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Timothy B. Lee

Adjunct Scholar

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Timothy B. Lee is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. He covers tech policy for Ars Technica and blogs at Forbes.com. 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, Wired.com, and Reason magazine. While earning his master's degree in computer science at Princeton, he was the co-author of RECAP, a software project that promotes public access to federal court records.


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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

"The Case against Literary (and Software) Patents," TechKnowledge, August 28, 2009.

"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.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Fighting the Last Monetary War," Forbes.com, October 18, 2011

"Patently Absurd - Copyright Law Can Meet the Needs of Software Developers," National Review, October 3, 2011

"The Death of Flash and the Quiet Triumph of Open Standards," Forbes.com, September 28, 2011

"America's Illegal Pioneers," Forbes.com, September 13, 2011

"Personal Accounts and the Savings Rate," Forbes.com, September 11, 2011

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Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts

"Three Libertarians Raise Concerns about the Stop Online Piracy Act," November 7, 2011

"More on Nominal Sales and Monetary Policy," November 3, 2011

"Beckworth, Ponnuru, and Niskanen on Monetary Policy," November 3, 2011

"The Kindle Fire and the Triumph of Open Source," September 28, 2011

"Zoning Laws Are Strangling Silicon Valley," September 19, 2011

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Legal Briefs

Mayo v. Prometheus Labs, September 9, 2011 (PDF, 218 KB)

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

Daily Podcast Troubling Copyright Law Turns Ten (October 24, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 07:49]

Daily Podcast Obama's FISA Flip Flop (July 10, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 06:27]

Daily Podcast McCain's FISA Flip Flop (June 13, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 06:33]

Daily Podcast Filesharing, Fair Use and Commerce (June 11, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 09:11]

Daily Podcast Mandating Network Neutrality (May 20, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 07:34]

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