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eWeek picks up RSS hijacking story
This article by Lisa Vaas of eWeek discusses the problem of RSS-hijacking. It features Erik Marcus' story (more here and here) and provides some ideas for h…
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eWeek on RSS-hijacking
This article by Lisa Vaas of e-Week discusses the problem of RSS-hijacking, a recent development that could threaten podcasting and blogging infrastructure. UP…
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Clinic files Amicus With EFF
The Stanford Law School Cyberlaw Clinic and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amicus brief yesterday in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, asking jud…
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Funny Piece in "The Onion"
The Onion spoofs the RIAA's next possible lawsuit. Good stuff.…
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RSS Hijacking
CIS Fellow Colette Vogele has an interesting post about RSS hijacking, how it's done, how to stop it, and the legal implications. She also points to Adam C…
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Practice Commentary -- The Potentially Perilous Cease-and-Desist Letter
The New York State Bar Association's Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law Journal has published Residential Fellow David S. Levine's practice commentary o…
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Adam Curry & Erik's Diner on RSS-hijacking
The Daily Source Code today (episode #289) has a segment today on the question of RSS-hijacking recorded with Erik Marcus of the Erik's Diner podcast and Ve…
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Shop 'Til You Are Pushed
After thinking about it a bit, the Black Friday shopping story wasn't just shopping, it's publicity. Please read this I hope in the spirit of skepticism…
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Turkey Day, Black Friday, and Cyber Monday
Unfortunately, I don't have any photos from Latin America to show for my Thanksgiving weekend. No, I just sat alone in my apartment for three days. Fortun…
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VoIP Regulations
2005 is coming to a close and we just passed a FCC imposed deadline on Voice-Over-IP (VoIP) carriers. Four moths ago, the FCC mandated that VoIP carriers provi…
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"LIFE" DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY SPYWARE!
...So reads a customer review on the Amazon product information page for the "Content/Copy-Protected" version of Ricky Martin's new CD, Life. A…
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RSS Hijacking? A threat to podcast and blogging infrastructure?
I received an email from Erik Marcus, the podcaster responsible for Vegan.com and the "Erik's Diner" podcasts. Erik informed me that his podcast&#…