines shouldn’t implement the right to be forgotten

Posted on December 14, 2016 by rtushnet

Note structural similarity to arguments about copyright takedown notices. Stuart Hargreaves, The Trouble with Using Search Engines as the Primary Vector of Exercising the Right to Be Forgotten, [2016] 19 Pandora’s Box 83-106 Abstract:      European privacy law currently implements the … Continue reading →

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… and the Best Title of the Year award goes to Mark Lemley

Posted on December 2, 2016 by rtushnet

Inventor Sued for Infringing His Own Patent. You Won’t Believe What Happened Next Mark A. Lemley  Stanford Law SchoolNovember 30, 2016 from Blogger http://ift.tt/2gRnJjQ

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Reading list: Free Innovation by Eric von Hippel

Posted on November 17, 2016 by rtushnet

E von Hippel, 2017. Free Innovation. Cambridge MA: MIT Press Abstract:      In this book I integrate new theory and new research findings into the framework of a “free innovation paradigm.” Free innovation involves innovations developed and given away by consumers … Continue reading →

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New review in Jotwell: Nestor M. Davidson & John J. Infranca, The Sharing Economy as an Urban Phenomenon

Posted on September 13, 2016 by rtushnet

New App City–read it at Jotwell. from Blogger http://ift.tt/2ct1Cgi

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