Monthly Archives: March 2007

American Society of Int’l Law

I moderated a panel at the American Society of Int’l Law yesterday, the key to which was no panel presentations allowed.  Just discussion and audience questions. ASIL is a conference that tends to be about finding ways international law might … Continue reading

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Orchids

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Cousin

I have a russian cousin.

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Slate stories

I am starting work on a new Slate series called “Lawbreaking in America,” with Dahlia Lithwick as editor.

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Murakami, Ishiguro and their master

Two of my favorite living writers are Kazuo Ishiguro and Haruki Murakami. The similarities and differences of these writers, both Kakfa descendents, are a subject of endless fascination to me. Ishiguro is clearly the better writer. His novels can sometimes … Continue reading

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Is Youtube really You?

A more on the law, as opposed to strategy in the Viacom lawsuit. Legally, the most interesting element is Viacom’s apparent argument is that YouTube isn’t even covered by s. 512 — because, in short, it isn’t really “you” enough. … Continue reading

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Back

Back from Thailand.   Less scuba and instead mostly rock climbing in Tonsai, near Krabi, which I recommend. Came back to Viacom’s suit against Google is interesting.  One interesting thing is the risk to Viacom posed by its lawsuit.  Since Viacom’s … Continue reading

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To Thailand

Spring break means scuba time.

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Encouraging Scarcity or Abundance

Kennth Cheung at the University of Florida has released an interesting paper about whether carriers have an incentive to build more bandwidth in a non-net neutral situation. His paper, which he sent me a few months ago, uses game theory … Continue reading

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