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• Facebook v. Power Ventures: Fair use, misuse, and the fight for access to user-generated data

  Early last month, federal Judge Jeremy Fogel issued an order in the case of Facebook v. Power Ventures, a lawsuit over a third-party platform that allegedly attempts to "scrape" content for and from users on…

• Lobbyist linked by Times to McCain sues paper, claims own denial evidence of defamation

  Lobbyist linked by Times to McCain sues paper. The article said that both McCain and Iseman denied any romantic relationship, but the lawsuit says most readers would find that obligatory. "That The New York Times…

• Arkansas ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Arkansas Parenting Ban

  Arkansas ACLU Asks Court To Strike Down Arkansas Parenting Ban. In the lawsuit filed today, the ACLU argues that Act 1 violates the federal and state constitutional rights to equal protection and due process. Participating…

• EFF's 12 Civil Liberties of Christmas Video

  As most of you know, it's that time of year again -- the time to think about giving to charities and good causes. The economic crisis has soured this a bit, of course, but it's…

• Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial photos available on Flickr's Commons

  Tennessee v. John T. Scopes Trial: John Thomas Scopes Originally uploaded by Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution Archives has posted photos from the Scopes Monkey trial on Flickr. Amazing piece of history!

• Sarah Palin Promotes Bridge To Nowhere With T-Shirt

  Sarah Palin Promotes Bridge To Nowhere With T-Shirt Originally uploaded by baratunde. No idea if this is real or fake, but if it's real, it certainly deserves an explanation.

• McSweeny's: Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession

  Classes My Top-Tier Law School Should Have Offered as Warnings About the Profession: Cutting and Pasting Legal Lingo Explaining Business Associations to the People Who Are Running Them 4 A.M. Word Processing and the Law…

• GOP or BSG?

  GOP or BSG? Originally uploaded by lawgeek. A weird bit of precognition from the makers of Battlestar Galactica? (John McCain and Sarah Palin on the left, Fleet Exec. Officer Saul Tigh and Colonial President Laura…

• SXSW 2008: Three panels to pick

  This year's SXSW Interactive Panel Picker is out. Basically, it's a ranking/voting system that allows for public input on what the SXSW should schedule for its March 2009 conference. If you're thinking of going, make…

• Patry Copyright Blog comes to a close

  Sad news. Bill Patry, one of the best copyright bloggers, has decided to end his blog. He is a great thinker and writer on the subject and his blog was a wonderful contribution. It will…