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What is the optimal length of a copyright?
Copyright is a property right in favor of creators of original works. According to the map below, all countries protect a creator’s copyright to his or her original work for the duration of the creator’s life, but how long should … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Law, Maps
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The Cuban origins of Hemingway’s “Old Man and the Sea”
We will be presenting our work-in-progress titled “Misappropriation in The Old Man and the Sea” at the XVII Biennial International Hemingway Conference taking place in Oak Park, Illinois this week. (We presented a previous draft of this paper last year … Continue reading
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#14juillet
Emma Ockerman writes (via Time): “Back in July of 1789, France had already experienced a rough summer that included food shortages, high taxes, and the militarization of Paris. Sensing distress, [King Louis XVI] called upon the Estates-General—an assembly that hadn’t met in more than … Continue reading
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Asymmetrical warfare (Baton Rouge, July 2016)
Today's offering from me on #blacklivesmatter in #BatonRouge #LeshiaEvans for @BBCNews https://t.co/KqstsLC9mp pic.twitter.com/gxDMI0Jd6I — Kerry Alexandra (@KerryAlexandra) July 11, 2016
Posted in Current Affairs, Justice, Law
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Censorship in Florida (FBI/Orlando police edition)
Hey, what are the FBI and the Orlando police trying to hide from the public in connection with the massacre at Pulse nightclub last month? The police’s slow response to the Pulse shootings (it took the police over three hours … Continue reading
Posted in Bayesian Reasoning, Current Affairs, Deception, Law, Politics
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prior probability 