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Are universities about selling information?

I don't believe universities (in their best form, at least) are easily replicated by technological means of information dissemination. But despite the advantages their physicality and tradition offers, many universities…
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Is scientific peer review censorship?

Does scientific peer review constitute censorship? There is a sense in which peer reviewers -- especially in the sciences -- do act in a kind of censorial capacity.
0February 26, 2010
Yelp sued, argues lawsuit is without merit

Yelp was recently sued in federal district court in Los Angeles for "extortion." The plaintiffs say Yelp salespeople demanded monthly payments in exchange for removing or toning down negative reviews. The plaintiffs say…
2February 21, 2010
Are books -- electronic or not -- becoming "fringe media"?

Kevin Kelleher of GigaOM believes that "books are becoming a fringe media." I say: true for non-fiction, not so much for fiction.

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  How to write attributions for the Creative Commons licensed images you…
  
  I've found that pictures shared under a Creative Commons (CC) license (of all flavors) are a great resource for bloggers who want artwork to accompany their posts. I've also realized that not everyone, myself included,…
- 0February 8, 2010
  You do not get an "A for effort" with copyright
  
  In reaction to claims that copyright exists to protect creators because of the effort they've put into their work, Techdirt points us to a Supreme Court case that clearly says otherwise. History and precedent back it up.
- 0May 11, 2009
  Are Westlaw and LexisNexis simply selling "free" information?
  
  Image by mattlary via Flickr Minneapolis News — Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information: West makes its money by selling free, public information — specifi…
- 0February 8, 2010
  You do not get an "A for effort" with copyright
  
  In reaction to claims that copyright exists to protect creators because of the effort they've put into their work, Techdirt points us to a Supreme Court case that clearly says otherwise. History and precedent back it up.
- 0May 11, 2009
  Are Westlaw and LexisNexis simply selling "free" information?
  
  Image by mattlary via Flickr Minneapolis News — Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information: West makes its money by selling free, public information — specifi…
- 2August 21, 2009
  The case of the disappearing case law
  
  The cloud consists of data and services that live on someone else's servers. Although the term itself is new(ish), the basic idea is embodied by traditional legal research services like LexisNexis and Westlaw -- data…
- 0February 8, 2010
  You do not get an "A for effort" with copyright
  
  In reaction to claims that copyright exists to protect creators because of the effort they've put into their work, Techdirt points us to a Supreme Court case that clearly says otherwise. History and precedent back it up.
- 0May 11, 2009
  Are Westlaw and LexisNexis simply selling "free" information?
  
  Image by mattlary via Flickr Minneapolis News — Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information: West makes its money by selling free, public information — specifi…
- 2January 7, 2010
  How to write attributions for the Creative Commons licensed images you…
  
  I've found that pictures shared under a Creative Commons (CC) license (of all flavors) are a great resource for bloggers who want artwork to accompany their posts. I've also realized that not everyone, myself included,…
- 5May 12, 2009
  10 Alternative Legal Research Sites
  
  Looking for alternatives to expensive legal research through Westlaw and LexisNexis? Here's a non-exhaustive list of ten alternative sources for legal research (aimed primarily at lawyers and law students) that are…
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  Bringing Better Science to the Courtroom
  
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- 2January 19, 2010
  Truth vs. relativism in science
  
  In Science and Social Inequality by Sandra Harding, I found a discussion of claims to "absolute truth" in science (and the fear of relativism) particularly interesting.
- 0June 16, 2009
  Narratives and evidence in the litigation of high-tech patents
  
  Colleen Chien has a paper in SSRN, dated April of 2009, that explores the narrative of patents, from the epithet of "troll" applied to patent owners who seek only to leverage their patent through licensing, and not…
- 0July 4, 2009
  BlawgIT's introduction to "fair use"
  
  Brett Trout has a useful introduction to "fair use" up on BlawgIT. The goal is to help you "spot the issues" and avoid some common urban legends. Recommended.
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  Lawyers and Technology: The Mystery of Metadata
  
  Image by StarrGazr via Flickr Jim Calloway writes about a new opinion by the New Hampshire Bar Ethics Committee: The New Hampshire Bar Association issued Ethics Committee Opinion 2008 – 2009/4 on April 16, …
- 0June 29, 2009
  Disruption and change in publishing
  
  Michael Nielsen wrote a stellar piece dealing with disruptive changes that doom old business models: newspapers and science publishers, to mention his examples. He does a particularly good job at explaining how this…
- 0June 18, 2009
  Third-party copyright liability & freedom of speech
  
  Alfred C. Yen of Boston College recently posted A First Amendment Perspective on the Construction of Third Party Copyright Liability on SSRN:…
- 0April 30, 2009
  Employees Will Find Ways to Route Around Corporate Firewalls
  
  Image by lloydi via Flickr Study: Employees Will Find Ways to Route Around Corporate Firewalls — ReadWriteWeb: The study also found that users will go to great lengths to route around corporate networks and o…
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  My top free tools for law firms and other small businesses
  
  Carolyn Elefant recently provided her list of free tools for starting a law firm. In this same spirit, I would like to present my list of top tools, all of which I've used at various times myself.
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