CONTRIBUTORS
Denise Howell is a seasoned appellate and intellectual property litigator based in Los Angeles. Denise writes one of the first and most popular law-related blogs,
Bag and Baggage, coined the term "blawg" and helped pioneer podcasting for lawyers. Microcontent obsessed since 2001, she is frequently quoted in the media on legal issues involving intellectual property and technology law.
"Sound Policy" is Denise's show at
IT Conversations, and it's also what she hopes results from the briefs she submits to court. Email Denise at
dhowell@gmail.com.
Dennis Kennedy is a computer lawyer and legal technology expert based in St. Louis, Missouri. An award-winning author, a frequent speaker and a widely-read
blogger, he has more than 300 publications on legal, technology and Internet topics, many of which are collected in his e-books. Dennis has been described as someone who knows almost every rock song in existence and, more importantly, how they apply to technology and law. Email Dennis at his
gmail address.
Tom Mighell is Senior Counsel and Litigation Technology Support Coordinator at Cowles & Thompson in Dallas. He has published the Internet Legal Research Weekly newsletter since 2000 and blogged about the Internet and legal technology at Inter Alia since August of 2002. With Tom's singing, Ernie on guitar and Dennis' encylopedic knowledge of rock music, we may have the beginnings of a good band, if this whole blog thing doesn't work out. Email Tom at
tmighell@swbell.net.
Marty Schwimmer left a partnership in the largest trademark practice in the world and founded Schwimmer Mitchell, a full-service IP micro-boutique in Westchester County, New York, where he represents owners of famous and not yet famous trademarks. He founded
The Trademark Blog, the first IP law blog and the one with the most pictures. He is the first to come in and the last to leave in his firm. Email Marty at
marty@schwimmerlegal.com.
Ernest Svenson practices law with a mid-sized law firm in New Orleans, specializing in business-related lawsuits. Most of his practice takes place in federal court, especially the Eastern District. He is best known for his weblog
Ernie the Attorney, which he started as an experiment. Like many experiments it got out of control. Nevertheless, he continues to practice law and, occasionally,
to seek enlightenment. Email Ernest at
esvenson@gmail.com.
Denise Howell
Dennis M. Kennedy
Tom Mighell
Marty Schwimmer
Ernest Svenson
1. Joe Gratz on October 26, 2005 2:28 PM writes...
I agree that splogs are a scourge, and that copyright can and should be used to shut them down.
But expecting the Creative Commons organization to assist license users in enforcing the terms of their licenses is like expecting Williston to help enforce form contracts copied out of Williston on Contracts. The Creative Commons organization is a provider of form licenses, not a public-interest law firm. I don't think it's fair to expect them to organize infringement actions.
The practical value of CC licenses is not that they provide greater copyright protection or greater ease of copyright enforcement. The value is in the ability of non-lawyers to express their usage preferences in a legally binding way, and, through standardization, to create a pool of works that can be used together for certain purposes without permission.
Splogs present a difficult issue, and it seems likely that, because they can be generated automatically, they can be put back up elsewhere as soon as they're taken down. Perhaps the way to attack splogs is, once an infringement is found, is to sue the infringer, attach all of his AdWords revenue, and get a default judgment, since the sploggers seem exceedingly likely to be outside United States jurisdiction. (On the other hand, Hague Convention service of process, which might be needed, is probably too much trouble to go through for a measly couple thousand bucks.)
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