The Laboratorium
"A place for experimentation, culture-jamming, critical thinking, artistic risk-taking, and the creative use of computers. I believe in the promise of redemptive technology, in new wine in old bottles, in unexpected connections, and the profound joy of understanding."
Author: James Grimmelmann is an associate professor at New York Law School.
Blawg Related Categories: Legal Technology • States • New York • New York Law School • Law Professor
Recent Posts from The Laboratorium
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My Colleague Annette Gordon-Reed Wins the National Book Award
For her book The Hemingses of Monticello. Now that’s what Twitter is for....
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A Capella John Williams Tribute
I could do without the lyrical content, but otherwise this is pretty sweet....
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This year's [Creative Commons fundraising
This year’s Creative Commons fundraising drive has some nifty pledge gifts: $50 gets you a USB drive with Jonathan Coulton’s greatest hits, and $500 gets you a signed, personalized copy of Lessig’s latest book....
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Justice Roberts Doesn't Know What "Exponential" Means
From Winter v. NRDC, No. 07-1239 (Nov. 12, 2008): There is an exponential relationship between radius length and surface area (Area = πr2). Increasing the radius of the shutdown zone from 200 to 2,200 yards…
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NebuAd Sued for Invasion of Privacy
The complaint is interesting. It names six ISPs from around the country as defendants, all of whom apparently conducted small-scale tests of the NebuAd deep-packe-inspection technology. I’m impressed with the legwork involved in tracking down…
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I have it on good
I have it on good authority that this blog can’t be read from some workplaces because it’s classified as “entertainment” by their filtering software....
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To Be Fair, No One Ever Mails Conference Invitations on Time
Yesterday, I received an invitation to the Connecticut Law Review’s fall symposium on the subprime crisis. Let’s review a few pertinent dates: The symposium itself is this Friday, November 14. I received the invitation on…
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Principles and Recommendations for the Google Book Search Settlement
I’ve reviewed the proposed settlement in the Google Book Search case, along with its fourteen appendices. I’ve also talked with a number of my favorite smart people, some in Google’s pocket, some opposed to all…
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A Few Further Thoughts on the Late David Foster Wallace, with Particular Reference to his Aesthetic Theories, and Including the Unfair Revival of a One-Sided, Decade-Old Debate (Unfair Because the One Participant Is No Longer Around to Respond, and Indeed
David Foster Wallace’s suicide is still haunting me, and this Rolling Stone article gets at a lot of it. Jason Kottke said of the article, “It was very difficult for me to read, for reasons…
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John Leonard, was 69
His work was hit-or-miss with me (he could be florid to a fault), but sometimes he could really get inside what it was I loved about an author and explain it back to me with…