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User Data = 2 x Video
Anyone still in doubt whether user data is valuable? Take a look at the news and learn: User data is worth the double of what Google paid for YouTube –– Googl…
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To the extent that media coverage expands with and expanding internet, I guess this is relevant...
When Nancy Pelosi became the Speaker of the House in January 2007, women all over the country, and certainly female law students, rejoiced at the long-awaited s…
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Shloss Seeks Fees From Joyce Estate
Having obtained what she sought in her complaint (the right to publish her Electronic Supplement on the internet) and more (the right to publish it in print, to…
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Sparring with a Maverick
EFF has posted a video of a debate between EFF's Fred von Lohmann and billionaire Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban over Viacom v. YouTube and the question…
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Must RFID-Legislation Be Technology Neutral?
It is a common mantra both of industry’s and consumers’ advocates that legislation related to radio frequency identification ("RFID") should be techno…
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When Dolphins Fight Back
The RIAA once infamously likened it's campaign of lawsuits against individual filesharers, which has included suits against clearly innocent grandparents, p…
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US Myspace Libel Case
C-Net is reporting that a school principal in the US state of Pennsylvania has filed a libel suit against four ex-students who, he alleges, harmed his reputatio…
Shloss v. Estate of Joyce - Motion for Attorneys' Fees
Professor Carol Shloss asked the Court to order the Estate to pay her attorneys' fees based on the unsubstantiated positions the Estate took for years, only…
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the agents of normalcy and entrenchment
Interesting backlash to the O'Reilly's Blogger Code of Conduct. Nate Anderson on Ars Technica talking about "the tyranny of good intentions":…
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diagram of a blog
Very clever Op-Art from Paula Scher and the NYT (hat tip to Diane)…
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Blogging Code of Conduct
Lots of buzz on the internets today about Tim O'Reilly's proposed Blogging Code of Conduct... My opinion: It's about damn time. The conversation r…
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DRM-free music from Apple & Microsoft
Apple has announced it would offer DRM-free music through iTunes. The offer is limited to the music catalog of one of the Major Labels, EMI. Customers still ca…