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Commons Sense

Refining a theory of the commons, Dr. Koepsell distinguishes among commons by choice, commons by practical necessity, and commons by logical necessity. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Should Retroactive Registration Laws Apply to Sex Offenders?

Read this one slowly, it's a good one. If a law requires you to register as a sex offender is passed after you commit the offense, is it fair to charge you with breaking that law? "Carr was clearly in violation of Indiana law, but claims he shouldn [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Shon Hopwood, Mediocre Criminal Turned Top Jailhouse Lawyer

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Mr. Hopwood spent much of that time in the prison law library, and it turned out he was better at understanding the law than breaking it. He transformed himself into something rare at the top levels of the American bar, and unheard of behind bars: an  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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FAIR

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Did Apple's Law Firm Confirm The Tablet?

An interesting bit of drama unfolded on the Internet when Gawker Media recently offered $100,000 for pictures and/or information of the unannounced Apple tablet. Predictably, Apple's law firm has struck back, issuing a cease and desist letter to Gawke [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Microsoft Word Gets Facelift -- InformationWeek

It looks like the courts still have power over monopoly; that patents from the less huge can still be upheld against the huge usurper. Maybe we should sue our representatives who follow the money too, instead of the peoples' patent. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Who Owns You?: The Perils of Pure Positivism

Physical positivists think there's nothing apart from matter. Legal positivists think there's no moral content to our laws. Here's an argument for natural law as the basis for justice, by a scholar who plumbs the proper limits for legal patent protect [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Tech-Ex: Record Exec Arrested For Not Tweeting to prevent riot

Fearing a riot, police asked a senior VP from Island Def Jam Records, Bieber's label to Tweet a message to the crowd to disperse. James A. Roppo, 44, of Hoboken, NJ, has been arrested for not Tweeting, with police saying he hindered their crowd-contro [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Right and Left Join to Oppose Government in Criminal Cases

Wow! Is there consensus here between Left and Right that we have overcriminalized our society? We have among the world's largest proportional prison population for sure. Too much criminalization? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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TERRIFYING

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Lynne Stewart, Radical Lawyer Who Aided Terrorist, Is Jailed

Can this possibly be right? A lawyer now can be jailed for taking her client's side? [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Jury Rules Against Minnesota Woman in Music Download Case

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A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the copyrights on 24 songs, and awarded recording companies $1.92 million, or $80,000 per song. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Accused Palin Hacker Says Stolen E-Mails Were Public Record

A lawyer for the Tennessee college student charged with hacking into the Alaska governor’s Yahoo e-mail account last year says his client couldn’t have violated Palin’s privacy because a judge had already declared her e-mails a matter of public  [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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Colo. man on horse ticketed for riding while drunk

A man in a cowboy hat who rode a horse through a Denver suburb has been cited for riding an animal under the influence. [more] [retweet] [Share] [widget] [share]
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