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Free
speech rocks. Boalt.org presents some selected expressions
from within Boalt Hall School of Law and elsewhere on the
Net.
Boalt
Students 
deCSS
in MIDI Format
Boalt student Jeff Schrepfer took the deCSS source code and
turned put it into MIDI format. The resulting song, when played
at 200 beats per minute lasts almost 6 minutes. It is interestingly
melodic at times and ends in a pretty wild psychedelic fanfare.
Have a listen.
EZ Flow Toe and the Mod 4 Killas
So ya wanna know what "A Day in Tha life" of a first year
Boalt student is like? Ask EZ Flow Toe, Boalt's prince of
dope rhymes and crazy mixes. Check out the latest MP3 off
his upcoming EP "Open
and Notorious"
Trademarks and
Top-Level Domain Names
Are you frustrated
that all the good .com, .org, and .net domain names are gone?
Have you been dying to register: yourname.sex or yourname.lawschool?
It's never too early at the US Patent and Trademark office.
Listen to our very own Oscar S. Cisneros chat with TechTV.com
about trademarks, fair use and the new top-level domains.
(RealPlayer required)
See Oscar's article on top-level domains in
Wired.
Other
Expressions 
Spoken
Word DeCSS
Download
the DeCSS code as expressed in "spoken word" zeros
and ones. Hungry for DeCSS in different forms? Scope
out the code out on the Web.
Ralph
Nader Parody Ad
Mastercard
didn't think Ralph Nader's political parody commercial was
funny. The financial giant has brought suit against Nader
claiming the ad infringes its intellectual property because
it plays off of Mastercard's "priceless" commercials. Boalt's
very own Prof. Mark Lemley is defending Nader in the lawsuit.
Source: Ad Critic.
Boalt.org
Speaker Series Audio Lectures 
The Public Interest
in Intellectual Property Law
By Prof. Pamela Samuelson, Boalt Hall
Topics: The public interest in IP, fair use, free speech,
and the DVD cases
Instructions: You may need to right-click the links below
to download the audio lecture.
Download:
MP3
Format -- 9.6 megs (large download)
RealAudio
Format -- 2.5 megs
Law
and Technology Events around the Web 
Napster Oral Arguments
Is Napster the future of content distribution over the Internet
or simply an easy way to steal music? Listen to the oral
arguments before the Ninth Circuit court of appeals in this
landmark case. (RealPlayer required).
Source: C-Span.
The Future of Intellectual Property on the Internet
Lawrence Lessig, cyberlaw professor and author of "Code: and
Other Laws of Cyberspace." vs. Jack Valenti, president
of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Two
ideological leaders on opposite ends of the spectrum
debate the future
of intellectual property in cyberspace.
Source: The
Berkman Center.
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