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A Funny Think Happened on the Way to the Forum of Ideas
I miss Zero Mostel. I wonder how he'd use laughter to ponder and probe our Web World of today and tomorrow, and how Zero would raise concerns about the Web…
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Bloggers "doing what bloggers do"
There's quite a bit of hullabloo on the internets today about two bloggers hired by the Edwards campaign to reach out to the online world, Amanda Marcotte a…
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National Day of Action for Open Access: Feb. 15
I received an email announcement from freeculture.org, "a diverse, non-partisan group of students and young people who are working to get their peers invol…
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Apple v Apple: Helter Skelter
Apple (computer) and Apple (records) announced yesterday they had once again (finally?) resolved their trademark dispute, which dated back to the formation of t…
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Turning point in copyright infringement cases
This is the most important thing that has happened on the intellectual property front lately. Former Soviet president Gorbachev asks Microsoft's Bill Gates…
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Controversy over free speech and NY attorney ad rules
Over at the Legal Blog Watch, Robert J. Ambrogi notes the recent controversy over new NY attorney advertising rules. This is an important issue that puts legal…
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Smug and insufferable
Charles Pierce on Alterman's blog: "Molly [Ivins] made a point often of how much she liked good politicians and believed in the political system {...}…
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SXSW - panelizing about Video Mashups
I'm psyched to be speaking on a panel this spring at the South By Southwest Interactive conference. The panel is on Tuesday, March 13, and is entitled Video…
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The best defense against identity theft
Wells Fargo and Visa released a study on Thursday that reported a significant decline in reports of identity theft last year. Still, the losses to individuals…
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Shloss hearing
I attended the motion to dismiss hearing in the Shloss v. Estate of Joyce case on Wednesday morning. Here a photo of Professor Shloss and two people from the le…
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Query By Humming: Whistle While You Work
For several years I’ve been following advances in ‘Music Information Retrieval’ (MIR), mostly through a Music IR list. This heavily academic community present…
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RIP Molly Ivins
Molly Ivins was one of the few voices that kept me sane back in my formative days in North Texas. And man, could she write... as James Thurman put it, when she…