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Cleaning out my email I found a message I sent to myself over a year ago (!!!) to post about Prof. Ilya Somin's interview on the Institute for Humane Studies podcast regarding Themes of Liberty in Star Trek. Although the podcast is really for lawyers/policy wonks who are interested in pop culture portrayals of liberty, it's fun for seasoned fans, ( Read more... )

Law and the Multiverse:Superheroes, Supervillians and the Law. Oh my goodness, I think I'm in love:

Most of the time when property is damaged, the property owner has insurance that will pay to restore their property to approximately the state it was in before the loss occurred. But when Doomsday goes on a rampage of destruction across at least ( Read more... )

AJHall's Bedtime Story is wonderfully rendered pre-series story about a law student dragooned into sitting for wee!Sherlock. AJ has a talent for conveying a great deal in a small space, particularly through clever allusions. She makes the most of POV to deliver character insights with a distinct tone. Sample:

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Via vretallin, Texas Supreme Court judge mentions Spock in concurrence:

Appropriately weighty principles guide our course. First, we recognize that police power draws from the credo that “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few.” Second, while this maxim rings utilitarian and Dickensian (not to mention Vulcan21), it is cabined by something ( Read more... )

I think there are a lot of folks spinning their wheels about this Warriors for Innocence/Mass Incest-Pedophelia Deletion Incident who are missing a couple of key points ( Read more... )

Via fanficrants, the topic of fanfiction and copyright law is back on the metafandom radar.

A rather strongly worded rant claims:

YOU DO NOT MAKE MONEY OFF OF FANFIC ( Read more... )

A good beginner's guide to copyright myths. Particularly useful for American fans who aren't lawyers (are there any left?).