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Maine publisher sues Amazon.com - Seattle Post Intelligencer

Maine publisher sues Amazon.comSeattle Post Intelligencer - May 21, 2008AP BANGOR, Maine -- The operator of a print-on-demand publishing business in Maine is suing Amazon.com in US District Court. Angela Adair-Hoy claims that ...

When Having A Legal Background Really Helps ( Blue Jeans Cables vs Monster Cable )

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Knowing What You've Got... And What You've Don't Got

If I were to ask just a random person on the street about Monster cable, they probably would have heard of them. They are a well marketed company that produces a lot of cables. They also produce various portable music player accessories, kits, and their price tag implies top quality stuff. Many people swear by them, others would rather just buy bulk and be done with it.

Now, if I were to ask those same random people on the street, whether they have heard of Blue Jeans Cable, they would probably not have. However, they are also a fine provider of quality cables, and are actually well covered in the audiophile world.

Both companies make cables for rather standard ports and connections. Sure, there are differences here and there, but for the most part, most of the proprietary stuff is specific to how the companies produce their cables, compositions, etc.

So, while it wasn't much news that Monster Cable issued a cease-and-desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable, it WAS news when it turns out that the president of Blue Jeans Cable, Kurt Denke, used to be a lawyer.

This is something that many other sites have reported on and is actually quite amusing to read, as it can serve as cheap education in how not to release the legal hounds... until you've done some digging.  read more »

The Swift boat conundrum: how should the mainstream media deal with such stories?(Full Court Press)(responding to controversial

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 829 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: The Swift boat conundrum: how should the mainstream media deal with such stories?(Full Court Press)(responding to controversial charges)  read more »

A Supreme Court that welcomes cameras.(Washington State Supreme Court allows televising of its proceedings): An article from:

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on July 1, 1996. The length of the article is 733 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.From the supplier: Washington Supreme Court justices, the legal community and television viewers have reacted positively to an experiment to provide gavel-to-gavel TV coverage of an entire court term.  read more »

Breaking all the rules: CBS' document fiasco is a textbook case of how not to do journalism.(FULL COURT PRESS): An article

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on February 1, 2005. The length of the article is 808 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Breaking all the rules: CBS' document fiasco is a textbook case of how not to do journalism.(FULL COURT PRESS)  read more »

We win! N.Y. Post scribe's inside look at how tab staff drove off hated owner. (Abe Hirschfeld): An article from: American

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This digital document is an article from American Journalism Review, published by University of Maryland on May 1, 1993. The length of the article is 4060 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase.  read more »

ICSID Reports (International Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes Reports)

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The ICSID Reports provide the only comprehensive published collection of arbitral awards and decisions given under the auspices of the World Bank's International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes or pursuant to other multilateral or bilateral investment treaties, including in particular the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT). These decisions, which are fully indexed, make an important contribution to the growing body of jurisprudence on international investment.  read more »

Political Money: Deregulating American Politics, Selected Writings on Campaign Finance Reform (Hoover Institution Press

cover of Political Money: Deregulating American Politics, Selected Writings on Campaign Finance Reform (Hoover Institution Pressasin: 0817996729
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Current proposals involve increasing the regulation of campaign expenditures, further restricting campaign donations, creating ever-larger bureaucracies, using public funding for federal campaigns, and attempting to limit political speech not only through legislation but also through constitutional amendment.  read more »