Author: Pamela Samuelson
Pamela Samuelson is recognized as a pioneer in digital copyright law, intellectual property, cyberlaw and information policy. She has written and spoken extensively about the challenges that new information technologies are posing for public policy and traditional legal regimes. Since 1996, she has held a joint appointment with the Berkeley Law School and the School of Information. She is the director of the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, serves on the board of directors of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and on advisory boards for the Public Knowledge, and the Berkeley Center for New Media. She is also an advisor for the Samuelson Law, Technology and Public Policy Clinic. Since 2002, she has also been an honorary professor at the University of Amsterdam.
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Samuelson, Pamela (2009): Legally speaking - When is a \"license\" really a sale?. In Communications of the ACM, 52 (3) pp. 27-29. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1467247.1467258
Samuelson, Pamela (2008): Hacking intellectual property law. In Communications of the ACM, 51 (1) pp. 65-67. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1327452.1327482
Samuelson, Pamela, Reichman, Jerome, Dinwoodie, Graeme (2008): How to achieve (some) balance in anti-circumvention laws. In Communications of the ACM, 51 (2) pp. 21-25. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1314215.1340934
Samuelson, Pamela (2008): Legally speaking: Quantafying the value of patent exhaustion. In Communications of the ACM, 51 (11) pp. 27-29. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1400214.1400224
Samuelson, Pamela (2007): Patent reform through the courts. In Communications of the ACM, 50 (2) pp. 19-23. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1216038
Samuelson, Pamela (2006): Regulating technical design. In Communications of the ACM, 49 (2) pp. 25-30. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1113034.1113057
Samuelson, Pamela (2006): Copyrighting standards. In Communications of the ACM, 49 (6) pp. 27-31. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1132491
Samuelson, Pamela (2006): IBM\'s pragmatic embrace of open source. In Communications of the ACM, 49 (10) pp. 21-25. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1164412
Samuelson, Pamela (2005): Legislative challenges to the Sony safe harbor rule. In Communications of the ACM, 48 (3) pp. 27-31. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1047671.1047698
Samuelson, Pamela (2005): The Supreme Court revisits the Sony safe harbor. In Communications of the ACM, 48 (6) pp. 21-25. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1064830.1064849
Samuelson, Pamela (2005): Did MGM really win the Grokster case?. In Communications of the ACM, 48 (10) pp. 19-24. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1089107.1089125
Samuelson, Pamela (2004): What\'s at stake in MGM v. Grokster?. In Communications of the ACM, 47 (2) pp. 15-20. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/966389.966405
Samuelson, Pamela (2004): Why reform the U.S. patent system?. In Communications of the ACM, 47 (6) pp. 19-23. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/990680.990697
Samuelson, Pamela (2003): DRM {and, or, vs.} the law. In Communications of the ACM, 46 (4) pp. 41-45. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/641205.641229
Samuelson, Pamela (2003): Trade secrets vs. free speech. In Communications of the ACM, 46 (6) pp. 19-23. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/777313.777329
Samuelson, Pamela (2003): Unsolicited communications as trespass?. In Communications of the ACM, 46 (10) pp. 15-20. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/944217.944229
Samuelson, Pamela (2002): Reverse engineering under siege. In Communications of the ACM, 45 (10) pp. 15-20. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/570907.570919
Samuelson, Pamela (2001): Intellectual property for an information age: introduction. In Communications of the ACM, 44 (2) pp. 66-68. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/359205.359230
Samuelson, Pamela (2001): Toward a new politics of intellectual property. In Communications of the ACM, 44 (3) pp. 98-99. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/365181.365221
Samuelson, Pamela (1999): Good News and Bad News on the Intellactual Property Front. In Communications of the ACM, 42 (3) pp. 19-24. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/295685.295847
Samuelson, Pamela (1999): Why the Anticircumvention Regulations Need Revision. In Communications of the ACM, 42 (9) pp. 17-21. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/315762.315766
Samuelson, Pamela (1998): Encoding the Law into Digital Libraries. In Communications of the ACM, 41 (4) pp. 13-18.
Samuelson, Pamela (1998): Does Information Really Have to be Licensed?. In Communications of the ACM, 41 (9) pp. 15-20.
Samuelson, Pamela (1997): The Never-Ending Struggle for Balance. In Communications of the ACM, 40 (5) pp. 17-21.
Samuelson, Pamela (1997): Embedding Technical Self-Help in Licensed Software. In Communications of the ACM, 40 (10) pp. 13-17.
Samuelson, Pamela (1996): Authors\' Rights in Cyberspace: Are New International Rules Needed?. In First Monday, 1 (4) pp. . https://firstmonday.org/issues/issue4/samuelson/index.html
Davis, Randall, Samuelson, Pamela, Kapor, Mitchell, Reichman, Jerome (1996): A New View of Intellectual Property and Software. In Communications of the ACM, 39 (3) pp. 21-30.
Samuelson, Pamela (1996): Intellectual Property Rights and the Global Information Economy. In Communications of the ACM, 39 (1) pp. 23-28.
Samuelson, Pamela (1996): Legal Protection for Database Contents. In Communications of the ACM, 39 (12) pp. 17-23.
Samuelson, Pamela (1996): Regulation of Technologies to Protect Copyrighted Works. In Communications of the ACM, 39 (7) pp. 17-22.
Samuelson, Pamela (1995): Software Compatibility and the Law. In Communications of the ACM, 38 (8) pp. 15-22.
Samuelson, Pamela (1995): Copyright and Digital Libraries. In Communications of the ACM, 38 (4) pp. 15-21,110.
Samuelson, Pamela (1994): The NII Intellectual Property Report. In Communications of the ACM, 37 (12) pp. 21-27.
Samuelson, Pamela (1994): Copyright\'s Fair Use Doctrine and Digital Data. In Communications of the ACM, 37 (1) pp. 21-27.
Samuelson, Pamela (1994): Self-Plagiarism or Fair Use?. In Communications of the ACM, 37 (8) pp. 21-25.
Samuelson, Pamela (1993): Liability for Defective Electronic Information. In Communications of the ACM, 36 (1) pp. 21-26.
Samuelson, Pamela (1993): The Ups and Downs of Look and Feel. In Communications of the ACM, 36 (4) pp. 29-35.
Samuelson, Pamela (1993): Computer Programs and Copyright\'s Fair Use Doctrine. In Communications of the ACM, 36 (9) pp. 19-25.
Samuelson, Pamela (1992): Copyright Law and Electronic Compilations of Data. In Communications of the ACM, 35 (2) pp. 27-32.
Samuelson, Pamela (1992): Updating the Copyright Look and Feel Lawsuits. In Communications of the ACM, 35 (9) pp. 25-31.
Samuelson, Pamela, Denber, Michel, Glushko, Robert J. (1992): Developments on the Intellectual Property Front. In Communications of the ACM, 35 (6) pp. 33-39.
Samuelson, Pamela, Clapes, Anthony L., Jacobs, Michael, Lesk, Michael E., Warren, Bruce (1991): Legal Debate on the Copyright Look and Feel Lawsuits: The Sequel. In: Robertson, Scott P., Olson, Gary M., Olson, Judith S. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 91 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 28 - June 5, 1991, New Orleans, Louisiana. pp. 397-398. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/chi/108844/p397-samuelson/p397-samuelson.pdf
Samuelson, Pamela, Glushko, Robert J. (1991): Intellectual Property Rights for Digital Library and Hypertext Publishing Systems: An Anal. In: Walker, Jan (eds.) Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 91 Conference December 15-18, 1991, San Antonio, Texas. pp. 39-50. https://www.acm.org/pubs/articles/proceedings/hypertext/122974/p39-samuelson/p39-samuelson.pdf
Samuelson, Pamela (1991): Digital Media and the Law. In Communications of the ACM, 34 (10) pp. 23-28.
Samuelson, Pamela (1991): First Amendment Rights For Information Providers?. In Communications of the ACM, 34 (6) pp. 19-23.
Samuelson, Pamela (1991): Is Information Property?. In Communications of the ACM, 34 (3) pp. 15-18.
Samuelson, Pamela, Glushko, Robert J. (1990): What the User Interface Field Thinks of the Software Copyright. In ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, 22 (2) pp. 13-17.
Samuelson, Pamela (1990): How to Interpret the Lotus Decision (And How Not To). In Communications of the ACM, 33 (11) pp. 27-33.
Samuelson, Pamela (1990): Should Program Algorithms be Patented?. In Communications of the ACM, 33 (8) pp. 23-27.
Samuelson, Pamela (1990): Interface Specifications, Compatibility, and Intellectual Property Law. In Communications of the ACM, 33 (2) pp. 111-114.
Samuelson, Pamela, Glushko, Robert J. (1990): Survey on the Look and Feel Lawsuits. In Communications of the ACM, 33 (5) pp. 483-487.
Samuelson, Pamela (1989): Protecting User Interfaces Through Copyright: The Debate. In: Bice, Ken, Lewis, Clayton H. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 89 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 30 - June 4, 1989, Austin, Texas. pp. 97-103.
Samuelson, Pamela, Brown, Jack E., Hemnes, Thomas M. S., Lesk, Michael E. (1989): Protecting User Interfaces Through Copyright Law. In: Bice, Ken, Lewis, Clayton H. (eds.) Proceedings of the ACM CHI 89 Human Factors in Computing Systems Conference April 30 - June 4, 1989, Austin, Texas. pp. 104.
Samuelson, Pamela (1989): Can Hackers Be Sued for Damages Caused by Computer Viruses?. In Communications of the ACM, 32 (6) pp. 666-669.
Samuelson, Pamela (1997): Copyright and Digital Libraries. In: DL97: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries , 1997, . pp. 113.