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Reading list: Pam Samuelson on bottom-up and top-down theories of fair use

Posted on March 31, 2017 by rtushnet

Pamela Samuelson, The Relative Virtues of Bottom-Up and Top-Down Theories of Fair Use A Response to Abraham Bell and Gideon Parchomovsky, The Dual-Grant Theory of Fair Use, 83 U Chi L Rev 1051 (2016). Abstract: This Essay explains why I … Continue reading →

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Reading list: a credit card nudge that seemed to work

Posted on March 23, 2017 by rtushnet

The power of light-touch financial education: A demonstration with credit card revolvers JAN 19, 2017 Can simple guidelines, or rules to live by, help consumers reduce their credit card debt? Can they be useful as a financial education tool? The … Continue reading →

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Reading list: new governors of online speech

Posted on March 22, 2017 by rtushnet

Kate Klonick, The New Governors: The People, Rules, and Processes Governing Online Speech Harvard Law Review, Forthcoming Abstract Private online platforms have an increasingly essential role in free speech and participation in democratic culture. But while it might appear that … Continue reading →

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Reading List: Brian Frye, Invention of a Slave

Posted on March 7, 2017 by rtushnet

Reading list: Brian L. Frye, Invention of a Slave Abstract: On June 10, 1858, the Attorney General of the United States issued an opinion concluding that a machine invented by a slave could not be patented, because neither the slave … Continue reading →

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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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