Tim Wu, professor at Columbia Law School, has an intriguing paper available entitled, “On Copyright’s Authorship Policy”: It has long been the stated aspiration of copyright to make authors the masters of their own destiny. Yet more often than not, … Continued
Monthly Archives: May 2007
Blog Redesign
in propria persona has been on temporary hiatus for a week or two while I finished finals and worked on my law review competition entry (due on Tuesday). Since this involved considerable mental energy, I’ve kept myself amused through a … Continued
My Top 10 Free Blogging Tools
1. ZoneEdit Without ZoneEdit, I wouldn’t have a custom domain… they provide the DNS hosting that changes ekris.org into a machine-preferred IP address. And it’s free. And reliable (if not pretty). 2. Google Apps Google Apps hosts my main page, … Continued
YouTube as a PR Outlet
The Flack posts an insightful look into the use of YouTube for PR battles in article entitled “The Beeb Battles Back“: One technique we used to counter the news program’s growing quest for drama entailed taping the taping. In exchange … Continued
Jurisdiction and the Internet: CivPro meets the Web
Brett Trout (of Blawg IT) writes in “Internet Jurisdiction: Win the Battle, Win the War“: Internet law opens up more jurisdictional possibilities than probably any other area of the law. Even if the other side may have a better potential … Continued
Meraki "Free the Network" San Francisco Project Grows
We’ve been busy meeting volunteers, installing Meraki Mini repeaters, and arranging for Meraki sponsored DSL lines to be installed to add bandwidth to the overall network. In the process, we’ve met many excited and motivated San Franciscans and we are … Continued
"NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions"
It’s no secret that some content owners don’t seem to understand how the DMCA works — that, or they simply don’t care when sending mass takedown notices. This seems to be the case with the recent saga of legal maneuvers between the … Continued
Reminder: Monday is Wiretap the Internet Day
Kevin Poulsen notes on Threat Level – Wired Blogs that May 14th is the official deadline for cable modem companies, DSL providers, broadband over powerline, satellite internet companies and some universities to finish wiring up their networks with FBI-friendly surveillance … Continued
Top 10 Steps to Make the U.S. House More Open
The Open House Project is working to open up the U.S. House to new technologies of Web-based access: We’re trying to find the least intrusive ways to open up the House, the low-hanging fruit where the internet and Congressional procedures … Continued
Simple, Elegent and Useful Ajax Code
Billed as a “showroom of nice looking simple downloadable dhtml and ajax code,” MiniAjax.com delivers exactly that. Recommended.
Top Macintosh Utilities
From Lifehacker comes a list of Top 10 Macintosh utilities: It’s not always the full-blown software applications that make the biggest difference on your computer; often it’s the small do-one-thing-well utilities that enhance our computing experience that much more. MagiCal … Continued
Followup on digg.com, AACS, and "laws for bloggers"
In an interesting article entitled “Digg This?: What Laws Must We Obey?” at “The Faculty Blog” from the University of Chicago, a law professor not intimately involved with the DMCA and Web 2.0 writes: As to law, as Digg‘s attorneys … Continued
Done with Criminal Law, on to Contracts and Immigration
As my Criminal Law exam is now over, I am now focusing on updating my Contracts materials on Notes from Law School. I’ll also be creating new materials regarding my Immigration class.
"Unconstitutional laws still on books cause confusion in NJ"
From AP/Newsday.com: Numerous state laws that have been struck down as unconstitutional are still on the books in New Jersey, a situation some experts say could be rectified if the laws were just removed. Others say it’s not that easy. … Continued
Laws for Bloggers
Laws apply to bloggers too. Resources that help make rights and responsibilities clear are always helpful, and this article is a useful compendium of twelve of the more important issues to bear in mind when blogging. While the Internet still … Continued
AACS
In an attempt to capture some of the current AACS (Advanced Access Content System, copy-restriction technology for new-format DVDs) controversy, here is some background information. The whole controversy started when someone managed to figure out what the 16-digit hexadecimal key … Continued