Sunday, September 10, 2006 at 3:28PM Thanks to Jason Schultz, fair use not only has a posse, it has a Flickr group:
A place to post photos where you are not the copyright holder of the photo or imagery in the photo but still genuinely believe it to be a fair use, e.g., a personal non-commercial use, an artistic transformative use, or for purposes of parody/commentary/criticism. (There are many other forms of fair use but those are the most common).
Saturday, September 9, 2006 at 9:42AM September 28: The Podcast Academy (video). I'm the legal department.
September 29-30: The Podcast and Portable Media Expo. The legal department grows, and has both a wiki and a forum — please contribute, we'd love to hear from you.
Friday, September 8, 2006 at 5:19PM In the event I can make it up north for the Attention conference (working on it), I did stumble on the appropriate upper floor decor:
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 3:42PM Lawrence R. Velvel of the Massachusetts School of Law pulls no punches about his thoughts on the Seventh Circuit's recent decision in a case involving IBM's pension plan. He thinks it's "abominable," and a product of "the dishonesty one reviles and the federal judiciary about which one rarely writes." He explains why, then follows up, on his blog. (Dean Velvel is also a podcaster.)
By the way, Dean Velvel is the first blogging law school dean I've yet encountered. If there are others, do let me know.
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 at 9:39AM A couple of things stood out about the L.A. Times article yesterday titled "This Mommy Track May Go Somewhere; Some companies offer a chance to advance on a schedule that allows more time at home." (Howard Bashman linked it, so you can access it at least temporarily — I've mentioned the link rot issue before — from his post.)
First, this may sound a little strange but in this day and age shouldn't any article examining "Mommy Track" also discuss the plight of men in the similar situation?
Second, I am not one to judge anyone's approach to parenting (within reasonable bounds of course), particularly the approach of another lawyer/mom. Everyone has to do whatever works for them. But I would not want to be the kid who stumbled on this quote from my mom — "I know if I were home with my kids every day I'd be insane..." — in my travels.
The San Francisco Bar Association will hold a Work/Life Balance Conference on September 21 from 1:00 to 5:15 p.m., with the following worthwhile-looking (particularly the second panel) program:
