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Brian L. Frye

@brianlfrye.bsky.social
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Professor of Law, Tulane University School of Law. Maybell Romero’s +1. linktr.ee/brianlfrye

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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 23h
The 3rd Circuit has apparently affirmed in Thomson-Reuters v. ROSS, but the opinion is sealed. WTF? www.reuters.com/business/med...
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US appeals court upholds Thomson Reuters' landmark win in AI training lawsuit
A US appeals court on Tuesday upheld a ruling for information services company Thomson Reuters in ​its copyright dispute with former legal-research rival Ross Intelligence over Ross' alleged misuse of...
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I wonder if Chakrabarty’s co-authors will request the retraction of this paper, or at least remove their names from it, given the obvious undisclosed & incurable conflict of interest? They really should. www.techdirt.com/2026/09/25/o...
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OpenAI Accuses Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Of Paying For, Hiding, And Then Laundering Sketchy Key Evidence In AI Copyright Case
A ton of attention was paid recently to some offhand statements from OpenAI and Microsoft employees that surfaced in filings in the NY Times' ongoing case against OpenAI, which has been consolidated into a much larger class action lawsuit. As I argued earlier, that struck me as something of a nothingburger of a story, because...
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This is why we have attorney fee shifting for right of publicity claims.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A tour of the Bolex factory from 1961, amazing! youtu.be/enMrFaohewQ?...
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Images Vivantes - Bolex Paillard en 1961
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just posted Ipse Dixit #839, featuring Mike Plante discussing his new book "Sensation Cinema: The Audacious, Defiant History of Louis Sher and the Art Theatre Guild." The amazing story of Jacobellis v. Ohio, based on primary sources! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
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Mike Plante on Louis Sher & Jacobellis v. Ohio (1964) | Ipse Dixit
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Presenting a work in progress at the Northeastern CLIC WIP. Thank you so much to @lexlanham.bsky.social for organizing & hosting! So many great projects.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
An interesting thing about returning to running in your 50s is that you don’t just wonder how long you’ll keep getting faster, but also when you’ll start getting slower. A little under a 7:30 mile for now anyway.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Now that I’m settling in at Tulane, I’d like to do more Ipse Dixit interviews. If you’ve got a new paper or book you’d like to discuss, lmk.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Client’s employee has legally irrelevant opinion, what else is new?
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Delighted to see my essay “Exercises in Jurisprudential Style” get a “recommended”! legaltheoryblog.com/2026/09/17/f...
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Frye on Exercises in Jurisprudential Style
Brian L. Frye (Tulane University Law School) has posted Exercises in Jurisprudential Style on SSRN.  Here is the abstract: This essay is a work of conceptual art in the form of a legal sc…
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Indeed. Ironically, when it comes to charitable spending, effective altruists haven’t actually been all that effective. It turns out that altruism is hard to scale.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Tickled to see my institution promoting this! 😜
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Tulane Law School @tulanelawschool.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
What happens when a comedy club has a copyright and trademark question? They call a law professor. Professor @brianlfrye.bsky.social, an expert in intellectual property law, sat down with the team behind The Comedy Cellar to talk copyright, trademarks, joke stealing and more. Check it out ⤵️
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In Defense of Plagiarism╎ Brian L. Frye on Ross Barkan, Claudine Gay, and Writing With AI
YouTube video by Comedy Cellar USA
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Academic freedom doesn’t mean freedom from criticism.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Indeed. United States copyright law is actually even narrower than the Berne Convention.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Ok landlord. Nothing is being “stolen.” You’re just not collecting rent from your competition.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
RIP Mr. Moe. You were my first dog & the best one I’ll ever have. The day @maybell.bsky.social introduced me to you, I fell in love. We had a lot of good walks. I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I posted this essay over the weekend. I guess I should submit it for publication, but that’s such a drag & this one isn’t such a good fit for the process. So, as usual, if any law journal wants to publish it, I’ll accept the first offer I receive. 105 downloads already!
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
New faculty photo.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
RIP David Fair. PS this timeless advice works for everything, including legal scholarship.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I posted a new essay last night. Should have some more papers coming soon.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I just posted a new essay titled “Exercises in Jurisprudential Style,” in which I plagiarize Raymond Queneau, Sol LeWitt, Kenneth Goldsmith, Hollis Frampton & the 12 most important English-language jurisprudes, among others. Here’s a link & abstract. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Some office decorations.
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Richard Heppner 🤷🏼‍♂️ @rlheppner.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
If you haven’t heard enough from me about TAG! the Jurisdiction Game… or even if you have… check this out for Brian’s thoughtful and insightful questions!
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I just posted @IpseDixitPod #838, featuring @rlheppner.bsky.social of @duquesneuniversity.bsky.social law discussing his board game TAG!: The Jurisdiction Game, which is based on the rules of civil procedure. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
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Richard Heppner on Gamifying Civil Procedure | Ipse Dixit
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just posted @IpseDixitPod #837, featuring @lpramsey.bsky.social discussing her new book "Trademarks and Free Speech: Conflicts and Resolutions" from @universitypress.cambridge.org. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
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Lisa Ramsey on Trademarks & Free Speech | Ipse Dixit
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I just posted @IpseDixitPod #836, featuring @unlawfulentries.bsky.social discussing her new book "Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship: African Americans, Native Americans, and Immigrants," which provides a surprising history of US migration law. shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
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Anna Law on Migration & Citizenship | Ipse Dixit
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Nothing is stopping you from being as clever & creative as you like. You just want to suppress a machine because you fear it will expose your banality & lack of creativity by competing with you.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Slowly getting the new office set up. Priorities!
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Got served a giant margarita by the legendary Stumps Duh Clown @ Bar Deluxe the night before school starts & I feel blessed. He even pulled out his steel guitar and played a little just for @brianlfrye.bsky.social and me and told us how he got started playing Delta blues at 24. I love New Orleans.
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
@brianlfrye.bsky.social and I had a lovely time getting toured around the Universidad Panamericana School of Law in the Mixcoac neighborhood of CDMX this afternoon. It’s a beautiful campus much older than the United States…
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Aaron Moss @copyrightlately.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
New: A book called SCAM says the Zapruder film was fabricated. The museum that owns the copyright says the only thing fabricated is the controversy. A Dallas judge just weighed in. Full story, up now on Copyright Lately: copyrightlately.com/zapruder-fil...
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Inside the Strange Copyright Fight Over America's Most Famous Home Movie
Six decades after JFK's assassination, a conspiracy book took aim at the Zapruder copyright. A Dallas judge just decided which claims survive.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
i just posted Ipse Dixit episode #835, featuring @jerryedwards.bsky.social of @wvulaw discussing his draft article "The Reconstructed First Amendment." Check it out! shows.acast.com/ipse-dixit/e...
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Jerry Edwards on the Early History of the First Amendment | Ipse Dixit
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I guess this is what Duncan Kennedy meant by “reproduction of hierarchy”? youtu.be/LOAZpnDNxk0
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Mr. Show | Law School
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Nixonmaxxing
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Martin Paul Eve @eve.gd · 25/07/2026
I am excited to read this! Sarah Ciston et al., Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI, Software Studies (MIT Press, 2026), doi.org/10.7551/mitp... It has always interested me that the context for this early chatbot, in the 1960s, was health: of therapy and counseling.
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Inventing ELIZA: How the First Chatbot Shaped the Future of AI
How the original ELIZA chatbot transformed ideas about AI and society’s response to them.As we reach the 60th anniversary of ELIZA’s public debut, Inventin
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Come join my faculty! We're hiring for two positions: 1) open-rank BA and corporate law and 2) entry level torts! I love my law school and faculty and know that you will, too! #RollWave! 🌊
Tulane University Law School invites applications from entry-level and lateral candidates for one or more tenure-track faculty positions.  We welcome applications from candidates with teaching and research interests in all topics, but we are particularly interested in candidates who focus on (1) business and corporate law [at the Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor rank] and (2) tort law [at the Assistant Professor rank]. To learn more about the law school, visit our website at https://law.tulane.edu/.  Please apply using the link at Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - Tulane Careers.  All inquiries about the positions should be directed to: Sally Richardson, A.D. Freeman Professor of Civil Law, Tulane University Law School, richardson@tulane.edu. 
 

Required Applicant Materials:

Interested candidates should submit the following materials:

Curriculum Vitae
Contact information for at least three professional references
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The Fresh Prince of Donair @erisianrite.com · 21/07/2026
None of these people in the comments have worked in a bookstore and it shows. Not to mention the 'writer' just completely not understanding why printed books are being used (compliance with copyright law) or why destructive scanning is used (compliance with copyright law) 404 is pure grievanceslop
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
I feel like I’ve gotten better at photographing @brianlfrye.bsky.social over the years. I wish we could use this for his faculty profile picture.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
The obvious solution is … nothing. Law journals are effectively obsolete as any other than an absurd credentialing metric & have been for a long time. We should just be publishing scholarship to the internet & then collectively evaluating it for quality.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Add some salsa macha for a banger tack-o.
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Maybell Romero @maybell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A pancita and chilaquiles kind of morning.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Peer review does nothing to preclude bad scholarship. See the multiple replication crises, massive numbers of retracted papers, bogus peer reviewed journals & the parasitic commercial academic publishers they feed. Get your own house in order, buddy.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Who cares? A text is just words in order. It doesn’t matter how they got that way. It matters what they say.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
French Resistance fighter and historian Marc Bloch, murdered by the Gestapo in 1944, is inducted into Panthéon in Paris.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
lol.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Will this be the last nail in the coffin of the Warren left? Maybe.
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Brian L. Frye @brianlfrye.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Exhibit A: Bluesky is peak intellectual landlord ideology.
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