Creativity and Copyright in the Data Age
Does the rise of data-driven authorship change our intuitions about intellectual property? Does it matter?
Does the rise of data-driven authorship change our intuitions about intellectual property? Does it matter?
"The articles of impeachment charge Chief Justice Margaret Workman and Justices Robin Davis, Allen Loughry and Beth Walker with maladministration, corruption, incompetency, neglect of duty and certain high crimes." (The fifth Justice has already resigned.)
What does the rise of data-driven authorship mean for the future of art, culture, and intellectual property rights?
Title VI is not a disparate impact statute, and executive agencies do not have the authority to transform it into one through rulemaking.
The undisputed emperor of online adult entertainment, Mindgeek is a master at gathering and using data to structure and produce content.
I'm trying to put on a 2L/3L short writing competition -- just a week, for a short brief based on a short problem.
A 2016 Ohio appellate case I recently came across.
William Goldman famously said about Hollywood that "nobody knows anything." But thanks to streaming and the data it produces, Netflix knows a lot.
The Koch-Trump feud is just part of the conspiracy to amend the Constitution in talk show host Mark Levin's image.
Also known as the "Second Digital Disruption."
For the third time in the last three weeks, I've noticed federal court documents that were supposed to be filed sealed but weren't. UPDATE (Monday, Aug. 6): Just came across a fourth instance, in a state trial court.
Grenades, machine guns, 3D printed guns, a tranquilizer gun, machetes, duct tape, and a long blonde wig.
[I'm delighted that Profs. Josh Blackman and Seth Barrett Tillman, have passed along this response to the recent decision in the Emoluments Clause litigation against President Trump; naturally, I'd be delighted to post a response in turn from their adversaries. -EV]
A new study finds evidence that they do.
When do we decide that Trump's contempt for the law has crossed the line?
Motives matter under the law. So what was the College of Charleston's motive for its sudden change?
Noted appellate attorney Lisa Blatt on why she supports the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh, and shows how we should evaluate judicial nominees from the other side of the aisle.
That's what a New Jersey appellate court seems to have created, based on the theory that a criminal's coworkers somehow have a special duty to the victim -- even when the crime has nothing at all to do with the job.
On the periphery of the periphery, Coloradans energetically exercised their inherent rights of sovereignty and self-government.
A new proposal to give Democrats additional Supreme Court appointments by temporarily increasing the size of the Supreme Court would cause much the same problems as conventional court-packing would.
Episode 228 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
"The Attendees allege the Officers shepherded them into a violent crowd of protesters and actively prevented them from reaching safety. The Officers continued to implement this plan even while witnessing the violence firsthand, and even though they knew the mob had attacked Trump supporters at the Convention Center earlier that evening."
Says private discussions and Kavanaugh's strong record eased his concerns about the 4th Amendment
Cop calls that supposedly show the trouble caused by dispensaries mostly had nothing to do with dispensaries.
Justice Kennedy's retirement will have a significant impact on the Roberts Court beyond its ideological makeup.
A Politico symposium offers assessments by a wide range of legal scholars and commentators. And I offer some additional thoughts of my own.
Since 2005, just 32 officers involved in fatal shootings have been convicted on criminal charges.
A decision with major implications for the national injunction--not Trump v. Hawaii but Gill v. Whitford
Interview of David Sanger in episode 223 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
An interesting separate concurrence in the "travel ban" decision.
The Supreme Court justices divide among themselves in many different ways.
Mo money mo problems, open-air burn pits, and the case of the missing tattoos.
A big case. Here's an ongoing Q&A, which I will add to through the day.
Still more interesting line-ups from SCOTUS
The Court broke in untraditional ways in making decisions about taxing internet sales and the Appointments Clause
Today was a terrible, no-good, very bad day for Kris Kobach.
Episode 222 of the Cyberlaw Podcast
Masterpiece Cakeshop is not the only decision to surprise this term.
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