Stanford Center for Internet and Society


Intellectual property law and technology issues, in particular copyright law and policy in the digital environment.

Author: "In the heart of the Silicon Valley, legal doctrine is emerging that will determine the course of civil rights and technological innovation for decades to come. The Center for Internet and Society (CIS), housed at Stanford Law School and a part of the Law, Science and Technology Program, is at the apex of this evolving area of law." This is a group blog with a long list of contributors.

Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • International Law • Stanford University

Recent Posts from Stanford Center for Internet and Society


  • ACLU of Northern California Launches dotRights

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  • An Unpopular View of Google Books

    I’m starting to feel like the only person who thinks the Google Books settlement with authors and publishers is a good deal. One voice that seems not to be heard, however, over the din of…

  • These Hobbyists Add to Calculators, Multiplying Their Fun

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation and I are mentioned in this Wall Street Journal article about TI calculator hackers and the law.

  • The Google Books Amended Settlement Agreement and International Works

    The long-awaited Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA) was filed yesterday. The relevant documents (including the new version of the settlement and a summery of the main changes) are available here. As someone who was looking into…

  • What the Intel / AMD Settlement Doesn't Mean

    Intel and AMD announced today that they were settling their many antitrust and patent disputes, with Intel to pay $1.25 billion and the two companies to cross-license the affected patents. Intel also agreed to “a…

  • FUP Withdraws From Fairey Case; Hope Remains

    As reported, we are no longer representing Shepard Fairey in his dispute with The Associated Press. The events that led to this have been well-publicized; they involve Shepard's deletion of electronic files relating to the…

  • German Music Sampling Decision Translated

    It was brought to my attention that the German high court decision on copyright and music sampling I had previously blogged on here received a fresh English translation that is now available online. (Thanks Tom…

  • The Bilski Case and the Future of Software Patents

    My view on today’s Supreme Court case regarding business method and software patents appears on Slate.com's "The Big Money." (See http://larrydownes.com/the-bilski-case-not-with-my-digital-economy-you-d...) This case, which concerns the patentability of a paper-and-pencil system for hedging weather risks…

  • IMVU and Crowd Sourced Dispute Resolution

    Very interesting revisions to the IMVU peer review process... mirrors the Community Court in some important respects: "Q. What is Peer Review? A. Peer Review is a system that IMVU has put in place in…

  • Supernova Conference - San Francisco

    On December 1 and 2, Supernova will be back in San Francisco with a really great assortment of discussions (agenda) and an extraordinary group of provacative speakers (speaker list). I will be moderating a panel…