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CONTENTS ARTICLES TRAGEDY OF THE DATA COMMONS Jane Yakowitz .................................................................................................... 1 MUCH ADO ABOUT DATA OWNERSHIP Barbara J. Evans ............................................................................................. 69 OPEN SOURCE SEMICONDUCTOR CORE LICENSING Eli Greenbaum ............................................................................................... 131

NOTES STREAM CAPTURE: RETURNING CONTROL OF DIGITAL MUSIC TO THE USERS Jay Anderson ................................................................................................. 159 THE DISPARATE EFFECTS OF GENE PATENTS ON DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Abigail Lauer ................................................................................................. 179 PRIVACY AND THE MODERN GRID Sonia K. McNeil ............................................................................................. 199 THE STATUTORY PRESUMPTION OF PATENT VALIDITY IN ANTITRUST CASES Joseph Vardner .............................................................................................. 225

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