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Commentary, Critical Legal Theory In Intellectual Property And Information Law Scholarship, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal Spring Symposium, Sonia K. Katyal, Peter Goodrich Apr 2016

Commentary, Critical Legal Theory In Intellectual Property And Information Law Scholarship, Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law Journal Spring Symposium, Sonia K. Katyal, Peter Goodrich

Sonia Katyal

The very definition and scope of CLS (critical legal studies) is itself subject to debate. Some scholars characterize CLS as scholarship that employs a particular methodology—more of a “means” than an “end.” On the other hand, some scholars contend that CLS scholarship demonstrates a collective commitment to a political end goal—an emancipation of sorts —through the identification of, and resistance to, exploitative power structures that are reinforced through law and legal institutions. After a brief golden age, CLS scholarship was infamously marginalized in legal academia and its sub-disciplines. But CLS themes now appear to be making a resurgence—at least in …

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Copyrights, Privacy, And The Blockchain, Tom W. Bell Dec 2015

Copyrights, Privacy, And The Blockchain, Tom W. Bell

Tom W. Bell

The law of the United States forces authors to choose between copyrights and privacy rights. Federal lawmakers have noticed and tried to remedy that problem. The Copyright Act makes express provisions for anonymous and pseudonymous works. The Copyright Office has tried to remedy that tension, too; copyright registration forms do not outwardly require authors to reveal their real world identities. Nonetheless, authors still face a choice between protecting their privacy and enjoying one of copyright’s most powerful incentives: the prospect of transferring to another the exclusive right to use a copyrighted work. That power proves useful, to say the least, …

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Private Technology (Foreword), Daniel Harris Brean Dec 2015

Private Technology (Foreword), Daniel Harris Brean

Daniel Harris Brean

Privacy and technology issues tend to implicate one another. Sometimes they reinforce each other, such as when improved data security thwarts hackers. But often the use of technology diminishes privacy because, in order to benefit from the technology, users must surrender some personal, otherwise private information. In such cases the technology may be powerful, profitable, fun, or convenient, but the privacy consequences of its use can be quite profound.

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