The video, A Fair(y) Use Tale, was created in 2007 by Eric Faden of Bucknell University to illustrate key concepts of U.S. copyright law. It uses short clips from copyrighted Disney movies.
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02
2010
The video, A Fair(y) Use Tale, was created in 2007 by Eric Faden of Bucknell University to illustrate key concepts of U.S. copyright law. It uses short clips from copyrighted Disney movies.
California should seriously consider passing a law that forms the State of California doing business as the State Bank of California. Its funding model would be to serve as the depository for all state tax collections and fees. With this captive deposit base, the bank could pay a competitive rate to the state treasurer. Then, these…
BP Live Video Feed of ROV monitoring damaged riser
Image via Wikipedia Senator Lisa Murkowksi (R-AK) blocked Senate Bill S.3305, the “Big Oil Bailout Prevention Liability Act” yesterday. This proposed law would cap BP’s (or any other oil company’s) liability at $10 billion, even if damages from an oil spill surpass that figure. The current liability cap under OPA is $75 million. Murkowski, who became a Senator…
Based on its out-of-control well’s latitude (approximate) of 28° 44.20′ North and longitude (approximate) of 88° 23.23′ West, the current oil slick should reach the following places on these approximate dates with these then current spill sizes in gallons: Mobile Bay, 5/3/2010, 15.6 million gallonsGulfport, 5/10/2010, 23.4 million gallonsTampa Bay, 10/11/2010, 194.8 million gallonsGalveston, 11/23/2010, 242.6 million…
synthetic collateralized debt obligation
The Menace of Strategic Default by Luigi Zingales, City Journal Spring 2010
Social network analysis is an interesting area of inquiry. Social networks are maps of all of the relevant ties among all the nodes (people or groups) being studied. The network can be used to measure the value that individuals get from the social network. This video presents a great example: