Jason Schultz

Jason Schultz Prefers Traditional Jury Selection, Not Online “Snooping”

The Wall Street Journal, February 22, 2011 by Ana Campoy and Ashby Jones
http://on.wsj.com/f0dHlg

Some legal experts oppose this growing practice of scouring social-media sites, arguing that the traditional jury-selection process … provides more valuable information than out-of-context online comments. “I don’t think we should abandon that system in favor of Internet snooping,” said Jason Schultz. “There are a number people who post who they want to be, as opposed to who they are.”

Jason Schultz Argues for Fair Use in Copyright Case

Las Vegas Sun, December 15, 2010 by Steve Green
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/dec/15/judge-focuses-question-fair-use-copyright-lawsuit/

“CIO’s use of the article expanded public knowledge about immigration enforcement without cannibalizing the market for the original work,” Schultz wrote. “In fact, there is no market for the work at all because it is owned by Righthaven, a company that does not publish news stories, but files copyright infringement lawsuits based on assigned copyrights as its exclusive business model.”

Jason Schultz Wants Agencies to Curb Online Snooping

ColorLines, October 19, 2010 by Seth Freed Wessler
http://colorlines.com/archives/2010/10/government_snoops_are_using_facebook.html

The realm of government surveillance and policing through online social networks is a relative legal void, with agencies making their own rules and with little legislated oversight or regulation in place. “The rules,” says Schultz, “are just not up to date. We’re still using rules for email and voicemail, for a different world.”

Jason Schultz Comments on Craigslist’s Adult Services Battle

Contra Costa Times, September 4, 2010 by Patrick May and Washington Post
http://www.contracostatimes.com/business/ci_15993275?nclick_check=1

By choosing the word “censored,” Craigslist seemed to signal that the battle will continue, said Jason Schultz, a law professor at UC Berkeley. “Maybe what (Craigslist is) trying to do is raise the other side of the issue, which is that there’s serious First Amendment, freedom-of-information issues” on their side, Schultz said. “This seems to me completely adversarial, still.”

Jason Schultz Considers iPhone-Jailbreaking Ruling A Blow to Apple

-Bloomberg, July 26, 2010 by Todd Shields and Adam Satariano
http://bit.ly/cHQldK

Apple may also use other laws to keep iPhones from being modified, said Jason Schultz, co-director of the Samuelson Law Technology and Public Policy Clinic…. “Having the copyright office side with the jailbreakers doesn’t look good in court for Apple,” Schultz said in an interview. “They will have to explain why the copyright office is wrong.”

-CNET News, July 27, 2010 by Erica Ogg and Declan McCullagh
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20011702-260.html

“It is an uphill battle now for Apple. What this does is kind of shifts things in favor of users,” said Schultz. “If Apple goes to court they have to explain to a judge why the copyright office is wrong (in this case) or why other laws should trump copyright laws.”

-San Francisco Chronicle, July 27, 2010 by Benny Evangelista
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/07/27/BUMV1EK31O.DTL

“This ruling is quite important because we’re seeing more and more of these kinds of embedded systems,” Schultz said. “It opens the way to more competition and more innovation. It’s a groundbreaking ruling from the U.S. Copyright Office, which has not always been as permissive.” He said the ruling could also spur “a whole business ecosystem formed around jailbreaking.”

Jason Schultz Explains Shredding of State Documents

Voice of OC, June 29, 2010 by Tracy Wood
http://bit.ly/bMFM2i

UC Berkeley law professor Jason Schultz said government lawyers who approve requests to shred are simply doing their job, which is to protect their clients. “City attorneys are hired to protect the liability of cities…. It’s not that it’s ill-willed or bad faith.”

Jason Schultz Theorizes about Possible Antitrust Investigation of Apple

CNET News, May 5, 2010 by Erica Ogg
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20004138-260.html

“It is the attempt to use power in one market—smartphone/tablet applications—to control other software markets, much like Microsoft used its power in the operating system and office software markets to try to control the browser market,” according to Schultz. “Just as OEMs would have been foolish to refuse to do business with Microsoft, most smartphone/tablet application makers would be foolish to refuse to do business with Apple if they hope to survive. Thus, this could be a basis for FTC/DOJ inquiry.”