Annemarie Bridy 🥥🌴 / is on Nostr

IP & Tech Lawyer. JD/PhD. Formerly: Full Prof @UIdaho Law. Now: #InHouse. Affiliate Fellow Information Society Project (npub14eq…gu6a). Open Access and interoperability advocate. OG copylefty. Interested in the design, regulation, and use of information networks and technologies. Lover of well-made things. 

Image: Laurie Anderson, Four Talks (2021)

Bio: https://law.yale.edu/annemarie-bridy
SSRN Author Page: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=630766

Last Notes

2025-04-14 23:17:39

RIP our precious Silas. He was an extraordinary friend and the most beautiful boy.
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2024-08-24 19:17:08

I think we don’t talk enough about how NASA has stranded astronauts in space and is relying on commercial services to get them back but one of those commercial services can’t manufacture safe equipment and the other is run by a fascist.

2024-07-07 23:10:54

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Hakeem Jeffries is one guy, and there are already high-level members ‘breaking ranks.’ The Democrats have no party discipline in high stakes situations; I fully believe they can’t pull off a high-wire act here.

2024-07-07 18:32:10

Unimpeachable logic from The Economist: Trump and Biden are both unfit to be POTUS, therefore Biden should withdraw. 🙄
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2024-07-02 11:26:33

I keep thinking about how 3 sitting SCOTUS justices were GOP operatives on the Bush team in FL back in 2000.
Supreme Court is about to have 3 Bush v. Gore alumni sitting on the bench | CNN Politics https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/17/politics/bush-v-gore-barrett-kavanaugh-roberts-supreme-court/index.html

2024-06-30 21:05:51

"In response, record companies are now trying to prohibit re-recordings for 20 or 30 years, not just two or three. And this has become a key part of contract negotiations ... [T]hey want to make sure that the artist’s vocal cords are not in good shape by the time they get around to re-recording.” #copyright
How Taylor Swift changed the copyright game by remaking her own music - Harvard Law School | Harvard Law School https://hls.harvard.edu/today/how-taylor-swift-changed-the-copyright-game-by-remaking-her-own-music/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=hltLinkedIn

2024-06-30 16:18:16

Now that Chevron deference (and the administrative state) is dead, Trumpists are planning to gut what’s left of the professional civil service if Trump gets reelected. The far right’s dream of destroying the federal government as the agent of the public’s interest will be realized.
Loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/30/trump-loyalists-deep-state-blacklist-american-accountability-foundation?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

2024-06-13 23:41:54

Here’s a good example of the vulnerability of university researchers who lack tenure.
The Stanford Internet Observatory is being dismantled https://www.platformer.news/stanford-internet-observatory-shutdown-stamos-diresta-sio/

2024-05-18 19:38:15

Pro tip: If you have rubberized handles on umbrellas, and the rubber has become sticky and gross and partially worn off, 91% isopropyl rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball—and a little elbow grease—will get you down to smooth plastic.