In theory, I don't see how the concept of a lip bite surrounded by neon can be copyrightable subject matter. But no predicting courts.
Brian L. Frye
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Brian L. Frye
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Dogecoin Professor of Law & Grifting @ukcollegeoflaw, securities artist &c. @SECgov describes scholarship as "fanciful." @IpseDixitPod georgecparker.eth
- PACER should be free. It is ridiculous & inexcusable that the federal courts continue to charge people for access to public information.PACER is getting revamped website -- but no change in fee structure, per announcement by Administrative Office of U.S. Courts uscourts.gov/news/2020/06/2…
- An observation: if you are planning to ask (REQUIRE!) your students to pay $300 for a fucking textbook that consists mostly of public domain material, you might want to reconsider. We can AND SHOULD do better. If there is an open access version, use it. If not, write it.
- This person is wrong. Quoting song lyrics in a book is absolutely fair use. The problem here is not authors exercising their fair use rights, but spineless publishers who refuse to defend them. See, e.g., papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…Dear authors: Stop. Quoting. Song lyrics. Just stop. You don't have explicit written permission from the copyright holders. You probably can't afford permission. Just don't do it.
- In the practice of law, if you aren’t plagiarizing, you’re committing malpractice. I hope the judge has a word with the plaintiffs.BigLaw firm Winston & Strawn was sued today for allegedly plagiarizing another firm's Rule 12 motion. Hsuanyeh Law Group registered one of its Rule 12 motions with the Copyright Office and says Winston copied it "nearly verbatim" in a consolidated case.
- Replying to @TheLincoln“I win because I didn’t learn anything & still got a participation trophy.” Ok my dude.
- Yesterday, I learned that the Provost approved my promotion to full professor. So, when the Trustees sign off, I guess I can finally start speaking my mind?
- Replying to @ceaubinI mean, I trust my wife's judgement more than I trust my own. If she thought I should be friends with someone, I'd be delighted to hear about it!
- Well, apparently I am a full professor, as of yesterday. If you are interested, you can find my name on pg. 26 of the minutes. I am confident my candidacy for promotion was carefully deliberated by the trustees. uky.edu/trustees/sites…
- Today, @songadaymann and I sued the @SECGov in Louisiana federal court, asking for a declaration that the SEC can’t regulate the sale of NFT art. I’ve argued that the SEC is abusing its authority for years & now I’m testing my theory. Here’s the complaint.
- I have a professional responsibility joke & it’s the bar examiners.
- An observation for my law professor friends: As you prepare for your classes in the fall, consider assigning a free, open-access casebook. There is at least one available for almost every subject & your students will thank you for it. The ~$250 you save each one matters a lot.
