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Sour Apple: The Case for iPhone Jailbreaking

Mr. Brown — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 06:05:46 +0000

Since I’m not much on publications, I decided to self-publish my award winning essay, “Sour Apple: The Case for iPhone Jailbreaking”. I wrote this essay earlier in the year for a class I took on Copyright Law, and it was entered into a competition. My paper was awarded the 2nd place prize by a panel of judges, and I happily took the $250 check from ASCAP.

So, now I’m making it available to you. It’s in PDF format, and you can’t copy & paste anything from it, or edit it in anyway. I retain all rights to the paper - do not copy it and claim it as your own or doing anything else stupid.

Click here to download.

I Want a Kindle, but…

Mr. Brown — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:14:32 +0000

Amazon.com’s Kindle is an amazing little device, which I would want in a heartbeat… but for a few problems.

I think the biggest problem for me, personally, is that law casebooks aren’t available in Kindle format. I would kill not to be able to have to carry around hundreds of pounds of books at any one time – one thin electronic device to replace them all. But unfortuantely (no fault of Amazon’s), the publishers of such books have their own plans, and want to continue to waste paper and energy pumping out overpriced books, year after year, when the law doesn’t really change.

Additionally, as a law student, I do a lot of writing in the casebooks that I read. The Kindle has no sort of “notetaking” feature, as far as I know.

I love the idea of books on demand and free 3G access to download those books – that’s just plain awesome… but these two things are really deal breakers for me at the moment.

(yeah, I’m totally trying to sell you the Kindle, since Amazon Associates is offering 10% commission on them right now!)

I’m actually earning a law degree less than a mile away…

Mr. Brown — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:09:56 +0000

Wow… just wow… I can’t believe they spelled “biscuit” right.

(i totally ripped this photo off from my friend Anne’s facebook)

I’ve never won an award in my life… until today.

Mr. Brown — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:30:08 +0000

I won a CALI award this semester in my “Sales & Lease” class. Apparently, hell froze over and I got the highest grade in the class. I don’t usually brag about these sort of things because, well, they never happen.

Now, when are the Saints going to win the Super Bowl™ ”big game”?

Professional Responsibility: I am the “sexual relations guy”.

Mr. Brown — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:51:00 +0000

As some of you know, one of the three courses I am taking this summer is professional responsibility – simply put its a class on just that, the ABA’s Model Rules of Professional Conduct.

Rule 1.8(j) prohibits a lawyer from having sexual relations with a client, unless the sexual relationship predates the client-lawyer relationship. However, according to Professor North, Louisiana’s Rules of Professional Conduct (which are based on the model rules) prohibit all sexual relationships with clients (it should be noted, in the latest revision of rule 1.8 in Louisiana, this rule does not appear, and simply says [reserved]).

When Professor North brought this rule up, he just quickly skipped over it because “its obvious”. But, to me, its not too obvious, at least in Louisiana… I asked the obvious question:

Professor North, does this mean you can’t represent your wife in Louisiana?

Laughter quickly ensued, and thinking that I was referring to the model rule, he didn’t quite know how to answer that question except with, “You don’t have sex with your wife??”

I am now referred to as “sexual relations guy” or “sex guy” whenever we discuss 1.8(j). Great.