M. Scott Boone
@mscottboone.bsky.social
Law professor: IP, Law & Tech, Property, Legal Ethics, Legal Ed—especially interested in law that affects authors and artists
Unredeemable soccer fanatic—you’ve been warned
Unredeemable soccer fanatic—you’ve been warned
Which in turn creates an incentive for people to become those cranks and creates a crank arms race, wherein each crank tries to out-crank the other cranks.
A fun thing about being obliged by charter to present everything as a debate is it literally forces you to go looking for cranks who will defend Trump's inane tyranny
November 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Which in turn creates an incentive for people to become those cranks and creates a crank arms race, wherein each crank tries to out-crank the other cranks.
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It’s not a free speech question. It’s about an authoritarian calling for his political opposition in an elected branch of government to be prosecuted for opposing him. It’s a constitutional crisis.
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It’s not a free speech question. It’s about an authoritarian calling for his political opposition in an elected branch of government to be prosecuted for opposing him. It’s a constitutional crisis.
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Respectfully, what’s the debate?
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
President Trump’s recent statements accusing Democratic lawmakers of making “seditious” comments to military and intelligence community members have ignited a free speech debate.
#ConstitutionDaily unpacks the constitutional obligations of those who serve the country: https://ow.ly/fXXk50XvVxB
#ConstitutionDaily unpacks the constitutional obligations of those who serve the country: https://ow.ly/fXXk50XvVxB
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Respectfully, what’s the debate?
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
The president of the United States has called for the trial and execution of members of Congress in a manner that would make Charles I blush.
As a constitutional matter, I fail to see where there is room for reasonable disagreement about what happened yesterday.
Everyday, the DOJ looks at what it did yesterday and says to itself, “hold my beer.”
DOJ is now recruiting for immigration judges by calling them “deportation judges.”
That’s seems really bad.
That’s seems really bad.
November 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Everyday, the DOJ looks at what it did yesterday and says to itself, “hold my beer.”
Because you know I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks
(With apologies to Meghan Trainor)
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks
(With apologies to Meghan Trainor)
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Because you know I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks
(With apologies to Meghan Trainor)
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks, no substance
I'm all about those clicks, 'bout those clicks
(With apologies to Meghan Trainor)
The inevitable result of relying on for-profit media and journalism:
"She’s not trying to rebuild her reputation as a journalist—she’s building a different kind of brand entirely, one where being interesting matters more than being ethical, where attention is the only currency that still spends."
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The best thing I have read about her. www.mediaite.com/opinion/the-...
The Olivia Nuzzi Comeback Is Everything Wrong With Modern Media
Olivia Nuzzi’s comeback isn’t a personal scandal story—it’s proof that today’s media rewards access, personality, and controversy more than ethics.
www.mediaite.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The inevitable result of relying on for-profit media and journalism:
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you would think europe would be setting up its own parallel shit in anticipation of whatever crash is coming for us instead of this
November 21, 2025 at 3:27 PM
you would think europe would be setting up its own parallel shit in anticipation of whatever crash is coming for us instead of this
That we are currently being governed by a particularly bad game of telephone strikes me as both incredibly accurate and disheartening.
The most annoying part of this word salad is that, as someone who has talked to policy folks in the AI space, I know *exactly* what people said to Trump, which he didn't understand, which got him to spew this utter nonsense.
It's like the dumbest game of "telephone" ever.
It's like the dumbest game of "telephone" ever.
Trump on AI: "You can't go through 50 states. You have to get one approval. 50 is a disaster. Because you'll have one woke state and you'll have to do all woke. You'll be back in the woke business. We don't have woke anymore in this country. It's virtually illegal. You'll have a couple of wokesters"
November 19, 2025 at 10:15 PM
That we are currently being governed by a particularly bad game of telephone strikes me as both incredibly accurate and disheartening.
Of course it did.
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Of course it did.
Oof, indeed.
November 19, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Oof, indeed.
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Must-read piece about what is so fundamentally rotten about American "journalism" today..
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Must-read piece about what is so fundamentally rotten about American "journalism" today..
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Still time to book for 1.5 days of legal moments that (didn't) change everything.
From property law to criminal, interregnum Scotland to Canadian land rights.
Freee, online - full programme at the link below.
From property law to criminal, interregnum Scotland to Canadian land rights.
Freee, online - full programme at the link below.
Now open for booking: OU Law School's legal histories conference. This year's theme is 'moments of rupture' and we have an exciting range of speakers, topics, jurisdictions and periods.
20-21 November, online, free.
Programme and booking at the link.
20-21 November, online, free.
Programme and booking at the link.
Annual Diversity, Dilemmas and Discoveries Conference - Moments of Rupture
Join us for the 6th annual Diversity, Dilemmas and Discoveries Conference - Moments of Rupture
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Still time to book for 1.5 days of legal moments that (didn't) change everything.
From property law to criminal, interregnum Scotland to Canadian land rights.
Freee, online - full programme at the link below.
From property law to criminal, interregnum Scotland to Canadian land rights.
Freee, online - full programme at the link below.
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According to leaked internal documents, in 2024, Meta made 10% of its revenue, around $16 billion, from scam ads, illegal gambling, and fake medical product promotions.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...?
www.reuters.com/investigatio...?
November 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
According to leaked internal documents, in 2024, Meta made 10% of its revenue, around $16 billion, from scam ads, illegal gambling, and fake medical product promotions.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...?
www.reuters.com/investigatio...?
Does anyone know what he is on about? Is this about those dams where he sent in the troops and they wasted a crap ton of water? To fight fires?
Trump: "I gave them as you know unlimited water, Biden came back with a rigged election, and he immediately restricted the water again. But I came back in and immediately unrestricted it again. So now you have unlimited water to clean your damn dishes."
November 18, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Does anyone know what he is on about? Is this about those dams where he sent in the troops and they wasted a crap ton of water? To fight fires?
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In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.)
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/
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In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Jeff Bezos Creates A.I. Start-Up Where He Will Be Co-Chief Executive
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
In applying AI to material science, biology, etc, capitalism is trying to shed science.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
The point is to substitute the engineering of a machine that can generate what science has hitherto done, but without having people know things. Knowledge ultimately residing in private property is the dream.
Can someone please delete “Clear and Present Danger” from his DVR? Thanks.
Trump: "We know the addresses of every drug lord. We know the front door. We know everything about every one of them. They're killing our people. That's like a war. Would I do it? I'd be proud to. I'd probably go into Congress and say, 'Hey.'"
November 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Can someone please delete “Clear and Present Danger” from his DVR? Thanks.
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Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
November 16, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Tesla employees passed around photos of the insides of customers' garages, footage of what they were doing inside/near their cars. The cars were OFF at the time, a nude Tesla driver walking past their car in the privacy of their own garage became a Tesla office meme
Stop embracing surveillance tech
Stop embracing surveillance tech
IP profs: Cool video showing a craftsman trying to make titanium damascus. The first five minutes show him interacting with a patent, including a few potential jumping off points for discussion.
youtu.be/8hnu5DspBso?...
youtu.be/8hnu5DspBso?...
Can I make Titanium Damascus?
YouTube video by Alec Steele
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
IP profs: Cool video showing a craftsman trying to make titanium damascus. The first five minutes show him interacting with a patent, including a few potential jumping off points for discussion.
youtu.be/8hnu5DspBso?...
youtu.be/8hnu5DspBso?...
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Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Repost this everywhere you’re active on social media. Send to your friends and family who aren’t.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 16, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
Why do I find the camera man so funny, even though he kind of ruins this shot?
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Why do I find the camera man so funny, even though he kind of ruins this shot?
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Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.
'Noem should resign over this': Fury over alleged DHS 'child kidnapping and trafficking'
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should resign and be criminally charged, according to critics who seized on a report revealing that zero people who were arrested in a high-profile raid were charged with a crime.ProPublica recently reported on the DHS raid on an apartment building that was al...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Remember the recent middle-of-the-night apartment building raid where children were dragged outside naked & zip-tied in the street while black & Latino residents were _sorted by race_ and piled into separate vans while their apartments were ransacked & robbed? That raid? So it resulted in 0 arrests.