Content tagged law
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Since MPs are technically forbidden to resign (since they theoretically serve at the pleasure of their constituents), they need to “resign” via the … gulfstream/2412
Long post on what Microsoft is doing to try to acquire Yahoo, and how hostile takeovers happen in general. gulfstream/2432
Nice series by Tim Wu on some categories of laws that are not actively enforced (including copyright laws, immigration laws), and why. gulfstream/2342
Malcolm Gladwell calls bullshit on crimanal profilers. Are they really any better than psychics? gulfstream/2348
New Zealand tax department slights Dave Henderson, so he buys their building, evicts them, and turns it into a boutique hotel. gulfstream/2353
Curious: Cory Doctorow endorses ISP’s plan to monitor network traffic, report what songs are being traded (via audio-analysis software) back … gulfstream/1825
The different levels of diplomat, and their respective levels of privilege/immunity. (They can always be issued with traffic citations.) gulfstream/1879
Julian Dibbell makes $11,000 selling items on Ultima Online, asks the IRS if this is taxable income, or what. They don’t know, and suggest that … gulfstream/1937
It’s seemingly very difficult to get hold of police complaint forms in South Florida. (Great transcripts.) gulfstream/1995
Right to take photographs in public spaces trumps right to privacy. (And right to practise one’s religion, sort of.) But: only if the photographs … gulfstream/2024
“Typically, the videotape of the accidental discharge has been broadcast, presented or disclosed to others for the purposes of amusement and to demean … gulfstream/2060
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Why ex-husband is holding his breath - Times Online
husband and wife are getting divorced--but a contract with their employers requires that the wife shoot an apple off the husband's head every day for the next year
Adobe joins list of companies not reading own EULAs
stupid eulas--do companies even read them?
If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo
Serving Life for Providing Car to Killers - New York Times
Minneapolis Attorney -- Greg Abbott: Basics of Minnesota Defamation Law
Tsunami 'hacker' conviction worries experts - ZDNet UK News
CJR November/December 2005 - Judging Richard
USATODAY.com - New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it
Snap, Crackle ... Patents -- In These Times
jurygeek: Why People think Lawyers are Liars
TARGETING AND INTERNATIONAL LAW - USAF INTELLIGENCE TARGETING GUIDE
brianstorms weblog: Lessig is Wrong
The Pressure to Cover - New York Times
Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | How DNA may tell police the surname of the criminal
NEJM -- When Law and Ethics Collide -- Why Physicians Participate in Executions
MotherJones.com | MoJo Blog - Social Issues and Political Commentary: The Death Penalty in Japan
globeandmail.com : 'A basic rule of punctuation'
The Corner on National Review Online
fitzgerald's on bush's "pardon" of scooter libby. i like language like this.
Did You Say “Intellectual Property”? It's a Seductive Mirage - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF)
copyright law, trademark law and patent law have different origins and motivations and shouldn't be grouped together
