Articles by Carrie Sager
Carrie Ellen Sager is a 3L at Washington College of Law. In addition to intellectual property, she is interested in internet policy and reproductive rights. She received her Honours B.A. from the University of Toronto in 2005 and worked in nonprofit web communications prior to law school. Besides blogging for the IP Brief, Carrie is Executive Editor of the Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law.
The New York Times recently ran a profile of Hyman Strachman, a 92-year-old World War II veteran who has spent the past eight years copying DVDs and sending them to American soldiers serving in Iraq …
Tim Tebow is extremely well known. For his public declarations of faith, for his prayer while playing football, for his ardent stance against abortion, and, at a distant fourth, for his actual playing ability. But …
If you spend a lot of time on the Internet, you’ve probably heard of Pinterest. You might not have any idea what it is, but you’ve seen it mentioned, possibly alongside Tumblr or Spotify, as …
When Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s daughter Blue Ivy was born on January 7, the Internet exploded with people either expressing their excitement that two famous people had a baby or expressing their annoyance that anyone would …
Despite the tremendous opposition to SOPA and PIPA in the United States, lobbyists are pushing Canada to incorporate SOPA-like provisions into Bill C-11, Canada’s latest attempt to toughen their copyright protections. Michael Geist, a Canadian …
Happy New Year! Consider celebrating by staging a seasonal reading of “The Dead” in Dublin, which you can now do for free! Yes, on January 1, 2012, all of James Joyce’s writings published during his …
A new study shows that industries that rely on fair use have weathered the recession better than the economy as a whole, and have seen significant growth in recent years. The study divides industries into …
Before March of 2011, pregnant women at risk of preterm labor could take a drug known as 17P. At $10 to $15 per once-a-week dose, the drug was affordable and effective, reducing premature births by …
After just getting out of a huge battle over movie royalties, the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien may have just gotten involved in a huge intellectual property suit. What will happen when a new book features Tolkien himself as a character?
Here’s a survey: which of these things are you most likely to give your charity dollars to?
1. Feeding orphans
2. Building houses for the poor
3. Challenging unconstitutional government actions
4. Suing small nonprofits for trademark infringement
Now, I …
