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FTC's application of disclosures to blogs, podcasts etc.
Jason Van Orden brought an issue about FTC rules as they apply to "affiliate marketing" to my attention today. He writes about an issue raised by Gary…
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Data Mining for Killers
One of the most challenging problems for national security is predicting and stopping terrorist attacks before they happen. The government proposes that data mi…
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"Fighting jihad in cyberspace"
This article from this month's Sydney Morning Herald describes the means by which terrorists have used the Internet to communciate and avoid detection, as w…
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Washington Post Poll and Cato Institute Report
As my biography notes, I am presently researching the alleged chilling effect of post-9/11 government security measures on the use of technology, principally th…
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Future of Music
The Future of Music Coalition holds a policy summit each year. Last October the summit was convened in Montreal, Canada, in conjunction with Pop Montreal and Mc…
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Grokster, Japan Style
Just received a link to this article which reports on the outcome of the Japanese version of our Grokster case, only this case is in the criminal context (rathe…
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Technopolitics Bar Camp
You may be interested in this conference. I am on the Board of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) and will be at the event. _______ CPSR…
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The Triumph Of Self-Expression In Digital Media
The cover story in the Arts & Leisure section of the Sunday New York Times is about the rising "tsunami of self-expression" that has flooded the w…
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Uncivil War on E. 73rd
a piece by Ron Stodghill in yesterday's New York Times: "The mold dispute is the latest salvo in what, according to New York housing officials, is one…
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Final Hearsay Culture Schedule Into February -- Yes, This Is It!
With a busy schedule of flying place to place and a child on the way, my radio schedule for Hearsay Culture (see here for more info on the show) has been in a s…
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Utopian faith in the power of negotation
Thomas B. Edsall in the Times on Dec. 5th: "After 40 years of ascendancy, the G.O.P. has provided Democrats with an opening. Will the Democratic Party, of…
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A bad marriage with monuments
Richard Cohen in the Post on Tuesday: "Washington is a bad marriage with monuments. Just to get through the day, it's necessary to lower voices, modul…