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  • Possible solution: amend Copyright Act to conform with Patent Act. Orit Fischman Afori, College of Management Academic Studies Law School (Israel) ― Judicial Discretion in Granting Injunctive Relief in Cases of Copyright Infringement: A Call for Action

    Archive 2009-02-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009

  • "Granting," said Annie, "the bigotry and cruelty of the persecutor -- and these must be mainly charged to the age -- still you must admit that among them were earnest men who did from good motives what appears very wrong to us.

    Opening a Chestnut Burr Edward Payson Roe 1863

  • Granting divorce rights has often been seen as a move toward individual freedom, but the state of Georgia knew better.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Granting the rights of citizenship to people who did not adopt the cultural restraints of citizenship had resulted in the “rule of ignorance, barbarism, and vice.”

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • Granting that Big Dramatic Events are the stuff of popular fiction, these plot twists still seemed improbable.

    Review of "Eighteen Acres," a political thriller by Nicolle Wallace Patrick Anderson 2010

  • Granting such a high profile to Bachmann's Messianic Tea Party air won't help the GOP manage the already difficult task of offering a response that has a chance of competing with Obama's speech.

    GOP aides irked with CNN for airing Bachmann speech Greg Sargent 2011

  • Granting untrained, under-trained, emotionally unstable or impulsive people permission to carry loaded handguns in public jeopardizes our safety.

    Paul Helmke: Make Concerns of Gun Violence Victims a Priority Paul Helmke 2010

  • Granting the waiver "would create a new interference environment and it is incumbent on the FCC to deal with the resulting interference issues before any interference occurs," wrote Larry Strickling , the Commerce Department's Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information on Jan. 12, on behalf of the agencies.

    FCC Expected to OK Cellphone Use of Satellite Airwaves Amy Schatz 2011

  • Granting untrained, under-trained, emotionally unstable or impulsive people permission to carry loaded handguns in public jeopardizes our safety.

    Paul Helmke: Make Concerns of Gun Violence Victims a Priority Paul Helmke 2010

  • Granting that Big Dramatic Events are the stuff of popular fiction, these plot twists still seemed improbable.

    Review of "Eighteen Acres," a political thriller by Nicolle Wallace Patrick Anderson 2010

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