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Digital music - how did we get here?
Matt Burrows, one of my co-fellows here at CIS, gave a good talk today about how we ended up where we are today in the world of digital media. These are my note…
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Attorney advertising, ethical rules and the 1st amendment
Last week I moderated a panel at the Bar Association of San Francisco about the proposed California Rules of Professional Conduct 7.1-7.5 (governing attorney ad…
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US v. Heckenkamp
Last week, in United States v. Heckenkamp, the Ninth Circuit (correctly) ruled that students have a constitutionally protected reasonable expectation of privacy…
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Computer History Museum
CIS recently took a field trip to the Computer History Museum. My commentary and photos from the trip are here.…
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Yahoo's Disgrace
Sadly, Yahoo is no stranger to morally questionable business decisions relating to their dealings with the Chinese government. Now, in the wake of the most r…
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The Computer History Museum
I love museums as much as I love old library stacks. There, I said it. CIS had a tour of Mountain View, California's Computer History Museum on Friday. W…
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State of Play Academy Spring Semester
I am delighted to announce the State of Play Academy (SOPA) Spring Semester will start Monday April 23 2007 and run thru June 8, 2007. SOPA is a virtual space…
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User Discussions Land Google, Wikipedia and Openpolitics in Canadian Libel Suits
According to a report in Canadian newspaper, The Globe and Mail: "Wayne Crookes, a former campaign manager of the Green Party of Canada, said he “suffered…
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OECD user-created content report
I’ve just came across this report published recently by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) about User-Created Content (UCC). The…
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How close is "very close"?
Earlier this week Google's CEO Eric Schmidt was quoted saying that YouTube is “very close” to turning on a filtering system that should prevent copyright co…
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Optimal email animals
It's not unusual to find periodic columns decrying how technology is undermining the authenticity of human interactions, but it is relatively unusual to hea…
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Call for Papers: Internet Harassment
The Yale Law Journal Pocket Part is soliciting essays and commentaries on the role of law, policy, and extralegal tactics in regulating instances of cyber bully…