Archive for June, 2004

Your iPod Illegal Under the INDUCE Act?

Friday, June 25th, 2004

As was recently reported on Slashdot, Senator Orrin Hatch has introduced the INDUCE Act with this absurd floor speech which Ernest Miller has torn apart line-by-line. In response to Hatch, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has brilliantly illustrated how the INDUCE Act can and will be abused. They explain how under the INDUCE Act an agressive […]

Ashcroft Covers Up The Real Terrorists

Tuesday, June 22nd, 2004

The story in Paul Krugman’s latest column should be headlining every news outlet you could possibly read, watch, or listen to today. Strangely, I’m not hearing much about it. So, I feel compelled to talk about it.
As a white guy, I’m allowed to say this: White guys are the problem. Who was responsible for […]

Bloomsday and Copyright Run Amok

Wednesday, June 16th, 2004

In Property Law there is a doctrine (much-feared by law students for its complexity) known as the Rule Against Perpetuities. We are taught that this rule is in part motivated by society’s strong distaste for “dead-hand control” of property. Those who are long gone have had their chance to benefit from their property, and the […]