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Here's the free live webcast and chat for the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit starting tonight at Stanford.

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Former SCOTUS Clerks Blog The Nomination Process

ThinkProgress announces a new and timely blawg: "What sets Clerks apart from many of the other SCOTUS blogs is its writers: an esteemed group of legal thinkers, professors, litigators, and advocates, virtually all of whom clerked for Supreme Court justices in recent years."

Grokster Article: Signed, Sealed, And Technorati Tagged

As I mentioned recently, I've been working on an article (with the help of colleagues Greg Beattie and Joe Rosenbaum) that examines the Grokster case pragmatically from the standpoint of those wanting to know more about the kind of steps that can help minimize the risk of indirect liability for the infringements of one's users. It's now available on my firm's Web site: Grokking Grokster: Staying Out of Court and in Business in the Wake of the Supreme Court's Decision. (That link takes you to the full text of the article; the PDF available for download just offers different formatting.) I hope it's helpful and informative, and would greatly appreciate your feedback — particularly because we are putting together a program that will expand on these points. If there are other areas we should cover I'd love to hear about it. Please use the comments here or send me an email.

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Link Omelette

When I make omelettes, everything in the fridge goes in the pan. The recipe for this post is from the same book.

• Defamer on Grokster: "Stay tuned for the press release in which MPAA pirate hunter emeritus Jack Valenti compares file-swapping to the trading of molested children on the Russian black market."


• According to NewsForge, Italian lawyers love open source. Add a more streamlined legal system to the unbeatable art, food, wine, scenery, music, etc., etc., etc., being enjoyed back in mother Italy. (Thanks, Steve!)


• Spotted these pimped out golf carts in Palm Desert not long ago. But these take the cake.


• David Pogue had a good segment on CBS News Sunday Morning today (a.k.a., the hands down, no contest, best network television program available at the moment) about young Web entrepreneurs, Blake Ross and several others. I don't see the story on the CBS site, but just noticed their Podcast and RSS pages.


• If you're looking to get Locke-d and loaded lately — Ex marks the spot.

Grokster Garlic

Reuters has this report on deals and strategies being pursued in Grokster's aftermath in an effort to ward off claims of inducing/encouraging user infringement: Sony BMG reaches licensing deal with iMesh.