Things I shouldn’t say
To the extent that I have a reputation in the online community of authors and readers, I’ve staked it on trying to speak clearly,…
Legalese
Sexy historical legal talk: Impotence!
I am in a happy place, because I finished a book! This is exciting, and so I’m going to talk about something even more exciting:…
Women. Property.
I have a set of pet peeves about the discussion of legalities in 19th century Britain.
One of those pet peeves looks like this: “A…
The Records Office
Did I say yesterday that going to the Records office wasn’t sexy? I lied. I lied very much. It gave me a thrill down to my nerdy little…
Courtney’s Quick Guide to the First Amendment
I realize that there’s a lot of confusion about what the First Amendment actually protects.* So I thought it would be useful to…
The Case Against Mandatory Disclosure
The main argument I’ve heard for the FTC guidelines so far is this: “It’s just disclosure. How hard is it to disclose where you…
Copyright, Part III
But Courtney, someone somewhere is saying, you are an author. You make money on intellectual property. Don’t you favor…
Copyright, Part II
I think maybe one of the reasons I don’t see eye-to-eye with other people about copyright is that I don’t see copyright…
How Long is too Long?
So, here’s a moral dilemma. I mean, it’s not a dilemma. It is more like a little bit of moral tension.
I have some very…
My Workshop!
I’ve been meaning to flog my workshop–uh, I mean, tell you how much you really want to go to my workshop at the Beaumonde/Hearts…