• The term “space marine” dates way back in sci-fi writing, but Games Workshop says it’s now a trademark [Popehat] “Site plagiarizes blog posts, then files DMCA takedown on originals” [Ars Technica; related, Popehat]
• D.C. suburban school district: “Prince George’s considers copyright policy that takes ownership of students’ work” [WaPo]
• New book Copyright Unbalanced [Jerry Brito, ed.; Tom Palmer/Reason, David Post/Volokh] “Copyright, Property Rights, and the Free Market” [Adam Mossoff, TotM]
• Neither doll left standing: “After Long Fight, Bratz Case Ends in Zero Damages” [The Recorder]
• “Podcasting patent troll” [Gerard Magliocca, Concur Op]
• “The EU-funded plan to stick a ‘flag this as terrorism site’ button on your browser” [Ars Technica]
• “The Most Ridiculous Law of 2013 (So Far): It Is Now a Crime to Unlock Your Smartphone” [Derek Khanna, Atlantic]

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