STLR Link Roundup – January 15, 2010
Here’s the latest on the STLR radar:
Twitter is a source of evidence for a murder charge, reports the New York Daily News. But could those tweets be copyrighted? Law.com’s Law Technology News weighs in.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation provides a good, link-heavy analysis of the unanswered questions surrounding Google’s decision to stop censoring their Chinese services.
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STLR Link Roundup – January 8, 2010
Here’s the latest on the STLR radar:
Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco decided to allow showing the trial challenging California’s Proposition 8 on YouTube, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The Wall Street Journal Law Blog questions whether that’s a good thing.
Patent Librarian notes that Wikipedia citations in patent applications are up 59%, [...]
RECAP Attempts to “Turn PACER Around”
The American legal profession is not generally known for adopting new technology, setting up open access to laws and legal procedures, or offering things for free. Internet culture is the opposite: fervently experimental, open, and free/shared whenever possible. Private intersections of the two have fallen on a continuum, from closed and expensive like Lexis/Westlaw, to [...]
Google Scholar – Free Case Law For Everyone!
Given Google’s dominance in web searches, it seemed it would only be a matter of time before the company entered the legal arena. This Tuesday, Google added the ability to freely search legal opinions and journal articles through Google Scholar. According to Google Scholar’s documentation, the website provides state appellate and supreme court decisions since [...]