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3 Aug 2010, 6:44 pm by pfriedman
I share wholeheartedly Paul Krugman’s “shock” at the Anti-Defamation League’s opposition to the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero. [read post]
11 Jan 2011, 9:57 am by pfriedman
It’s arguments like those set forth in Curtis Smolar’s column, “There’s no such thing as a free sample,” that give the music industry and its advocates a bad name. [read post]
31 Jan 2011, 10:37 am by pfriedman
Ai Weiwei, the co-designer of China’s Olympic stadium and target of Chinese government repression, on the duties of artists: “We have a responsibility, as artists, to fight for better conditions. [read post]
31 Dec 1969, 4:00 pm by Rob Friedman
In a historic victory, the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC), the body responsible for regulating activities affecting water quality in the Delaware River Basin, just released draft regulations banning fr [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 2:07 am by pfriedman
We would make genuine and profound progress in “fixing” our health care system if we replaced the existing malpractice system with (1) no-fault insurance to compensate patients for the long-term medical and personal costs of bad medical outcomes and (2) an effective mechanism by which the medical profession policed the quality of the care provided by its members. [read post]
24 Jun 2010, 7:45 am by pfriedman
I’ve written before that the publishing industry is a “walking corpse” because the virtual monopoly the industry once had over the production and distribution of texts is gone: The ways we produce, copy, and disseminate information have entirely changed. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 5:31 pm by pfriedman
A couple of weeks ago I quoted from Tony Judt’s critique of free market ideology. [read post]
27 Jul 2009, 4:33 am
Disputing — a terrific blog dedictated to issues regarding arbitration, mediation, and other means of “alternative” dispute resolution — has given me the honor of writing as a guest. [read post]
2 Aug 2010, 6:02 am by pfriedman
As the Plain Dealer reports, on Friday, the judge in Donald Rosenberg’s lawsuit against the Plain Dealer and the Musical Arts Association (the body that manages the Cleveland Orchestra) dismissed one of two of Rosenberg’s claims against the Plain Dealer — the claim that the Plain Dealer had unlawfully retaliated against Rosenberg in forbidding him to use the words “Cleveland Orchestra” in his reporting after he had filed his lawsuit. [read post]
10 Jul 2009, 11:13 am
On September 2, I will have the honor of being part of a seminar, sponsored by the Arts Network of the Council on Smaller Enterprises (COSE), that “will feature a multimedia presentation by independent musician, arts activist and “citizen lobbyist” Mark Hosler from Ashville, North Carolina. [read post]
10 Jun 2010, 5:17 am by pfriedman
A genius with whom I once worked, Gene Anderson, ran our firm pursuant to “10 principles” (there were more than 10, but that discrepancy was entirely consistent with the principles). [read post]
16 Nov 2009, 1:00 pm
The Lanham Act, the federal law governing trademarks prohibits trademarks "which may disparage . . . persons, living or dead, institutions, beliefs, or national symbols, or bring them into contempt. . . . [read post]
15 Feb 2010, 5:31 am by pfriedman
Ronald Dworkin criticizes  the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision — ruling that corporations are entitled under the First Amendment’s guarantee of free speech to an unlimited right to contribute money to political campaigns — for the same two reasons I have. [read post]
18 May 2010, 6:24 am by pfriedman
Whether or not it is merited, there is considerable political import being attributed to Elena Kagan’s college thesis, a study of the collapse of Socialism as a political movement in the U.S. in the early decades of the 20th Century. [read post]
8 Jul 2011, 11:05 am by pfriedman
As a lawyer, I am of course very invested in my belief in our justice system, but one thing is abundantly clear: it is too expensive. [read post]
16 Oct 2009, 4:55 am
The American University Center for Social Media has published a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare. [read post]