Oregon Legal Research BlogPublic Resource dot org has created this web page devoted to this dispute (about which I last posted here.)
(Among other things, it says “Kibbitzers welcome.” I thought in this state (Oregon) they were called Kitzhabers?“ Oy 🙂
Articles Posted in State Government & Legal Resources
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Oregon High Court Judges: Productivity, Influence and Independence
Willamette Week’s Murmers this week (5/21/08) notes a recent study (May 2008) titled, “Which States Have the Best (and worst) High Courts,” by Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati, and Eric A. Posner.
The WW Murmur links to the report and the official link is from the University of Chicago Law School, Olin Working Paper #405 or Public Law and Legal Theory working paper series #217.
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Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Copyright Dispute: May 16th Update
(I last posted about this dispute here.)
Ars Technica: Fight shaping up over Oregon state law copyright claim (May 13th) (I’m not too sure about Nate Anderson’s “Out West” and the “tumbleweed” references, but we need all the lightness we can get when tempers get hot. I’m a Shane gal myself 🙂
The law librarian wonk (me) also has this to say:
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Oregon Revised Statutes Copyright Dispute: May 13th Update
Selected recent (April and May) postings on this dispute, about which I posted previously here :
1) Loaded Orygun has a summery posted 5/12/08.
2) From ZDNet Government: Oregon says its law is copyright (and a link to the letter with the June 2nd deadline notice from public dot resource) (and other ZDNet posts with Oregon tags).
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How to Find Oregon Appellate Court Briefs
In self-defense (too many questions taking too long to answer) I created this guide on How to Find Oregon Appellate Court Briefs. (You can see why there were all those questions!)
If you have anything to say about the guide, constructive or otherwise (well, maybe not those remarks), please leave a Comment or email my Law Library.
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Oregon Revised Statutes Copyright Dispute: May 9th Update
Selected recent postings on this dispute, about which I posted here.
1) From ADF Alliance Alert: Oregon threatens over statutes copyright? (with a link to this post at The Volokh Conspiracy (and associated Comments)
2) J’s Scratchpad: James Grimmelman: Copyright, Technology, and Access to the Law: Old Problems and New Solutions
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Oregon Law Review: “How to Stop a Predator”
“How to Stop a Predator: The Rush to Enact Mandatory Sex Offender Residency Restrictions and Why States Should Abstain,” by Justin H. Boyd, 86 Or. L. Rev. 219 (2008)
The Oregon Law Review makes their articles available free, online: OLR homepage and current edition webpage.
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Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Copyright Dispute: May 6th Update
More articles on this dispute (some “old”, some new):
1) From Boing Boing, Via WisLaw, comes this on May 2nd: “Archivists to Oregon: your laws aren’t copyrighted, so there!”
(BTW: If you haven’t see the short animation film, Gerald McBoing Boing (also here, from IMDB), you’ve missed a real treat.)
2) Also, this story from Et Seq, Update on the Oregon Revised Statutes CopyFight, with a direct link to this April 17th, 2008, story: Oregon goes wacka wacka huna kuna
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Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) and Copyright Dispute
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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April 21st Update: Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS) Copyright Dispute
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.