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The Economics of Open-Access Law Publishing

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Litman, Jessica, “The Economics of Open-Access Law Publishing” . Lewis & Clark Law Review, Forthcoming – Available at SSRN.

  • “Law journal publishing is one of the easiest cases for open access publishing. Law scholarship relies on few commercial publishers. The majority of law journals depend on unpaid students to undertake the selection and copy editing of articles. Nobody who participates in any way in the law journal article research, writing, selecting, editing and publication process does so because of copyright incentives. Indeed, copyright is sufficiently irrelevant that legal scholars, the institutions that employ them and the journals that publish their research tolerate considerable uncertainty about who owns the copyright to the works in question, without engaging in serious efforts to resolve it.”

    • Treasury Issues Updated List of Blocked Persons

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    [Federal Register: July 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 134)][Rules and Regulations][Page 39707-40001] Foreign Assets Control Office – Sanctions; blocked person, specifically designated nationals, terrorists, and narcotics traffickers, and foreign terrorist organizations: Individuals and entities subject to various economic sanctions programs. U.S. Treasury – Office of Foreign Assets Control, Specially Designated Nationals List (SDN List), July… Continue Reading

    2006 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey

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    Press release: The Computer Security Institute (CSI) with the participation of the San Francisco Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Computer Intrusion Squad today released its 2006 report citing that virus attacks are the leading cause of financial losses. The top four categories — virus attacks, unauthorized access to networks, lost/stolen laptops or mobile hardware and… Continue Reading

    Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age Report

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    Press release: “The Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information Age released its third report today with recommendations on how to reconcile national security needs with civil liberties requirements. The report offers a new “authorized use” standard for government handling of legally collected information that bases authorization to view information on how… Continue Reading

    Clean Energy Solutions – Dept. of State E-Journal

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    Clean Energy Solutions – EJournal – U.S. Department of State, July 2006: “Projected dramatic increases in energy consumption in the coming decades, combined with a higher risk of climate change, require a massive global response based on technological innovation and the power of the marketplace. Experts and government officials describe the options before us, including… Continue Reading