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23 May, 2008 1:36 pm
... all of their help. Thank you to every survey respondent for taking the time to share your examples of faculty cooperation with the Committee. A narrative summary of the 2006
survey results was published in JALWD and is available here : http://papers.ssrn. ... Conference this summer, a project spearheaded by Deborah Schmedemann. Members of the LWI Committee
on Cooperation Among Clinical, Pro Bono, and Legal Writing Faculty are Rebecca Scharf (UNLV), Nancy Wanderer (Maine), Steve Schwinn
(Maryland), ...
14 Oct 12:27 pm
... Mersenne Prime Search (GIMPS) has discovered a 12-million-digit prime number, netting $100,000 and a Cooperative Computing Award from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF)
for discovering a prime number of over 10 million digits. The GIMPS ... at http://action.eff.org/pioneerfundraiser. Members of the media interested in attending should email
press@eff.org. For more on the Cooperative Computing Awards: http://www.eff.org/awards/coop For more on the Pioneer Awards: http://www.eff.org/awards/ ...
20 Apr, 2008 3:11 am
... at the granular level. There's an inherent risk in the medium especially as you get away from the biggest players. Alissa Cooper, Center
for Democracy & Technology It's useful for advertisers to look at this as brand protection. You don't want your ad above ... He worries about the chilling effect on innovation if
you push liability up too far or too strictly. Cooper: In spyware/adware, a multipronged approach is most successful. Some advertiser
liability/settlement out of fear of state AGs, but ...
18 May 5:34 am
... doubt? Session 2: Theoretical Approaches to User and Collaborative Innovation Yochai Benkler: "Intellectual Property" and Cooperative Human Systems Design However ambiguous
the total effect of IP on innovation, it's unambiguous that strong IP benefits ... , so that different studies can be compared and contrasted. Jonathan Barnett: Sharing in the Shadow of
Property: Rational Cooperation in Innovation Markets Game theory used to determine whether sharing can substitute for property under particular ...
27 May 2:13 am
... the European Union, two long-time allies and economically interdependent democracies with a long record of successful cooperation. Yet the dispute - pitting a largely
acceptant US against an EU deeply suspicious of GMOs - has ... . Professors Pollack and Shaffer investigate the obstacles to reconciling regulatory differences among nations through
international cooperation, through the lens of the GMO dispute. The book addresses the dynamic interactions of domestic law and politics, transnational ...
30 Jan 7:44 am
... a conversation between legislatures and courts? How does statutory conversation differ? Statutory conversation isn't always cooperative, which requires changes in the maxims.
Is a patent a conversation? Yes. (1) A conversation between inventor and PTO during ... we already do as a descriptive matter. Though it's a strategic conversation, she wants to build
some cooperation in. Stauffer: Skeptical about the possibility of driving ambiguity out. Sometimes we intend ambiguity. Osenga: In patent law ...
14 Oct 4:37 am
... piracy right now. Users, disseminators (ISPs), and others need to see efficient enforcement, data retention for enforcement, cooperation with notice and takedown, penalties
for repeat infringers, and some privacy protections. Growth of graduated responses: France is ... measures exist to police a site, failure to use them should incur third-party
liability. Need more cooperation between disseminators and rightsholders; DMCA has been okay, allowing some measure of security for rightsholders and some ...
19 Jun, 2008 6:10 pm
... on tomorrow. The text of the bill was released today, and it contains blanket retroactive immunity for telcos that broke the law by cooperating with the NSA's warrantless
surveillance program. "Whatever gloss might be put on it, the so-called 'compromise' on immunity is anything but: ... www.eff.org/files/AnalysisHR6304-v5.pdf Contacts: Kevin Bankston
Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier Foundation bankston@eff.org Rebecca Jeschke Media Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation
press@eff.org
19 Aug, 2008 7:44 pm
... the security vulnerability and the students' suggestions for improvement. "The only thing keeping the students and the MBTA from working together cooperatively to resolve the
fare payment card security issues is the lawsuit itself," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kurt Opsahl. " ... Brown. For more on MBTA v. Anderson: http://www.eff.org/cases/mbta-v-anderson
Contacts: Rebecca Jeschke Media Coordinator Electronic Frontier Foundation press@eff.org Kurt Opsahl Senior Staff Attorney Electronic Frontier
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27 Mar, 2008 9:50 am
Weight Watchers International, Inc. v. Cooper Plaintiff: Weight Watchers International, Inc. Defendant: Rebecca Cooper Case Number: 1:2008cv02761 Filed: March 14, 2008 Court: New York Southern District Court [The Rowen
Group, Inc. v. Educational Insights, Inc.] Plaintiff: The Rowen Group, Inc. Defendant: Educational Insights, Inc. Case Number: 2:2008cv01752 Filed: March 14, 2008 Court: ...
27 Mar 5:34 am
... that burden onto eBay. Tiffany's position: generalized knowledge should suffice. eBay's business model depends on good faith cooperation between eBay and rights owners.
Giaconda: A couple of facts: 15,000 brand owners on eBay, but they're not all ... are smaller players out there, and the point isn't that VeRO isn't the end-all but that eBay wants to
cooperate. It's more profitable to build a healthy marketplace with a certain level of trust-a clean, well-lighted place as a longterm business model. ...
20 Mar, 2008 1:08 pm
... depends on where you sit. There's something here about the use of copyright claims to express what are really moral objections--many students perceive the system as operating on a
presumption of guilt and reinforcing an antagonistic, rather than a cooperative, relationship between teachers and students. Fortunately for plaintiffs, the court rejected
Turnitin's rather aggressive counterclaims. The court didn't force plaintiffs to indemnify Turnitin for its costs, since that part of its terms wasn ...
28 Mar, 2008 6:11 am
... subscription services, but they'd make mp3s available. Q: The current safe harbors have enabled technology to develop and represent a clear bargain between content owners and ISPs.
Why change? Shapiro: The bargain was that ISPs would cooperate in fighting infringement, but that hasn't happened. Graduated response defines the appropriate circumstances for
terminating repeat infringement. Disney lawyer: In 2000, legislation in Europe foresaw a code of conduct for ISPs, which hasn't developed. ...
19 Apr, 2008 5:07 am
... purposes? If it's disclosed to other parties, it may be of great concern to consumers, or if it's personally identifying information. Some participants in town halls suggested
do-not-track as an analogue to do-not-call, but the logistics are in doubt. Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America Online ads are Dr.
Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. People want caller ID for themselves, but they don't want to show their info to others. There's a privacy/efficiency tradeoff. His question: how much info do I have to
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23 May, 2008 2:09 pm
... passed by the Senate," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Kevin Bankston. "The stacked-deck immunity determination to be made by the court apparently still doesn't include any
meaningful review of the telecoms' conduct or the legality of their cooperation with the NSA, simply a review of whether the companies got a piece of paper saying that the
president authorized the surveillance. And the deck would be stacked even more by the proposed transfer to the FISA court -- the most conservative and ...
9 Aug, 2008 11:33 am
... 20 labelling initatives in 21 countries. They aspire to set fair trade standards worldwide. They set several generic standards for producers and traders. The standards cover farmers
and laborers. FLO only works with associations or cooperatives, though, not individual farmers, which is a source of critique. Chon is interested in competition among
intermediary certifiers. There's a competing coffee certification process focused on environmental issues and provenance, and another one focused on ...
18 Sep, 2008 11:57 am
... -Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The full text of the treaty remains secret, but a document leaked to the public shows that ACTA could include criminal measures, increased
border search powers, and encouragement for Internet service providers to cooperate with copyright holders. Despite the significant impact ACTA could have on consumers and the
lack of official information available to the public, treaty proponents want a deal signed by the end of the year. "ACTA raises serious concerns ...
2 Oct, 2008 8:57 am
... that which was generally known in the industry; plaintiff (and the court) disagreed; for purposes of the preliminary injunction motion here, at least, the agreement was a nullity.
There were also a couple of other relevant instances of cooperation, in which plaintiff's records tended to show that plaintiff had complied with all relevant conditions and
owned the necessary technology, while defendant couldn't produce contradictory documentary or testimonial evidence. The parties competed for a job ...
5 Oct, 2008 2:20 pm
... do you get no product at all. Weaker rights can actually create better results, though rights that are too weak don't work: the weaker they are the more often you fail to get a
product at all. Implications: provide an alternative explanation for cooperation-e.g., ex post licensing. Also can affect the way we consider uncertainty. Uncertainty increases
costs ex post, but may have ex ante advantages. Weakening rights in a fuzzy way can eliminate deadweight loss and spur innovation. Caveats: don't ...
22 Dec, 2008 6:34 pm
... Collection System. Pleased with the outcome, MBTA General Manager Daniel A. Grabauskas said, "This is a great opportunity for both the MBTA and the MIT students. As we continue to
research ways to improve the fare system for our customers, we appreciate the cooperative spirit demonstrated by the MIT students." "The best way to fix these problems is to
approach them head on," said one of the students, RJ Ryan. "Now that we are on the same page, I am confident that we will be able to resolve the ...
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