Third-Party Copyright Liability After Grokster
By Alfred C. Yen. Full text here. This Article studies the construction of third-party copyright liability after the recent Supreme Court case Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. This inquiry is important because third-party copyright liability has become a controversial area of law that affects the viability of entire industries. Unfortunately, the law governing third-party copyright…
Continue ReadingTribute: Continuing the Path to Excellence: University of Minnesota Law School Dean Alex M. Johnson, Jr.
By Edward S. Adams. Full text here.
Continue ReadingJuveniles' Competence to Exercise Miranda Rights: An Empirical Study of Policy and Practice
By Barry C. Feld. Full text here. The Supreme Court does not require any special procedural safeguards when police interrogate youths. Instead, it uses the adult standard—“knowing, intelligent, and voluntary under the totality of the circumstances”—to gauge the validity of juveniles’ waivers of Miranda rights. Developmental psychologists have examined adolescents’ capacity to exercise or waive…
Continue ReadingNote: "Don't Read This If It's Not For You": The Legal Inadequacies of Modern Approaches to E-mail Privacy
By Joshua L. Colburn. Full text here. E-mail has become the cheap and reliable replacement for many forms of business and personal communication. Despite a lack of any significant advances in privacy laws or software, lawyers have surrendered their once vocal privacy concerns in favor of efficient communication. In an effort to minimize any remaining privacy…
Continue ReadingLecture: The Future of the Legal Profession
By Robert A. Stein. Full text here.
Continue ReadingThe Anticompetitive Effects of Underenforced Invalid Patents
By Christopher R. Leslie. Full text here. Courts and scholars have long debated the proper balance between antitrust law and intellectual property rights. Proponents of strong intellectual property rights and those of vigilant antitrust enforcement often find themselves at opposite ends of the debate. Some scholars and intellectual property owners resist the encroachment of antitrust law…
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