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Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) and Net Neutrality
A paper by M. Chris Riley and Ben Scott called Deep Packet Inspection: The End of the Internet as We Know It?, is available at: http://www.freepress.net/files/D…
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The Supreme Court Takes Up Copyright Case – Reed Elsevier v. Pogrebin
On March 2 the Supreme Court granted certiorari on a copyright case covering the question whether section 411(a) of the Copyright Act restricted the subject mat…
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Get Your Kirk On
Thomas Vinciguerra in the NYT: "So what, beyond pushing buttons, do these men — as all Kirk chair owners appear to be — do with the most conspicuous piece…
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Amnesia in the Face of Crisis
It’s fascinating to witness the public reaction as the newspaper industry implodes. Young people are largely indifferent while older generations seem to think…
Golan v. Holder - Plaintiffs' Reply in support of their Motion for Summary Judgment in the District Court
The Golan case was back before the District Court on remand to determine whether the URAA can survive First Amendment scrutiny. Each side cross-moved for summar…
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Never again
Mark Danner in the NY Review of Books: "We think time and elections will cleanse our fallen world but they will not. Since November, George W. Bush and his…
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Growth through loneliness
Peggy Orenstein the NYT Magazine: '...a study published in 2007 in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication suggested that hanging onto old friends vi…
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Have Fun Watching The Country
826 National is an incredible non-profit dedicated to improving writing and other skills among children ages to six to eighteen. A few days after the election…
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Us vs. Them: Populism on the Net
In a recent email debate, a friend of mine raised an interesting point about the role of the Internet in fueling populist fervor, especially during the current…
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Packets Vol. 6 No. 4 Now Available
Packets Vol. 6 No. 4 is online here. Packets is a production of the Stanford Center for Internet & Society (CIS). It is written by members of the Stanford…
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Citizen Journalism at its Best
While searching online for information about a new grocery store opening in my neighborhood, I came across a wonderful blog dedicated to all things Noe Valley.…
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The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Imposes Liability for Circumventing Technological Measures That Protect a Choreographed Compilation of Copyrighted Works
Author: Robert Lopez MDY filed a claim for declaratory judgment that its program, Glider, did not infringe rights owned by Blizzard. Blizzard Entertainment co…