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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The BU/MIT Student Innovations Law Clinic is hiring! Interested in combining tech law, policy, teaching, and practice? Have experience in media, privacy, IP, or related areas? Come join our team of 6 in a unique clinic representing BU & MIT student innovators! jobs.silkroad.com/BU/Faculty/j...

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Michael Weinberg @michaelweinberg.org · 30/05/2025

Love how many @oshwassociation.bsky.social Summit slides feature certified own hardware logos

Presenter standing in front of two screens with OSHWA logos on slides

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David Zahniser @davidzahniser.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Looks like L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto will have at least one opponent in 2026: Marissa Roy, who currently works for State A.G. Rob Bonta as a deputy attorney general. Roy, who handles consumer protection cases, filed paperwork with the state creating her campaign committee

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Jessica Clarke @jessicaclarke.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

I am honored that my article is appearing in such good company in this new issue of the University of Chicago Law Review--check out these important pieces on secret settlements, religion, and bankruptcy: lawreview.uchicago.edu/print-archiv....

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Sixth Circuit Net Neutrality decision is out: www.opn.ca6.uscourts.gov/opinions.pdf... Still digesting the reasoning, but the conclusion is bad: court holds that broadband internet access services are unambiguously Title I, and vacates all the net neutrality rules.

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Pamela Samuelson @pamelasamuelson.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

At long last, my article about fair use defenses in disruptive technology cases--from photocopying to generative Ai--is finally out in the UCLA Law Review www.uclalawreview.org/fair-use-def...

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Fair Use Defenses in Disruptive Technology Cases | UCLA Law Review

Abstract The fair use limitation on the scope of authorial exclusive rights is expected to be the main defense in lawsuits charging generative artificial in ...

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 11/10/2024

I have a new project. I call it the "Brooklyn Bridge." It will be available before 2027. In the meantime, check this out.

Text of the Tesla Cybercab event disclaimer (truncated due to character limit): Certain statements in this presentation, including, but not limited to, statements relating to the development. strategy, ramp, production and capacity, demand and market growth, cost.
pricing and profitability, investment, deliveries. deployment. availability and other features and improvements and timing of existing and future Tesla products and services: statements
regarding operating margin, operating profits, spending and liquidity; and statements regarding expansion, improvements and/or ramp and related timing at our factories are 0 forwardlooking
statements· within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform of 1995. Forward-looking statements are based on assumptions with respect to the future, are based on
management's current expectations, involve certain risks and uncertainties, and are not guarantees. Future results may differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking
statement. The following important factors. without limitation, could cause actual results to differ materially from those In the forward-looking statements: the risk of delays in launching
and/or manufacturing our products, services, and features cost-effectively; our ability to build and/or grow our products and services, sales. delivery, installation, servicing and charging
capabilities and effectively manage this growth; consumers' demand for products and services based on artificial intelligence, robotics and automation, electric vehicles, and ride-hailing
services generally and our vehicles and services specifically, as well as our ability to successfully and timely develop, introduce, and scale such products and services; the ability of suppliers
to deliver components according to schedules, prices, quality and volumes acceptable to us. and our abillty to manage such components effectively; any issues with lithium-ion cells or other
components manufactured at our factories: our ab…

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 06/10/2024

I've noticed that almost none of the coverage uses the word "backdoor," despite it being a common, well-established cybersecurity term. Maybe because it's too obviously insecure?

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

Want to contribute to some research on the role of @xkcd.com in the scientific and technical community? Click this, and please share! forms.office.com/r/NKxGrqvFgx via danah boyd (@zephoria.bsky.social) and Parker Bach

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Microsoft Forms

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Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 17/09/2024

Since the start of the year, women law professors, deans and students have received messages on their personal cellphones saying things like, “Law school isn’t fair for us men.” The FBI is reportedly investigating. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/47rIgVJ

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Female law faculty, students are getting unsettling texts

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Meredith Rose @mrose.ink · 26/08/2024

Come and catch me at DragonCon this week!

A full schedule for OP at DragonCon.

Thursday:
AI & DEEPFAKES, 7:00 PM - Hilton 313-314
Friday: SURVEILLANCE & "COP-AGANDA" IN FICTION, 4:00 PM - Hilton 313-314
Saturday:
LEGAL CONCERNS WHILE PODCASTING
10:00 AM - Hilton Galleria 7

DIGITAL MUSIC STREAMING: WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?
1:00 PM - Hilton 313-314

SCIENCE EXPLAINED QUICK!
7:00 PM - Hilton 209-211

Sunday:
STEAMBOAT WILLIE & TIGGER TOO: EXPLOITING THE PUBLIC DOMAIN
4:00 PM - Hilton 313-314

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

I've been playing around with calling the act of doing this "dunning" and the people who do so "Krugers." With apologies to Dunning and Kruger themselves: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning...

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 27/08/2024

Is there a feature or tool on here that will display a small indicator next to a poster showing if you follow them or not? When I see stuff reposted by friends, I'd love to be able to immediately know I'm following someone so I can add people who say worthwhile things. (Will suggest if not.)

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

This. If you look at the standard justifications for punishment—e.g., deterrence, retribution, incapacitation—the disenfranchisement argument is _very_ weak. And the risks and examples of abuse are extensive. We shouldn't let outcomes of the criminal "justice" system strip this fundamental right.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 26/08/2024

We need a Voting Rights Amendment, not Act, that gives everyone the irrevocable right to vote. No one should be disenfranchised. Ever. “aRe YOu oKAy lEtTInG mUrdErErs vOTe?!” A. Yes. Period. B. It’s clear that the abuse of these laws are far costlier than whatever benefits. But also? See A.

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

In undergrad I wrote my first law-related paper about this, interviewing the prosecutor in that case. I also emailed with @mnemonic.bsky.social, who I'd get to work for years later, plus Bruce Sterling. In a class taught by Hal Abelson. A wild confluence that, years later, set me on a new path.

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 25/08/2024

This article is exactly as good as the headline would suggest.

Article headline. The headline reads, "The singularity: How AI could become the final boss whale of crypto" and the subhead reads "World-renowned futurist Ray Kurtzweil says the singularity is coming sooner than expected."

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 18/08/2024

This partially explains how the piece has so little to do with the headline. (It has little to do with anything, but that's a separate point.) And easy to confirm: web.archive.org/web/20240817...

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Opinion | After Biden Bloodletting, Dems Just Want to Have Fun!

Democrats parade to the post-coup convention.

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

I know we're a law school and everything, but do the library doors have to be an fact pattern for an exam?

A door with a sign saying "No Exit" with a sign next to the door saying "Exit Route."

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

Sometimes, not sharing is caring.

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 02/05/2024

USC is on full lockdown. No one allowed in or out.

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

Does anyone have any tools or contacts for reinstating a Google group? A large, established, important, and entirely legitimate academic group was recently shut down, apparently due to a malicious report, and Google has offered no explanation or path to appeal or discuss.

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 30/09/2023

This may be my favorite spam text of the many I have gotten.

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Cathy Gellis @cathygellis.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Big important copyright fair use decision today - the DC Circuit reiterates that it is legal to post the law. Here's my Techdirt post with more details about the decision. www.techdirt.com/2023/09/12/y...

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Yet Another Court Says Yes You Can Publish The Law

We’ve talked about this case – American Society for Testing and Materials et al v. PublicResource.org – a few times before. It was one of two cases brought against Carl Malamud’s Public…

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 12/09/2023

Congrats on the victory for public.resource.org! Confirmed: making the law available to the public is fair use. www.cadc.uscourts.gov/internet/opi...

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Jef Pearlman @jefatlaw.bsky.social · 09/09/2023

Back when Musk first seemed like he might buy Twitter, I said I thought the stock market feedback approach to determining platform governance was not great, but it was still way better than the "one rich dude's whims" approach. That goes 10,000x when it's a literal war.

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