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Robert Ambrogi’s Lawsites post on the polygamist compound raid in Texas made me think about why this event is so fascinating, legally (not salaciously – please). It seems to me as if one could teach an entire law school class from the issues raised in this case (these soon to be numerous cases) and perhaps, even, teach 3-years worth of classes from this event:

From Bob’s post on Polygamy and the Law:

“The raid of a polygamist compound in West Texas has raised difficult and troubling issues concerning the interplay between the state, religion and the rights of children, women and families. This week on the legal-affairs podcast Lawyer2Lawyer, I discuss the events in Texas with two guests ….” (read full post)

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I read Kevin Kelly as often as possible but still miss many of his writings, so thank you to Dennis Kennedy for zeroing in on this KK post, Better than Free. It’s a wonderful read:

Excerpt from Better than Free:

“The internet is a copy machine. At its most foundational level, it copies every action, every character, every thought we make while we ride upon it. In order to send a message from one corner of the internet to another, the protocols of communication demand that the whole message be copied along the way several times. IT companies make a lot of money selling equipment that facilitates this ceaseless copying. Every bit of data ever produced on any computer is copied somewhere. The digital economy is thus run on a river of copies. Unlike the mass-produced reproductions of the machine age, these copies are not just cheap, they are free….” (continue reading full post)

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Many changes have been made to Oregon’s paternity laws. For information about these changes, see:

Oregon State Bar (OSB), Family Law Newsletter, April 2008 (vol. 27, #2) (not online, except to members – but available at some public law libraries). “The 2007 Amendments to Oregon Paternity Law,” by Leslie J. Harris, J.D.

The same author of the above has also written this article, which is available online to anyone, abstract and full text:

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A couple of posts (on this copyright dispute) worth reading, from Law, Technology and Legal Marketing Blog, Cease, Desist & Resist – Oregon’s Copyright Claim on the Oregon Revised Statutes and from Tim Stanley, Oregon Claims Copyright on Oregon Revised Statutes, at Fairly Used.

(Thank you to Mary at the Library Law blog for the latter link; the former I found through a Justia Blawg Search.)

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Despite the barrage of radio, TV, and newspaper stories telling you it’s all over, but the cage match, Oregonians still HAVE A RIGHT TO HAVE OUR VOTES COUNTED IN THE PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, so don’t let anyone take that away from you. But you have to register first:

You have until 5 p.m., Tuesday, April 29th, 2008, to register to vote or switch parties.

Visit the Oregon Elections Division Voter Registration website for details.

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If you drive in Portland, you need to know about the Bike Boxes and the Law:

From the Portland Online website:

“The bike box is an intersection safety design to prevent bicycle/car collisions, especially those between drivers turning right and bicyclists going straight. It is a green box on the road with a white bicycle symbol inside. It includes green bicycle lanes approaching and leading from the box…” (link to full page).

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If you want to follow this story, here are direct links and suggested searches:

1) Further discussion of this topic can be found at Jack Bog’s Blog, see post and comments here: “Don’t you dare post Oregon laws on the internet!”

2) See also Loaded Orygun post, here.

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The following represents my opinion, from my perspective as an Oregon public law librarian:

My previous posts on this subject are here and here and here.

I’ve been reading, among other things, the blog Comments about the Oregon Legislative Counsel “copyright” dispute and my reaction yesterday and still today is: we don’t have all the facts so please don’t jump to conclusions.

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More stories, but, please, … don’t jump to conclusions. Only the parties to this argle-bargle (here and here) have all the facts right now. It could be there is more misunderstanding than grandstanding. We look forward to hearing more.

Rob Hyndman, linking to Slaw:

“… by Simon Fodden on April 16th, 2008
Boing Boing gives us Carl Malmud’s report that U.S. free access sites Justia and Public.Resources.Org have received take-down letters from the Oregon Legislative Counsel in connection with their publishing of Oregon’s laws. Apparently West Publishing, which has also reproduced Oregon’s laws without a licence from the state, will not receive a similar demand.
I know that Canada and Ontario claim Crown copyright in our laws but explicitly permit copying if the material is reproduced accurately and that copyright is acknowledged.” (From Slaw.)

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Additional information at BoleyBlogs:

“Boing Boing points us to a bit of unfortunate business between the State of Oregon and two sites, Justia and Public.Resource.Org, that post copies of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS).

Though Oregon does not claim a copyright in the statutory text itself, it has long claimed a copyright over the “arrangement and subject-matter compilation…, the prefatory and explanatory notes, the leadlines and numbering for each statutory section, the tables, index and annotations,” etc.

Dropping those items, especially the numbering, leadlines and notes, would put a serious crimp in the usefulness of the ORS to these sites. It looks like Justia and Public.Resource.Org are fighting the take down request.

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