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Timothy B. Lee
Adjunct Scholar
Timothy B. Lee is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He is a PhD student in computer science and an affiliate of the Center for Information Technology Policy at Princeton University. He has written extensively about copyright and patent law, civil liberties, online privacy, and network neutrality regulation. His writings have appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Slate, and Reason magazine. He is a regular contributor to Ars Technica, a popular technology news site, and to the widely-read Techdirt blog. From 2005 to 2007, while on the staff of the St. Louis-based Show-Me Institute, Lee documented the rampant abuse of eminent domain in Missouri. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota
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Books and Book Chapters
"Electronic Surveillance," Chapter 28 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Regulation of Electronic Speech and Commerce," Chapter 30 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Telecommunications, Broadband, and Media Policy," Chapter 37 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Copyright and Patent," Chapter 38 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Studies
"The Durable Internet: Preserving Network Neutrality without Regulation," Policy Analysis no. 626, November 12, 2008.
"Circumventing Competition: The Perverse Consequences of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act," Policy Analysis no. 564, March 21, 2006.
Articles and Newsletters
"Bring Appellate Competition Back to Patent Law," TechKnowledge, July 28, 2008.
"Save the Orphan (Works)," TechKnowledge, June 30, 2008.
"Beacon Lessons," TechKnowledge, February 8, 2008.
"Google Should Stick to What It Knows Best," TechKnowledge, July 6, 2007.
"Why Libertarians Should Celebrate Free Software," TechKnowledge, June 22, 2007.
Opinion and Commentary
"Social Conventions, Online and Offline," The New York Times, May 24, 2009
"The Day the Music Dies," Reason, July 21, 2008
"The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse than You Think," Ars Technica, July 7, 2008
"Limits on Eavesdropping Need to Stay," by Timothy B. Lee and Gene Healy, Orange County Register, February 19, 2008
"Telecom Amnesty," Slate, February 13, 2008
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Seasteading and Other Technologies for Liberty," April 10, 2009
"Work, Social Production, and Inequality," March 8, 2009
"Holder Takes a Small Step toward State Secrets Reform," February 5, 2009
"NSA Spying on Journalists: We Need a New Church Committee," January 26, 2009
"Patents and Property: The Evidence," January 19, 2009
Events
"The Dangers of Network Neutrality Regulation," January 13, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Copyright Controversies: Freedom, Property, Content Creation, and the DMCA ," April 26, 2006 [Conference]
Multimedia
"Troubling Copyright Law Turns Ten" featuring Timothy B. Lee, October 24, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:49]
"Obama's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, July 10, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:27]
"McCain's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:33]
"Filesharing, Fair Use and Commerce" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 11, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:11]
"Mandating Network Neutrality" featuring Timothy B. Lee, May 20, 2008 [Flash Audio, 07:34]