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Radical Transparency: Consumers International IP Watchlist Report 2010
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Monday, April 19, 2010. Consumers International IP Watchlist Report 2010. Http:/ a2knetwork.org/sites/default/files/IPWatchList-2010-ENG.pdf. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan, United States. I am a writing professor at Lansing Community College. Im also a licensed Michigan attorney. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely my own and do not reflect in any way those of my employer or clients. Nothing I write here can be construed as legal advice. This year...
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Radical Transparency: Information on The Joint Strategic Plan
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Saturday, March 27, 2010. Information on The Joint Strategic Plan. I've been collecting a bit of information about this plan as it moves forward:. Bio of Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator. Http:/ www.whitehouse.gov/omb/intellectualproperty/bio espinel/. Some comments filed recently - I am not finding a centralized location for these public comments yet:. Http:/ arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/big-content-stopping-p2p-should-be-principal-focus-of-ip-czar.ars. The Joint Strategic Plan.
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Radical Transparency: April 2009
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Thursday, April 30, 2009. Friday, April 24, 2009. It's been reported widely that Obama is taking a more pro-industry stance than Bush did - which is alarming some groups. A recent Cnet article states that: "Under a law. Approved by the U.S. Congress last October, Obama is required to appoint someone. To coordinate the administration's IP enforcement efforts and prepare annual reports.". Http:/ www.publicknowledge.org/pdf/ip-letter-20090402.pdf. MSU scholars to try to reform education in Pakistan. The cul...
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Radical Transparency: Request for Comments NAGPRA
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Saturday, March 27, 2010. Request for Comments NAGPRA. Http:/ edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-5283.htm. Organizations whose tribal lands or aboriginal occupancy areas are in the area where the remains were removed. If cultural affiliation still cannot be determined and repatriation achieved, then the Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization may request disposition of the remains. The museum or Federal agency would then publish a notice and transfer. Http:/ www.nps.gov/nagpra/. Some Favorites of Mine.
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Radical Transparency: October 2009
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009. Spain is set to go after file sharing. The names of 200 Web sites that offer links to illegal downloads in Spain are to be given to the Spanish industry ministry as the first major move in the fight against online music piracy, it was announced in Madrid today (Oct. 19) at the presentation of a report called Parasites' Business.". Http:/ www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content display/industry/e3i5c14b307d54f1cc3d00b03f51fbe853a. Thursday, October 15, 2009. The court has held that even...
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Radical Transparency: August 2009
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Saturday, August 22, 2009. Additional DMCA Rulemaking Questions Received. 8220;From your unique perspectives, is there a limitation, either in terms of duration or percentage (or both), which could be incorporated into the definition of an exempted class of works? 8220;… the portions of any single work used shall be, collectively, no greater than x minutes in duration and represent no greater than y percent of the duration of that work….”. Friday, August 14, 2009. RealNetwork loses ruling in DMCA related...
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Radical Transparency: October 2008
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Thursday, October 23, 2008. Yet, I personally prefer a teacher who knows how to get power and use it to benefit me. Check out slide 52 and I'm ordering Reich's new book. Http:/ media.wcl.american.edu/Mediasite/Viewer/Viewers/Viewer320TL.aspx? My Guest Blogging Appearance on Beyondwords. Typosquatting - a method to profit from error. The full text is here: http:/ www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx? Thursday, October 9, 2008. How to read a legal opinion. You can download it free here:. I am a writing professo...
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Radical Transparency: June 2009
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009. Study explores "expert" legal writing. Shelley M. Kierstead. Hall Law School and Erika Abner of the Postgraduate Medical Education Office have just published a paper on SSRN. Explaining a study they completed: "A Preliminary Exploration of the Elements of Expert Performance in Legal Writing". The study they conducted is fascinating. Their citations include, of course, Flower and Hayes. From the Washington Post "Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird". A gathering of tec...
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The Certain Sound: May 2010
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Reflections on the issues facing a contemporary ministry in an urban small-membership church that is socially conscious as well as salvation cognizant. Sunday, May 23, 2010. What makes a teenager stab his mother over a cheeseburger. What tragedy in the black community does something like that reveal - domestic violence, missing fathers, out of control kids, poor parenting or demons within? Links to this post. Monday, May 17, 2010. Endings and New Beginnings. From Staci PC's blog. Monday, May 17, 2010.
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Radical Transparency: February 2009
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Saturday, February 28, 2009. The beginning of the end for open access? Http:/ www.diverseeducation.com/artman/publish/article 12320.shtml. Community Colleges May Soon Start Turning Students Away. Another quote from Perelman and Olbrechts-Tyteca, 1971, which also reminds me of a lot of things contemporary:. The Epidictic Genre: "After listening to the speaker, they merely applauded and went away". After listening to the speaker, they merely applauded and went away" (p. 48). Friday, February 27, 2009.