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Some people have all the fun.
Semiconductor Insights, a firm that reverse engineers products, took the screwdriver and pliers to an iPhone. They have a video on YouTube. http://www.semicon…
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Electronic filings coming soon to the Copyright Office
The Copyright Office reports it's final rule about electronic copyright submissions and fees. Starting July 2 (for a limited number of copyright claims) it…
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Are Criminal Sanctions the Answer to Spam?
In yesterday's Wired News Circuit Court column "Free the Spam King" I take on the question of whether criminal prosecutions will stop spam, or are…
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Internet Radio Bills Supported by College Broadcasters
While with CIS, Fellow Elizabeth Rader (now with Akin Gump) did a lot of excellent work for college broadcasters facing prohibitively high fees and complex pape…
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Prof. Michael Geist at CFP
Here's a quick live-blog of Prof. Michael Geist's dinner talk tonight at the Computers Freedom & Privacy conference in Montreal. Future of the Inte…
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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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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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(Cyber) Crime and Punishment - Worries about the Convention on Cybercrime
href="http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2100916,00.asp">My column in this month's CIO Insight describes a few of the big concerns I hav…
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Widgets aren’t welcome in TheirSpace
The NYT has the story about a popular blogger, Ms. Tequila, who was apparently contacted personally by MySpace’s founder, Tom Anderson, explaining to her why sh…
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The revolution will be televised...on YouTube
I am working in Europe this week with a large technology company, and of course everyone is talking about the filing of a $1 billion copyright infringement case…
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FCC May Allow Unlicensed use of 'White Space' Spectrum
Techdirt reports that the Federal Communications Commission may start to allow unlicensed uses in so- called "white space spectrum." WSS is the buffe…
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Court Rules on Copyright Preemption of Trade Dress Infringement and State Law Claims
Plaintiff Blue Nile, Inc. and Defendant Ice.com both own and operate online diamond and fine jewelry retail sales businesses. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant…