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Germany requires copyright license for children's songs

By J. DeVoy Kindergartens across Germany are receiving notice that they must pay for licenses to  reproduce a number of songs, the rights to which are held by GEMA (Germany’s music licensing agency).  Slashdot has the story here. Leave it to the Germans to find a way to make children useful.

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Student speech codes: A year+ in review

By J. DeVoy Greg Lukianoff and Azhar Majeed of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) recently compiled two years’ worth of academic publications mad possible through FIRE’s Jackson Legal Fellowship.  If you’re in a position to make end-of-year donations, you may do so here.  FIRE is on the list of Satyriconista charities. [N.B., the following article descriptions were

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Being a douche nozzle is no way to keep clients

by Jason Fischer Of course the headline here seems like common sense, but what’s surprising is that many attorneys have trouble with this bit of wisdom.  As surprising as it may be, understanding why practicing attorneys have trouble controlling their aggressive tendencies is not difficult when you think about it.  The problem is, when you have to spend 80% of

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The NFL and Socialism

In an article that isn’t really about politics or economics, the sports page brings a little insight to both: How many people had the moxie a few months ago to predict that not only would the Kansas City Chiefs win the AFC West but that the San Diego Chargers would also not even make the playoffs? Well, at least one

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ABA 100 Recommendations

By Randazza & DeVoy Every year, the ABA Journal has a run-off of its top 100 Blawgs, which are selected by reader votes.  Others have made their recommendations so far, and now the time has come for us to offer ours.  Indeed, it is our hope to use this blog’s status as last year’s winner in the IMHO category to

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I love Wisconsin: 17 U.S.C. § 505

By J. DeVoy Copyright law has some interesting game theory-like features, which is rational when considering that most producers of copyrighted content are more sophisticated than your average consumer.  Thought experiment: Who’s more likely to be detail-oriented, someone who shoots video for a living or a person who slips in a puddle of water at Target?  Thought so.  These provisions

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Welcome to the Satyriconroll

I would like to welcome some new authors to the SatyriconRoll. Shit!!! Planet!!! Authored by the pseudonymous Metasonix, whose blogger profile lists one interest: “ABUSING YOU. He’s not all that abusive to us though. Well, he hates Charles Platt, but as I’ve often said, my admiration for people has little to do with how much I agree with them. Keep

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Spain rejects US-authored copyright laws

By J. DeVoy Julian Assange may have dealt a blow to the international fight against content piracy.  Cables released by Wikileaks reveal that a copyright bill pending before the Spanish house of representatives was authored by the United States, with significant influence from Hollywood studios.  The proposed legislation would have outlawed the operation of file-sharing sites and services within the

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Advice to Law Students looking for a job — don't be a goddamned crybaby

Popehat has a bad-ass post on an “incident” at Syracuse University School of Law. The short version is this: Syracuse Law student Len Audaer published a blog satirizing his class, the administration, and public figures. From Popehat’s story. Somebody complained. Syracuse decided to appoint a “prosecutor” to investigate the blog and determine whether to bring formal charges against Audaer under

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Phillip Greaves' Arrest Warrant and Affidavit

By J. DeVoy Following up on Marc’s earlier coverage of Phillip Greaves’ arrest in Pueblo, Colo., on charges brought by Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, we now have the arrest warrant and affidavit.  This document sheds a little more light on how the case was developed, including the affiant’s communication with Greaves under an assumed name to obtain a copy

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