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Drilling Down Into Gov. Palin's Energy 'Experience'

Posted on September 10, 2008 by Victor Flatt

Say what you will about the selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin for the Republican Vice Presidential slot, but one inarguable fact remains: she is the only candidate on either ticket with direct energy policy experience. Palin spent one year as chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, and as governor of Alaska she has received positive reviews for her work on energy issues ranging from natural gas pipeline construction to patchy statewide shortages of energy. But if she winds up as our Vice President, her Alaskan energy experience might help send our nation’s energy policy in exactly the wrong direction.

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Tags: 2008 Elections, Energy, Governor Palin, Issues of the Day, McCain energy policy

Copyright content providers lose control of DVR market

Posted on September 8, 2008 by Ray Nimmer

Who should derive revenue from remote DVR systems? According to a panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the revenue should not go to the content providers. This decision, grounded in three very narrow interpretations of the Copyright Act, works a shift of potentially significant revenue away from content providers. Hopefully, it will be challenged and reversed on rehearing.

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Tags: Cablevision, Copyright, Copyright Act, DVR, Information Wars, Intellectual Property, Issues of the Day, Second Circuit

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Professor Gershowitz earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001 and his B.A. in political science and criminal justice from...More...
Professor Gidi joined the Law Center faculty in 2005 after teaching two years at the University of Detroit Mercy and several years as an Adjunct Profe...More...
Darren Bush is an Associate Professor of Law at the University of Houston Law Center. Education background includes: B.A. (Economics), 1991, Californ...More...
David Crump, John B. Neibel Professor of Law & Director of CLE, holds a B.A. from Harvard University and a J.D. from the University of Texas. Professo...More...
Professor Dow joined the University of Houston Law Center faculty in 1988. He graduated with a B.A. in History from Rice University, and earned his M....More...
Professor Hawkins joined the University of Houston Law Center in 2008 after clerking for the Honorable Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of...More...
Professor Paust has written several books and over 150 articles and essays addressing a wide array of international legal issues. He is often asked to...More...
Prior to joining the Law Center faculty in 2007, Professor Hill was an associate with a Washington, D.C., law firm, worked for two commercial banks an...More...
Laura E. Oren is the Law Foundation Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Center for Children, Law & Policy at the Law Center. She holds a Ph.D. in...More...
Professor Griffin joined the Law Center faculty in 2002. Before moving to Houston, she taught both law and theology at several schools and clerked for...More...
Professor Hoffman, a specialist on civil procedure in federal and state courts, joined the Law Center faculty in 2001. His scholarship focuses on proc...More...
Professor Duncan joined the Law Center faculty in 1998. She graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1988 and earned...More...
Dean Ray Nimmer, the Leonard H. Childs Professor of Law, helped build the Law Center's Intellectual Property & Information Law Institute into one of t...More...
Richard M. Alderman is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Houston Law Center, where he holds the Dwight Olds Chair in Law an...More...
Professor Sandra Guerra Thompson is a graduate of Yale University, where she earned a B.A. in Economics in 1985 and a J.D. from the Yale Law School in...More...
Professor Chandler earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs of Princeton Uni...More...
Professor Zamora earned a B.A. degree from Stanford University in 1966 and a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley (Boalt Hall) in...More...

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