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...Faculty Council will discuss concerns about the University’s vision for an Allston campus today, including those raised in a recent letter by one of its members criticizing several of the administration’s basic assumptions...
...letter, sent to the council on Nov. 10 by Welch Professor of Computer Science Stuart M. Shieber ’81, raises specific questions about the wisdom of splitting science facilities between two sides of the river as well as the rationale for leaving the Law School in Cambridge, according to professors who have seen...
...letter also criticizes a perceived lack of transparency in the Allston planning process...
With all indicators pointing toward a strident and enthusiastic challenge to this amendment, it is difficult to understand Summers’ decision. In a letter addressed to HLS’ Lambda, a student organization that aims to provide a voice for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered community at the Law School, Summers correctly identifies the recent interpretations of the Solomon Amendment as “unsound and corrosive public policy.” And yet he goes on to provide an unsatisfying explanation for not challenging such a despicable policy. “Particularly in light of the highly...
...problem is rooted in how the majority of DMCA disputes are handled in practice. A copyright holder—sometimes an artist, more often a business—sends an accusation, in the form of a “cease and desist” letter, to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) through whom the accused is getting her access to the Internet. Because the ISP doesn’t want to get sued for copyright infringement, it takes down, or blocks access to, the allegedly infringing material. In return, the ISP can get a grant of immunity. Under the DMCA...