Posted on April 26th, 2007 by William McGeveran
Tim wrote here recently about how the library at his home institution, the University of Cincinnati, has (mis)handled its approach to Wikipedia.
I’m proud to report that librarians at my undergraduate alma mater, Carleton College, seem to have a much more balanced attitude. As the local paper here reports:
Reference librarians are making their peace [...]
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Filed under: Cincinnati, Digital Media, Internet & Society, Law School, Minnesota, Peer Production
Posted on April 25th, 2007 by Derek Bambauer
My colleague Steve Davidoff has launched his M&A blog as part of the Law Professors Blog Empire. Steve spent a decade doing international mergers and acquisitions work at both Shearman & Sterling and Freshfields, so he brings extraordinary field experience and remarkable intellectual acumen to this endeavor. (His latest piece, on regulating listings in a [...]
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Filed under: Blogging, Law School, Scholarship, international
Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by Tim Armstrong
Interesting New York Times piece today with a generally favorable review of the detailed coverage of last week’s horrifying shootings at Virginia Tech that is available on Wikipedia, the free community-edited encyclopedia. The article includes quotes from a number of Wikipedia editors and seems to do a pretty good job of demystifying the process [...]
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Filed under: Internet & Society, Media, Peer Production
Posted on April 19th, 2007 by Derek Bambauer
The Washington Post reports that despite a decline in compact disc revenue of 13% last year, the RIAA is upbeat. Huh? Isn’t this the same RIAA that’s always portraying copyright-infringing downloads by college students as the death knell of the music industry? And how does this oddly happy vibe fit with the deal between Apple [...]
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Filed under: Copyright, Digital Media, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Music, RIAA
Posted on April 19th, 2007 by William McGeveran
There is so much exciting activity in the general space that some call “citizen media” that I can’t keep track of it all. It ranges from Minnesota Public Radio’s vision of “public insight journalism” to YouTube’s YouChoose 08 initiative to the international aggregation of blogs at Global Voices and many, many other examples [...]
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Filed under: Berkman, Digital Media, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Media, Minnesota, Patents, Peer Production
Posted on April 11th, 2007 by Derek Bambauer
I’ve just posted a draft paper to SSRN titled Faulty Math: The Economics of Legalizing “The Grey Album.” The Alabama Law Review has kindly agreed to publish it in Volume 59 this winter. The paper examines the incentive-based justifications (primarily economic) for giving copyright owners control over derivative works - in other words, [...]
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Filed under: Copyright, Law School, Media, Scholarship
Posted on April 10th, 2007 by Tim Armstrong
The University Libraries here at UC have just published “Wikipedia: Friend or Foe?,” proffered as a resource to “help you start some interesting class discussions” about the free online encyclopedia. And the list certainly provides food for thought! I can envision some very interesting discussions resulting in my fall Computer & Internet Law [...]
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Filed under: Cincinnati, Internet & Society, Law School, Media, Peer Production, Scholarship
Posted on April 10th, 2007 by William McGeveran
Authorities on the Duluth campus of the University of Minnesota (UMD) have banned student athletes at the school from having accounts on social networking sites like MySpace and Friendster. The story in the local Duluth newspaper is surprisingly good, giving both sides of the debate and avoiding the sort of “Interthreat” sensationalism often found [...]
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Filed under: Digital Media, Filtering, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Minnesota, Peer Production, Virtual Worlds
Posted on April 4th, 2007 by Derek Bambauer
Talking with parents of young children about the Internet quickly raises the topic of adult content on-line, and how anxious / desperate parents are to keep their kids from seeing it (either accidentally or on purpose).
At a conference (see Bill’s post) at Michigan State (run by the indefatigable, immensely connected Peter Yu), I came across [...]
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Filed under: Digital Media, Filtering, ISP, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Law School, international
Posted on April 1st, 2007 by William McGeveran
Derek and I spent the weekend at a great conference organized by Professor Peter Yu at Michigan State University College of Law, entitled “What Ifs and Other Alternative Intellectual Property and Cyberlaw Stories.” The conference consisted of numerous panelists spinning counterfactual sceanarios, which turned out to be an excellent way to evaluate underlying assumptions [...]
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Filed under: Copyright, Law School, Patents, Scholarship, Trademarks, Virtual Worlds