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A Bold And Fantastic Step By The BBC
We are at the point where technology makes it feasible to share publicly the vast swaths of our history, culture and heritage that reside on radio, television a…
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Web 2.0 Expo: User Generated Content and Privacy
Attached is my power point presentation from the Web 2.0 Expo on user generated content and privacy web2.0expo.ppt…
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Dylan Hears A Who -- And Gets A Cease And Desist Letter Too
As detailed in this article from Salon, the the Estate of Theodor Geisel (better known as Dr. Seuss) was not amused when somebody decided that Green Eggs And Ha…
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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":…