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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…
3February 28, 2010
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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- 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…
- 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…
- 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,…
- 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!)
- 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…
- 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!)
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- 0July 3, 2009
  Patent simulation study concludes current patent system hampers…
  
  A recently published law review article concludes that experiments with "PatentSim," "a multi-user interactive simulation of patent and non-patent (commons and open source) systems," do not support the general…
- 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:…
- 0June 5, 2009
  Adapting the Law to New Theories of Science
  
  John Pfaff continues his interesting discussion of science, the adversarial process, and the law at PrawfsBlawg:…
- 0May 5, 2009
  Bringing Better Science to the Courtroom
  
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- 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…
- 0April 17, 2009
  Challenging the Strong Presumption of Patent Validity
  
  Patent Law Blog (Patently-O): Challenging the Strong Presumption of Patent Validity…
- 0April 23, 2009
  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 10, 2009
  The dual nature of the U.S. Constitution
  
  It is so much more fun to "expound" on the "adaptable" Constitution and simply pretend that the "hard-wired" one can always be "worked around." But what if it can't? What if there is a gorilla (or rattlesnake) in the…
- 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.
- 0December 28, 2009
  Making a personal site more dynamic
  
  As part of a recent attempt to update my personal information online, I decided to update my personal site to better reflect my current activities and background. As part of my content update, I ideally wanted my site to…
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