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- Are books -- electronic or not -- becoming "fringe media"?
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- You do not get an "A for effort" with copyright
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- How to write attributions for the Creative Commons licensed images you use on your blog
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- Are universities about selling information?
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- Is scientific peer review censorship?
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- Yelp sued, argues lawsuit is without merit
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- Are books -- electronic or not -- becoming "fringe media"?
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- 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,…
- 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.
- 0January 25, 2010
  Want clients? Be helpful and do good
  
  "Be helpful and do good" is a deceptively simple strategy: just go out and help people, and clients will find you. (Just don't forget to make it easy to be found!)
- 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�…
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- 0September 12, 2007
  Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere?
  
  Is the Future of Legal Scholarship in the Blogosphere? by Margaret A. Schilt in Legal Times:…
- 0July 23, 2009
  Should there be no copyright for academic publications?
  
  Worth reading and considering is a new draft article by Professor Steven Shavell that proposes abolishing copyright on academic works.
- 0October 24, 2009
  How does fair-use law work?
  
  This is an excellent write-up about how fair use works, along with its complexities (and areas where it is more straightforward, generally where courts have already ruled on a very similar use previously).
- 0February 20, 2010
  Six more of the best WordPress plugins
  
  I admit it. I'm a WordPress plugin junkie. I'm continually updating, adding, removing, and adjusting the list of plugins I have running this site. Here are six of my current favorites.
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