LawSpot bookmarks (del.icio.us)

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1. 11 Boston University Journal of Science & Technology Law (2005) 
2. 85 Boston University Law Review (2005) 
 
5. 21 Santa Clara Computer & High Technology Law Journal (2004-2005) 
6. 72 University of Cincinnati Law Review (2003-2004)

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http://secondthoughts.typepad.com/second_thoughts/2007/01/finding_the_law.html

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Money in Politics Databases

From Congressional Quarterly

CQpolitics.com

http://www.politicalmoneyline.com/cgi-win/lb_directory.exe?DoFn=

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Share, reuse, and remix — legally.

http://creativecommons.org/

 

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 Northwestern University Library

International Documents Collection

links to foreign governments     links to IGOs

about the collection   guides to the collection   workshops

IGO resources e-collection   international e-collection

http://www.library.northwestern.edu/govinfo/resource/internat/

 

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Max Planck Institute

for Comparative Public Law

and International Law

World court digest

http://www.mpil.de/ww/en/pub/research/details/publications/institute/wcd.cfm

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http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/election.htm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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http://secondliferesearch.blogspot.com/

 

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Cal. Debt blog

 

http://www.californiadebtblog.com/

 

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Litilaw: Published Articles for Litigators

Welcome to our free collection of hundreds of recently published articles of interest to litigators and related legal professionals.  All articles are full-text, written by lawyers and have been published as part of continuing legal education (CLE) seminars, in legal journals, or are of similar quality.  Litilaw links to copies of articles available on the internet, or hosted by us at the author's request.

http://litilaw.lexbe.com/

 

 

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Constitution Finder (University of Richmond)

 

This database offers constitutions, charters, amendments, and other related documents. Nations of the world are linked to their constitutional text posted somewhere on the Internet.

http://confinder.richmond.edu/ 

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Second Life News all-in-one

combines many second life news sources into one feed

filter by topic

http://www.mysyndicaat.com/myfeed/blog/default/Namro_Second%20Life%20News?query=%20court&ordertype=0

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http://www.opencongress.org/

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As Boundaries Fade: The Social Contract in Cyberspace

 

By Steven J. Horowitz, Temple University∗

 

 http://www.pages.drexel.edu/~pa34/horowitz2006.htm

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State of Play V

 

August, 2007

Singapore

http://www.nyls.edu/pages/2396.asp

 

State of Play/TerraNova

December 1-2, 2006

http://www.nyls.edu/pages/5215.asp

I-Tunes download at: https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/nyls.edu.1129352702.01129352707

 

State of Play III

October 6-8, 2005

http://www.nyls.edu/pages/4959.asp

 

State of Play II

2004

http://www.nyls.edu/pages/3622.asp

 

State of Play

November 13-15, 2003

http://www.nyls.edu/pages/3621.asp

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 online lectures and presentations

http://researchchannel.com/ (search "legal")

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online videos on legal and law practice topics

http://www.tenminutementor.com/

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ambrogi list of 10 essential podcasts for lawyers

http://www.legaline.com/Nov2005column.html

 

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Play Money: memoir of a year selling game-gold

by Julian Dibbell

Available at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0465015352/downandoutint-20

Review from Boingboing.net:

http://boingboing.net/2006/10/15/play_money_memoir_of.html

 

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The Life of the Chinese Gold Farmer

http://tinyurl.com/3ylwbe

 

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Wired Blog Network: Threat Level - Privacy, Security and Crime Online

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/

 

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GOOD COPY BAD COPY - a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture

 

(Denmark, 2007)

http://www.goodcopybadcopy.net/

» Get the torrent!

 

 

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Linden age verification info

http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/05/10/further-clarification-regarding-age-verification/

 

german porn accusations

http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/05/09/accusations-regarding-child-pornography-in-second-life/ 

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CNN Future Summit

"Virtual Worlds"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbY_zAOt-Ug

Financial Times.com

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0a2fb1fe-0fdd-11dc-a66f-000b5df10621.html

 

 

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Free online full text books from Findlaw:

 

Public Bookshelf:

• Consumer Action Handbook
• Don't Get Taken! Protect Yourself Legally Against Common Abuses and Rip-Offs
• The Working Woman's Legal Survival Guide

Business Bookshelf:

• From Hiring To Firing: The Legal Survival Guide for Employers

http://public.findlaw.com/bookshelf/

 

 

http://www.rocketlawyer.com/Legal-Media.aspx : A recent report by the Fraud Advisory Panel asks the British government to step into virtual worlds to legislate cyber-crime.

 

“Such communities are not just chat rooms, they are also lucrative and growing marketplaces,” said the Chairman of the Panel’s Cyber-crime Working Group, Steven Phillippsohn. “Members use these interactive sites to buy and sell tangible goods and services such as land and property, clothing, music and bookmaking. But there’s nothing virtual about online crime, it’s all too real. It’s time government took this seriously.”

The Fraud Advisory Panel is a group in the U.K. chartered to raise awareness of the social and emotional damage caused by fraud in the private and public sectors. They gathered their findings from a report created by The Risk Management Group (TRMG) headed by Chairman Mark Johnson. 

 

http://www.fraudadvisorypanel.org/newsite/PDFs/pressreleases/Government%20Should%20Extend%20Legislation%20into%20Virtual%20World%20010507.pdf

 

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Just the Facts About Online Youth Victimization

The nation's foremost academic researchers on child online safety presented their research and answered questions over a luncheon panel on May 3. This was the first time these prominent academics have appeared together to present their research, which, altogether, represents volumes of data on the state of online youth victimization and online youth habits. More than likely you have heard pieces of their research quoted (or misquoted) on Capitol Hill during the last 12 months as Congress struggles to understand these issues. The discussion covered issues related to online youth safety including recent trends and the latest research.

 

Dr. David Finkelhor. He is the director of the Crimes against Children Research Center and the codirector of the Family Research Laboratory at the University of New Hampshire.

 

Dr. Michele Ybarra president of Internet Solutions for Kids.

 

Amanda Lenhart, a senior research specialist with Pew Internet & American Life Project.

 

danah boyd, researcher at the University of California at Berkeley where she’s a PhD candidate. She’s also a fellow at the University of Southern California’s

Annenberg Center for Communication.

 

Transcript: http://www.netcaucus.org/events/2007/youth/20070503transcript.pdf

YouTube Playlist

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BB39CA9F7CB0D88A

 

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Tarlton Law Library

http://tarlton.law.utexas.edu/vlibrary/subject/computer/index.html

Computer law research on the internet

General computer law

Forms and agreements

E-commerce

Intellectual property

Domain-name issues

Online privacy

Jurisdiction issues

Online journals and papers

Bar committees and associations

Commercial providers

Law school library

General internet resoucres

 

 

Legal Dept @ AOL

Legal Resources | Decisions and Litigation | Junk E-mail | Intellectual Property | Public Policy & Public Affairs | AOL Information

http://legal.web.aol.com/index.html

 

Article:

 

 

Avatar Politics: The Applications of Second Life

Institute for Policy Democracy and the Internet

Jan. 10 2007

http://www.ipdi.org/blog/index.php/2007/01/10/avatar-politics-the-applications-of-second-life/

 

Reuters Second Life News Center

http://secondlife.reuters.com/

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Reuters/127/99/25/  

Reuters

Judge rules against TOS

http://secondlife.reuters.com/stories/2007/05/31/judge-rules-against-one-sided-tos-in-bragg-lawsuit/

 

H&R Block article

H&R Block Launches Island In Second Life

Submitted by Joe Lewis on Tue, 03/13/2007 - 14:03

Webpronews.com

http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2007/03/13/h-r-block-launches-island-in-second-life

 

 

 

 

• 13:23 04 April 2007
• NewScientist.com news service
• New Scientist Tech and Reuters

http://www.newscientisttech.com/article.ns?id=dn11533&feedId=online-news_rss20

 

Virtual Worlds Collide With Real Laws

Legal experts and game players closely eye lawsuit against Second Life, which asks courts to clarify the legal status of virtual property

 

By Thomas Claburn

InformationWeek

Dec 7, 2006 03:00 PM

http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602466

 

 

 

Blogroll

 

Institute for Policy Democracy and the Internet

Has a Second Life category, a "Virtual Town Hall" category, and many other interesting

http://www.ipdi.org/Blog/

 

 

Virtual Law @ LSE

http://virtuallawatlse.blogspot.com/

Keep up to date with Developments in Information and Communications Technology Law from a UK perspective.

 

Patent Arcade

IP and video / computer games

http://www.patentarcade.com/

 

Virtual Economics

Seamus McCauley on the collision of news publishing, digital media and technology

 

http://virtualeconomics.typepad.com/virtualeconomics/

 

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Linden Labs blog re child porn

 

 

 

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  http://blog.secondlife.com/2007/05/09/accusations-regarding-child-pornography-in-second-life/

 

 

Schnapple Patrono presented the results of his independent study project on intellectual property and other legal issues in virtual worlds on the Park Communication island on Tuesday, May 9.

 

http://profkim.blogspot.com/2007/05/another-student-presentation.html

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Washington Post Campaign tracker

http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/

 

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Free Government Info directory on Government Agencies in Virtual Worlds

http://freegovinfo.info/node/1168

 

Federal: http://freegovinfo.info/node/1169

State/Local: http://freegovinfo.info/node/1170

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Podcasts

 California First Amendment Coalition

 Know-Your-Rights PODCASTS are an invaluable resource for journalists and engaged citizens looking to keep their government open and honest. The podcasts feature straightforward and easy-to-understand instruction on the essentials of access laws in California -- presented by some of the best lawyers in the business.

 

 http://www.cfac.org/content/index.php/cfac-podcasts/index/

Elections:

 

Podcast from Fair Vote:  http://www.fairvote.org/?page=1690

Podcast from Election Eupdates: http://electionupdates.caltech.edu/ourpodcast.html

 

Freedom of the Press:

Podcast from Reporters' Committee for Freedom of the Press: http://www.rcfp.org/podcast/index.html

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Reporters Sans Frontieres (http://www.rsf.org/), or Reporters Without Frontiers, the organization that stands for freedom of the press, has opened a bureau in SL. Opened on World Press Freedom Day, May 3rd, residents can go to the RSF's offices to learn more about press freedom worldwide. They've got nice offices, and the brilliant 'Predators of Press Freedom' sign outside the front door. Welcome them to SL and thank them for their continued efforts!

-Second Life Insider, May 6 2007

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Hangflame%20Ridge/51/89/88/

 

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Jnana Island

The Jnana Center is a gathering place for Jnana authors in Second LIfe.

 

Jnana is a mature, full-featured software platform, developed over the past ten years, that enables non-technical people to build a variety of interactive "intelligent" systems that provide round-the-clock, expert, "situation-specific" guidance.  

 

To date, Jnana systems have mostly focused on real-world legal and regulatory problems.  However, Jnana is now seeking to expand beyond the legal/regulatory domain.

 

The individual storefronts at the Jnana Center have been created to provide useful examples of interactive systems that provide "situation-specific" guidance about:

 

1) Books

2) Cookware

3) Movies

4) Wireless phones, accessories, and service plans

 

The cookware demo is up and running (in the store that looks like a kitchen with black and white floor tiles).  You can expect to see the other Jnana demo systems up and running soon.

 

We are also developing Jnana Island -- a place where avatars can set up stores to sell real products to other avatars, using the Jnana software platform.  The goal is for vendors to profit by offering customers new and compelling shopping experiences that leverage the combined power of Jnana, Second Life, and Amazon.com.

 

If you are interested in becoming a Jnana author, or in opening a store on Jnana Island to sell real products to avatars, please let me know via in-world IM. Thanks.

 

Lex Lardner

 

 

 

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Law Librarian Blog

A Member of the Law Professor Blogs Network

May 2, 2007

Reflections on Second Life Library Being Named Library of the Future

http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/2007/05/second_life_lib.html

 

 

Academic (law school) Second Life researchers & projects

http://academiccopyright.typepad.com/

 

 

Apr 04, 2007

The Future Lawyers' Expedition Meets Second Life: Struggles, Discoveries, Fascinations, and Concerns

Rachel Goda

A Project by Elizabeth Townsend Gard and Rachel Goda

Terra Nova blog

http://terranova.blogs.com/terra_nova/2007/04/the_future_lawy.html#more

 

 

 

 

 

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 Research and Professional Links

http://www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/lawlink/home.html

American Bar Association's Lawlink: The Legal Research Jumpstation

 

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Campaign finance databases from Open Secrets

http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/04/22/us-presidential-election-2008-campaign-finance-databases/

 

 

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  Students:

 

Environmental Law, a law review published by the Lewis & Clark Law School in Oregon, has introduced a blog-like online companion entitled Environmental Law Online.

The supplement provides access to the articles of the journal, as well as to case reviews of 9th Circuit court decisions and to comments.

"Environmental Law Online joins a growing list of elite law reviews with online companions, including The Yale Law Journal’s Pocket Part, Harvard Law Review’s The Forum, Michigan Law Review’s First Impressions, Northwestern University Law Review’s Colloquy, Texas Law Review’s See Also, Virginia Law Review’s In Brief, and University of Pennsylvania Law Review’s PENNumbra".

More on Library Boy.

 

 

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DOJ Office of Inspector General Special Reports

http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/index.htm

 

 

 

 

Linden Labs invites FBI to look around virtual casinos

http://infosciphi.info/index.php?title=title_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1

 

 

Government / Legislation tracking

http://www.parl.gc.ca/LEGISINFO/index.asp?Language=E

Canadian official site w/RSS tracking of legislation

 From Library Boy: LEGISinfo, the Library of Parliament's legislative research website, has started offering RSS feeds since the beginning of this parliamentary session to help people track bills before the House of Commons and the Senate. In the lefthand column on the LEGISinfo home page, simply click on any of the links to Senate or House of Commons bills from the 39th Parliament. (Source: WisBlawg - From the UW Law Library)

 

 

 

 

 

New House Legislation on Open Government

 

 

U.S. House Passes Four Open Government Bills During Sunshine Week 2007

The four bills are:

+ H.R. 1255: The Presidential Records Act Amendments of 2007 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1255

+ H.R. 1254: The Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2007http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1254

+ H.R. 1309: Freedom of Information Act Amendments of 2007 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1309

+ H.R. 985: The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007 http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-985

 

Use the wonderful GovTrack.us to track these bills and other legislation.

 

 

 

 

Legal groups:

 

 

Justice League Unlimited

Founded by Kalel Venkman

To protect the weak, and defend the innocent.

We are a public service organization, and we do our best to help those in need of aid while closely observing the Terms of Service.

We function as peacekeepers, newcomer aid, and occasionally as estate managers.

To find out more, contact any of the officers in the Justice League Unlimited.

New recruits must be at least "three months old" in SL terms.

 

 

Law Enforcement of S.L.

Founded by Oz Aquacade

We Here by say to protect the people of SL from crude conmen, unacceptable behavior (depending on what the Rating for the Zone is),and gang wars, here at the Law Enforcement Of S.L we have police forces gaurding the streets (Espiaclly in PG Zones)So u Better be a Good Citizen of SL.....................

 

 

Places

 

 

Democracy Island

The New York Law School is building civic spaces in SL. Now being updated, Summer '06. Home to the Landing Lights Park 3D wiki.

Democracy Island 156, 174, 27 (PG)

 

 

Governments and political organizations represented in SL

 

 

 

Democratic Party of SL

Founded by Herble Reatequi

We believe in the values of Democracy, and in the principles upon which our country was founded; and subsequently outlined in the Constitution of the United States.  These values are the very fabric of America, and we are against the laws and policies that threaten them.  Behind each of these avatars is a person...a person who believes in these ideals, and believes that their voice, together with ours, WILL be heard, and that a difference will be made.

 

Republican Party of SL

Founded by Alby Yellowknife

To further the ideals of  the Republican Party in SL. We are missionaries on a mission to bring freedom from controlling ideas of Socialism, Communism, and Fascism. Freedom and Capitalism are the only roads to a better society. History has shown us what becomes of political ideas to reach Utopia. They become oppressive regimes, in the name of bringing equality to all (USSR, Cuba, and East Germany) are a few examples.

 

 

 

Real Life Government in Second Life

Founded by Hackshaven Harford

A group designed to assist in bringing government agencies into virtual worlds.  Think big!  How about a government continent that could be the 3-D equivalent of USA.gov formerly known as FirstGov.gov?

Current agencies include:

 

* Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

* Department of Trade & Industry (UK)

* Library of Congress

* National Aeronautics & Space Administration

* National Institute of Health

* National Oceanic& Atmospheric Administration

* National Physical Laboratory (UK)

 

John Edwards in Second Life

John Edwards is working to lead the United States of America in a new direction, where America's promises are kept, and our global community, not just our country, is strong. Join the campaign! Learn about the issues, volunteer your voice, and get all your 2008 campaign gear!

John Edwards Campaign Central, Onnuri (162, 31, 88)

 

Political Forum

Founded by Misty McConachie

A group for people who'd like to get together for casual, fun political chats. We hold  weekly discussions, predominantly about Real Life political issues and current affairs.

The emphasis is on politics in a broad (and global) sense. The idea is to have casual discussion in a relaxed, non-adversarial  environment.

IM Misty McConachie if you have any questions!

 

Political Junkies

Founded by Greenmind Division

A group for those obsessed with both the politics of Second Life (potential zoning, land usage, etc.) and first life.  People of all political  persuasions are welcome.  Hope to have weekly discussion events.

 

ELECTION

Founded by ELECTION Wise

             Please vote for your candidate

 

By the people

 

                       For the people

 

                                             Of the people

 

         2008       Presidential      Election

 

                                  V  O  T  E

Click proposals Tab to vote

 

Hillary2008

Founded by Hillary Clinton

Support Hillary Clinton's Presidential Campaign

 

 

Obama for President

Founded by Cubsfan Pugilist

Group Charter

Obama for President brings together Second Life residents in support of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.  Barack Obama is the only candidate who can bring America together and boldly move us forward with an exciting, progressive vision.

 

Join us as as we spread the word about Barack Obama's candidacy through Second Life rallies, parties and lots of Obama for President T-Shirts!

 

 

 

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CFAC has four podcasts on the following subjects:

 

 

1) access to government meetings (the Brown Act); 

2) access to government records; (the Public Records Act);

3) access to court proceedings and court records;

4) legal issues surrounding newsgathering.

 

Soon, all CFAC  PODCASTS will also be available in both Spanish and Chinese -- for the benefit of journalists and activists in California's largest immigrant communities.

 

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ENGLAND & WALES

 

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Free Arthur Miller online video on many self-help topics