You often read about blog authors who complain that some “scraper” has republished their blog content on a completely unaffiliated site without permission even when then blog owner has not released that content with an “open source” or so-called “copyleft” license. Can a blog owner easily stop such vandalism? Yes. Under United States Copyright […]

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The idea-expression dichotomy or divide is embodied in Section 102(b) of the United States copyright code. It states:
(b) In no case does copyright protection for an original work of authorship extend to any idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, […]

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One of the best legal books I ever purchased is Black’s Law Dictionary, an American law dictionary. It was founded by Henry Campbell Black. It has been cited as legal authority in many Supreme Court cases. The latest editions, including abridged and pocket versions, are useful starting points for the layman or […]

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It appears possible to relive (or attend) college all over again in the 3-D emersive environment known as “Second Life“.
It appears that this simulation is not one of the many University campuses that exist on Second Life that are sponsored by actual institutes of higher learning, it is more of a game simulation site where […]

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