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Every Move You Make: How Stories Shape The Law Of Stalking, Anna-Rose Mathieson
Every Move You Make: How Stories Shape The Law Of Stalking, Anna-Rose Mathieson
Michigan Law Review
Bunny-boiler is now an official part of the English language. This word - taken from the scene in Fatal Attraction where Glenn Close's character boils the pet rabbit of the man she has been stalking - was unknown fifteen years ago. Although still not in common parlance, "bunny-boiler" has made its way far enough into our culture that a brief explanation of its source can conjure up an image of the obsessive, vindictive stalker it describes. Along with the entrance of this word into our language has come an explosive growth in laws punishing stalkers. Before 1990, no state in …
Cyberdemons: Regulating A Truly World-Wide Web, Andrew P. Lycans
Cyberdemons: Regulating A Truly World-Wide Web, Andrew P. Lycans
Michigan Law Review
In the decade leading up to the twenty-first century, the number of Internet-related legal disputes grew exponentially. This growth continues into the new millennium, introducing old problems in a new context. For instance, in the field of copyright, Eric Eldred, the operator of a website dedicated to posting literary works already in the public domain, challenged the Copyright Term Extension Act ("CTEA"). The CTEA blocked his plans to post works copyrighted in 1923, works which under the previous statute would have entered the public domain in 1999. Looking to trademark law, the field has become obsessed of late with providing …