Posted on June 29th, 2009 by William McGeveran
Most commentary about the Supreme Court today surely will focus on the controversial Ricci employment discrimination case and its impact on Judge Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings. But the Court also announced two important orders in Info/Law, both concerning decisions that it will not make. By refusing to grant cert. in these cases, the Court [...]
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Filed under: Copyright, Court Decisions, First Amendment, Media, Privacy, Voting
Posted on June 22nd, 2009 by Derek Bambauer
Iranian demonstrators protesting the recent election results (which look dicey) – and their opponents – are using networked technologies to communicate and organize, including Twitter, blogs, SMS, and the like. John Palfrey, Rob Faris, and Bruce Etling point out, though, that these capabilities, while empowering, won’t carry the day. Whether the demonstrations succeed depends on [...]
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Filed under: Berkman, Blogging, Digital Media, Filtering, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, Media, Peer Production, Scholarship, Social Networking, Software, Video, Voting, international
Posted on November 12th, 2008 by William McGeveran
President-Elect Obama said during the election that he would appoint a chief technology officer to bring 21st century thinking to the White House. (This is not to be confused with the position of “intellectual property czar” recently created by Congress.)
The Obama campaign was more comfortable with new technology than any past presidential candidacy. [...]
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Filed under: Digital Media, Internet & Society, Peer Production, Social Networking, Voting
Posted on October 4th, 2008 by William McGeveran
This Chicago Tribune article discusses a controversy at the University of Illinois, which:
has sparked outrage by telling faculty, staff and graduate students that a 5-year-old state law designed to prevent state workers from campaigning for candidates on state time or with state resources meant they could not express support for candidates or parties through pins, [...]
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Filed under: First Amendment, Media, Scholarship, Voting
Posted on September 17th, 2008 by William McGeveran
John McCain is not a popular candidate among celebrity musicians and actors. My beloved Doonesbury ran a terrific week of strips making this point hilariously, with a Hollywood agent trying to line up a celebrity gala, starting here. There are no pretentious will.i.am/Scarlett Johansson videos for McCain.
But political disagreement with the man is [...]
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Filed under: Copyright, Media, Trademarks, Voting
Posted on August 6th, 2008 by William McGeveran
Dan Solove recently posted on Concurring Opinions about a topic near and dear to my heart: the privacy costs of disclosure for political contributions. A lively debate, featuring Dan, Orin Kerr, and others, follows in the comments. Check it out.
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Filed under: Anonymity, Privacy, Scholarship, Voting
Posted on April 30th, 2008 by William McGeveran
Thanks to the Concurring Opinions gang for inviting me back for another visit!
I will leave it to the likes of the incredible Rick Hasen and SCOTUSBlog’s Lyle Deniston — among many, many others — to talk about the important election law elements of Monday’s Supreme Court decision on voter identification in Crawford v. Marion County [...]
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Posted on April 10th, 2008 by William McGeveran
Back in September 2006 I expressed skepticism about the posting of all congressional staff salaries by a web site called LegiStorm. At the time I said:
It might be different if this were the members of Congress themselves (whose salaries are set by statute) or perhaps their most senior aides. Can it really matter to [...]
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Filed under: Digital Media, Internet & Society, Media, Privacy, Voting
Posted on February 25th, 2008 by Tim Armstrong
Continuing our proud tradition here at Info/Law of mercilessly spotlighting journalistic cluenessness in matters of intellectual property (all with the best of intentions! right, guys? …guys?), here’s today’s morsel, from “Inside Higher Ed”: Does Clinton Have a Copyright Problem?. The accusation: Senator Clinton has appeared in front of big campaign banners reading “Solutions for America,” [...]
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Posted on February 20th, 2008 by Tim Armstrong
Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, a co-founder of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society and an author of many influential works in the domain of cyberlaw and intellectual property, announced today that he is thinking of running for Congress to fill the seat recently opened by the death of Rep. Tom Lantos. More [...]
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Filed under: Berkman, Internet & Society, Law School, Voting