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People Can Be So Fake
I've blogged before about the impact of anthropomorphic interfaces and devices. I've recently written an article on the subject. In it I point out that…
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The SCO Phoenix Rises...Again
I made a lot of people in the Linux community unhappy when I wrote in CIO Insight ( "Battle over Linux: When a Win May Not Be a Win," Sept., 2007 ) t…
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Lori Drew Verdict Finally Overturned
I write extensively in Chapter 8 of my new book,The Laws of Disruption, about the madness of prosecuting Lori Drew, a Missouri woman, for her participation in a…
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The Incredible Information Valuation!
When is a comic book worth $3,600,000 more than its face value? Answer: When Walt Disney wants to buy it. Today, Disney announced it had agreed to acquire Marv…
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"The Sinister March of Net Niceness"
From Valleywag (warning: heavily airbrushed and quite cleavagey model picture after the link): "...that's the thing about being impolite online: it mig…
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A change of heart on heath care
Kristof in the NYT today: "Opponents suggest that a “government takeover” of health care will be a milestone on the road to “socialized medicine,” and when…
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Shloss v. Estate of Joyce
After the Estate of James Joyce refused to allow a scholar to quote Joyce in her book, we successfully defended her right under the fair use doctrine to use the…
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Bandwidth Conference
Don't miss the annual Bandwidth Conference in SF happening later this week. It's going to be a good mix of digital media experts and music rights expert…
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Facebook Quiz About Facebook Quizzes
The very clever folks at the ACLU of Northern California have put out a Facebook quiz that helps users understand what quiz app developers can find out about th…
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Brave New Films v. Savage
Brave New Films produced a video, titled “Michael Savage Hates Muslims,” that criticized radio host Savage’s treatment of Muslims on his show. The video used…
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A New Book: Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars
Copyright treatise’ author and, for the past few years, Google’s copyright counsel William Patry has recently published a new book with Oxford University Press…
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A New Study on Privacy Online in Israel
Calls to better safeguard users' privacy online and improve protection of personal data on the Internet are commonplace. The concerns about privacy issues a…