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Rowling v. RDR Books Trial Concludes Under Media Spotlight
The trial of J.K. Rowling's copyright claims against RDR Books concluded last Wednesday after three days of testimony. Full transcripts of each day's p…
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Bork, Blockbuster & Beacon
Ars Technica reports: "Texas native Cathryn Elaine Harris has filed a lawsuit against Blockbuster, alleging that the company is actively and knowingly vio…
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Trying to find common ground on Tibet
Shaila Dewan in the NYT: "Ms. Wang, who had friends on both sides, tried to get the two groups to talk, participants said. She began traversing what she ca…
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Stanford FCC Hearing Highlights
Highlights of Thursday’s FCC hearing at Stanford in no particular order: 1. Finding myself nodding in vigorous agreement with the testimony of the Christian C…
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Divided We Fall
Kristof in the Times today: "To understand your feelings about Wednesday night’s debate, consider the Dartmouth-Princeton football game in 1951. That bitte…
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Personal Genome Services
The MIT/Stanford VLAB hosted an interesting event this week on the impact of personal genome services on the healthcare industry. Privacy was discussed, but no…
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Lessig Editorial on Net Neutrality
Prof. Lessig has an editorial in today's SF Chronicle about the Net Neutrality debate. Come share your views at today's FCC hearing on Broadband Manage…
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EC Article 29 Working Party Releases Search Engine Report
The European Commission’s Article 29 Working Party has released its “Opinion on data protection issues related to search engines,” recommending a shorter retent…
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The Newspaper Association of America Misreads The FTC
Nestled in among the latest round of public comments solicited by the Federal Trade Commission on “behavioral advertising” was a little gem: a filing by the New…
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Paper Abstract: Ontology of Information
I’ve just put the abstract of a new paper on my SSRN page. Temporary title is: Ontology of Information and its Lessons for Intellectual Property. The full abstr…
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FCC Hearing Prep Meetings
Local community groups around Palo Alto and the Bay Area have organized a series of community meetings to connect before the FCC hearing, help folks learn more…
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Court holds Privacy Act "actual damages requirement" does not require pecuniary harm
I'm breaking blog silence to report on an amazing decision out of the DC Circuit holding that the federal Privacy Act's requirement that Plaintiffs show…