Copyright Law

Tax pain ahead for Greeks as parliament approves increase

Posted on January 13, 2013
Greece's parliament approved a tax increase Saturday that should add to the government's revenue, but is likely to anger citizens opposed to the country's austerity measures.The new tax bill, passed in the early hours, is needed to help the debt-stricken country meet its commitments to international creditors, state-run ANA news agency reported Saturday...

Restaurant let's you buy just a glass of the really good stuff

Posted on January 13, 2013
Ever wished you could taste the 1989 Chateau Ducru-Beaucaillou, St. Julien Bordeaux? How about just one glass? Peter Mastrogiovanni, the sommelier at Abe and Arthurs in downtown New York City will actually pour you one if you show up on one of his chosen ?large-bottle? nights, which are usually Thursdays through Saturdays...

US government advises computer users to disable Java software

Posted on January 13, 2013
WASHINGTON ? The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is advising people to temporarily disable the Java software on their computers to avoid potential hacking attacks. The recommendation came in an advisory issued late Thursday, following up on concerns raised by computer security experts...

Blackberry 10 is actually pretty awesome

Posted on January 13, 2013
In June 2011, I spent some time with an early version of BlackBerry 10 and commented that things ?can only get better.? I said that because. at the time, things weren?t good. At all. BlackBerry 10 was a mess and the developer unit I tried it on was so glitchy I felt guilty writing a hands-on piece at all...

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Anti-virus software guru John McAfee settles in Oregon

Posted on January 13, 2013
Anti-virus software founder John McAfee is calling Oregon home now, happy to talk about living with as many as eight women, why money is a curse and his legacy. McAfee expects to focus on a variety of media projects he says will help tell his life story, the Oregonian reported...

Navigational backup to aid ships in Dover straits

Posted on January 10, 2013
Ships traversing the busy Dover Strait now have more help to work out where they are and avoid other vessels. A technology called eLoran has been turned on to help navigation if Sat-nav based systems (aka GPS) fail or are jammed. The General Lighthouse Authority (GLA) has turned on a radio station which broadcasts fine-tuned eLoran signals...

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Posted on April 01, 2012
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New update

Posted on March 27, 2008
The latest update has just been shipped. If you don't get it, please let me know. Meanwhile, I am hard at work on the next update. I have to get it in to West by May 15th, so if there are criticism, comments, suggestions and the like, please send me before then.

Update on Update

Posted on May 18, 2007
I just finished the first substantive update; it will be shipped I understand in July. I have gone through the entire treatise, beginning to end, and done a true revision rather than merely plugging in new cases. Almost all chapters have new sections; chapters 2 (statutory interpretation) and 9 (pleading) have been substantially rewritten...

Webcast on Remedies

Posted on March 26, 2007
I am doing a live webcast today at 1 pm EST on the question of remedies, including H.R. 1201 (the Fair Use Act), punitive damages, laches, and other topics dealing with greenbacks. Here's the link:

Chapter 2: Statutory Interpretation

Posted on February 26, 2007
Here are some issues I am thinking about for Chapter 2, which covers statutory interpretation. The issues are: Could a majority of the Supreme Court hold for itself and coercively for the lower courts, that use of legislative (appreciating that "use" is a vague term) is off-limits in all or some circumstances, or is such a position merely the personal preference of a particular judge? If the Court has such coercive power, what is the source of that power?A friend who is a federal judge thinks that Scalia?s views on the use of legislative history are not an attempt to coerce others through stare decisis to go along...

Treatise on Westlaw and Other News

Posted on February 20, 2007
Some may have wondered when I would start posting on the treatise. Many things have been going on. First, I spent two months re proof-reading the entire treatise. This was triggered by discovering a few rather glaring errors. For example, in chapter 5 (ownership) an unexplained glitch caused the word "stand" to be deleted in the entire chapter, as in "standing" which became "ing;" "standard," which became "ard;" "nowithstanding," which became "notwithing," etc...

The Patry Treatise Blog

Posted on January 10, 2007
In conjunction with the release today of my new treatise, I have started this blog as a forum for people to post comments on the treatise. As with The Patry Copyright Blog, you may post anonymously. The purpose of this blog is to begin to break down the one-way nature of legal treatises...

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