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Custom Batmobiles Are Covered By Copyright Law

February 1, 2012Erik Kain

Think twice before investing a bunch of money in a custom super-hero car like the Batmobile to your right. US copyright law being what it is, you might be in for a legal battle. Jamie Frevele explains: A judge in California has ruled that custom Batmobiles, like the ones made by Gotham Garage owner Mark Towles […]

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Sonic.Net CEO Dane Jasper On Super-Fast Internet And Why It’s Still A Niche Product In The United States

January 13, 2012Erik Kain

If you’re one of seven-hundred lucky households in Sebastopol, California your internet is about to become much faster. Telecom start-up Sonic.net is rolling out fiber lines to a small group of California residents in its initial foray into 1Gbps internet. That’s fast. In 2010, the median internet speed in the United States was a paltry 3 […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Time Is Running Out For SOPA Opponents Congressmen Warn At CES 2012

January 11, 2012Erik Kain

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) showed up at in to issue a stark warning: we’re running out of time to stop legislation aimed at cracking down on copyright infringement. That legislation – the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate – is intended to […]

Read more at Forbes.

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The OPEN Act is Flawed but Still Better than SOPA

December 27, 2011Erik Kain

Opponents of online censorship have introduced a bipartisan alternative to legislation that threatens to break the internet. The OPEN Act is far from perfect, but it’s a step in the right direction. Eric Goldman has a really smart, detailed breakdown of the OPEN Act – an alternative to the purely noxious SOPA/PIPA legislation currently crawling […]

Read more at Forbes.

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Free Trade and Globalism Can Raise Labor Standards Across the Developing World

October 28, 2011Erik Kain

Writing in The New York Times, Layna Mosley argues that free trade, in and of itself, has the power to raise labor standards across the globe thanks to the “California effect:” International trade gives producers incentives to meet the standards of their export markets. When developing nations export more to countries with better labor standards, […]

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Obama Administration Shatters Campaign Promise, Escalates Crackdown on Medical Marijuana

October 7, 2011Erik Kain

Despite promises to the contrary on the campaign trail, the Obama administration has announced an escalation in its war on legal medical marijuana dispensaries in California and elsewhere. Federal prosecutors have sent letters to landlords and owners of dispensaries across California warning them to halt sales of marijuana within 45 days or face property seizures and […]

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