Stanford Center for Internet and Society

I attended the Sexual Privacy On Line panel at SXSW yesterday. Violet Blue moderated with panelists Jonathan Moore, Zoe Margolis, John D’Addario, and Jason Schultz.

So, after a bit of a hiatus from blogging, I'm back. Today, I'm at South By Soutwest (SXSW) and attended a program this morning on Social Design Strategies. Panelist Daniel Burka (of Digg & Pownce) had some useful thoughts on how to approach privacy as a developer of social networks. These are my notes.

Just posted my newest episode of Rules for the Revolution which discusses Network Neutrality with Alex Curtis of Public Knowledge. Please give it a listen, and let us know what you think.

I spoke at Podcast Academy #6 yesterday about new media/podcasting and the law. A summary of the event and links to my slides ("Podcasting Train Wrecks") are available here.

EFF is hosting a one-day Web 2.0 compliance bootcamp. It's scheduled for October 10. Here's the full description:

Does your interactive company have to contend with the maze
of laws dealing with user privacy and publishing user
content? Want to do the right thing by the online community

I saw this interesting article in the New York Times today about mashups and I'm really interested in the fact that Viacom comes out and affirmatively blesses these sorts of cartoon-rap music mashpus, while Disney declines comment:

My digital freedom-oriented friends at the ACLU of Northern California are hosting a happy hour this week. I'll be mingling at the New Media Expo in Ontario, so I'll unfortunately have to miss this one. But if you're in SF, definitely stop by... Details:

I'm now at the ABA Lawyer's Professional Liability fall conference where I have been asked to speak about legal ethics and law firm blogs.

As I'm wrapping up a visit with my relatives in Switzerland, I had the opportunity to spend some time with Philipp Schroeder of DIN15 / Information Architecture & Interaction Design. I first met Philipp when he visited CIS earlier this summer through the Swiss Silicon Valley Association.

Denise Howell does it again with another great episode of This Week In Law.