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Justice Breyer Confounded by Watching The Social Network -- Daily Intel
"If I'm applying the First Amendment, I have to apply it to a world where there's an Internet, and there's Facebook, and there are movies like ... The Social Network, which I couldn't even understand." Oof.
supremecourt  facebook  technology  law 
november 2010 by rebekahheacock
Clarifying SourceForge.net’s denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law
Users residing in countries on the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanction list, including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria, may not post content to, or access content available through, SourceForge.net. Last week, SourceForge.net began automatic blocking of certain IP addresses to enforce those conditions of use.
law  opensource  politics  activism  USforeignpolicy 
february 2010 by rebekahheacock
The Day Obscenity Became Art - NYTimes.com
The best part of this article: the Venn diagram of Lady Chatterley and Her Lover.
censorship  history  law  literature  nytimes 
july 2009 by rebekahheacock
Intellectual Property Watch » Blog Archive » Copyright Exceptions Needed To Ensure Balance In Africa, Panellists Say
"The study suggests that a pro-access copyright law is needed in all countries with appropriate and clear exceptions and limitations in support of learning materials access."
africa  copyright  law 
june 2009 by rebekahheacock

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