How to Write a Book Review and Refute Textualism, All At Once

Posted on August 29th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer

My blogging has been slow lately, but I’d be remiss not to point readers to Judge Richard Posner’s review of Antonin Scalia and Bryan Garner’s new book, Reading Law: The Interpretation of Legal Texts. It is a terrific piece of writing and it is an utter evisceration of the book. In the review, Posner does […]

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The Obama Administration and Six Strikes

Posted on August 14th, 2012 by Derek Bambauer

Soon, major ISPs will be rolling out a “copyright education” program intended to deter infringement. The program, colloquially called “six strikes,” was negotiated between ISPs and the content industries – most notably the RIAA and MPAA. In addition, however, the Obama administration was heavily involved in the negotiations – primarily, it appears, on the side […]

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Filed under: civil procedure, Copyright, Court Decisions, Digital Media, Education & Copyright, Intermediaries, Internet & Society, ISP, RIAA