Tunisian video activists (and Ethan Zuckerman) on BoingBoing tv
From Berkman Fellow Ethan Zuckerman...read more
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Berkman Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: rtabasky
April 2008
A special alert for our community on the latest from the
Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School and our
tenth anniversary celebration, Berkman@10.FILTER CONTENTS:[0] From the
Center[1] Featured: Berkman@10 Conference, Gala, Annual Report, and the
Berkman Awards[2] Related Links: high points of the Berkman@10
celebration thus far[3] Staying Connected[4] Filter Factsread more
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Berkman Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: lkoss
Congrats to Creative Commons on their New Leadership and Funding
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Berkman Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: ashar
CMLP Launches New Legal Guide Section: Access to Government Information
The Citizen Media Law Project's in-depth Legal Guide continues to grow! Yesterday's release of the section on "access to government information" significantly expands this already extensive resource, and there are more sections on the way.
From the Citizen Media Law Project...read more
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Berkman Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: syoung
Supreme Court of Canada Case: Limitation of Actions
The Supreme Court of Canada released the following decision today:
Canada (Attorney General) v. Lameman, 2008 SCC 14; File No. 31871 (Discovery of Cause of Action - Breach of Fiduciary Duty - Treaty Breach)
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BC Courthouse Library Society News - April 3, 2008
CNN's Eyewitness to Murder: The King Assassination Airs Tonight
In this first installment of CNN's Black in America series, Soledad O'Brien investigates how James Earl Ray, an armed robber and escaped convict, had already spent an uncommon year on the run just a month before his path collided with...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: News
Performance Right Would Harmonize Copyright Policy
From the press release: "A performance-right for recording artists would correct a needless exception in U.S. copyright law, states Tom Sydnor in, "A Performance Right for Recording Artists: Sound Policy at Home and Abroad," a Progress on Point released today...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Think Tank Reports
Mapping Stem Cell Research
Dr. Jack Kessler, a prominent neurologist, shifts his diabetes research to stem cell research when his daughter is paralyzed from the waist down. Mapping Stem Cell Research [documentary's website] brings the stem cell debate to the forefront and examines the...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
Law and Public Policy for the Stem Cell Century
Korobkin's Stem Cell Century provides an excellent foundation from which the debate on stem cell research can be both understood as well as advanced. -- Christopher A. Riddle, Department of Philosophy, Queen*s University, Canada, Quote from his review in Law...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: New Publications
Professional Reading: Applying Communication Theory to Statutory Interpretation
Cheryl Boudrea (UC-Davis), Arthur Lupia (Michigan), Mathew Cubbins (UC-San Diego), and Daniel Rodriguez (Texas), What Statutes Mean: Interpretive Lessons from Positive Theories of Communication and Legislation, 44 San Diego L. Rev. 957 (2007), [SSRN Download Link] is one of the...
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Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Joe Hodnicki Tags: Professional Readings
AG Unhappy with Auto Insurance Info.
Attorney General Martha Coakley has called the Division of Insurance's website on auto insurance rates "misleading" in a press release issued this week. She encourages residents to visit her site instead. The Attorney General's site includes a "Consumer Warning" about the InsureMass site. It says, in part, "Please be aware that this site does not allow for accurate price comparisons for the majority of consumers. The prices you will be offered by insurers will most likely be significantly different than the prices you see on this website. "Consumers should be able to rely on information from official state sources, and...
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Massachusetts Law Updates - April 3, 2008 Author: Meg
Quickscribe BC Legislation Manuals - March Updates
Quickscribe's BC Legislation Manuals updated during the month of March:BC Real Estate LegislationBC Strata Property Act & RegulationBC Liquor LegislationBC Business Corporations LegislationAlso, please check out the new BC Legislation portal for daily updates to the laws of British Columbia. This automated RSS publishing website, developed by yours truly, is driven by Quickscribe's comprehensive updates for BC Statues & Regulations. It's free, quick and an easy review of the day's legislative changes at a single location.
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Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Steve Matthews
Google Image Search vs DePauw VRC Librarian
"Hey Google. Ah, Dude, that's a Llama". Too funny.
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Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - April 3, 2008 Author: Steve Matthews
Congress Holds First Hearing in Second Life
Appropriately, the topic was "Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a
User-Generated Medium". Read the CNN iReport here.
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novalawcity - April 3, 2008 Author: Mary-Paige Smith
