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Does NAI’s Opt Out Tool Stop Consumer Tracking?
I heard a rumor that I hope isn’t true. Specifically, I heard that opting out of behavioral profiling may not stop advertising companies from tracking you as y…
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Volunteer Customer Service
By Steve Lohr in the NYT this weekend: "HERE’S the job description: You spend a few hours a day, up to 20 a week, at your computer, supplying answers onli…
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Follow the events on Twitter at Play Machinima Law!
Follow the events at today's conference, Play Machinima Law on Twitter using hashtag #PML. http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23pml Agenda: http://cyber…
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Print Journalism and the Embrace of Martyrdom
You know an industry is struggling when its establishment players start accusing everyone of stealing. It’s a familiar tale. Technology forces an industry to…
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Friends & Health
A close friend of mine is facing some serious health problems that has brought our group of friends together. One friend in that group passed along this NYT art…
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Friends and Health
From the NYT, via my friend Conor: "Last year, researchers studied 34 students at the University of Virginia, taking them to the base of a steep hill and f…
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The Chemistry of Love
Paulette Kouffman Sherman, via my friend Larry: "Some researchers found that whether you are attracted to or repulsed by a man’s body odor may depend upon…
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Pam Samuelson on Google Books
Pam Samuelson offers some interesting reflections on the Google book search agreement. Her warnings are worth listening to. Prof. Samuelson is quite critical ab…
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The Dynamic Balance Between Free Speech and Privacy Interests
There have been a host of apocalyptic warnings in the blogosphere about the First Circuit’s recent decision holding that truth is not an absolute defense to a d…
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YouTube Symphony Orchestra Debuts at Carnegie Hall
Michael Tilson Thomas' YouTube Orchestra -- composed entirely of musicians from around the world who auditioned via YouTube video -- rocked last night at C…
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AP Issues Statement About Fairey's Answer, Misses Point Entirely
In the answer to The AP's counterclaims we filed yesterday, we included a dozen examples of AP photographs The AP sells, which consist almost entirely of th…
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Fairey Answers The AP's Counterclaims
We filed our answer to The AP's counterclaims yesterday, and it's attached below. The interesting part is at the end, where we illustrate the double st…