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Google+JURIST – Paper Chase: Fair use of copyrighted material benefits US economy: report: The Computer and Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released a report Wednesday saying that fair use exceptions to US copyright laws create more than $4.5 trillion in revenue … Continued
Yearly Archives: 2008
Judge Orders RIAA to Pay Legal Fees to Falsely Accused Lawsuit Target — the Second Such Ruling
Threat Level from Wired.com – Judge Orders RIAA to Pay Legal Fees to Falsely Accused Lawsuit Target — the Second Such Ruling : A litigation target of the Recording Industry Association of America has been awarded attorney’s fees after the … Continued
Why the Interdisciplinary Movement in Legal Academia Might be a Bad Idea (For Most Law Schools)
Balkanization – Why the Interdisciplinary Movement in Legal Academia Might be a Bad Idea (For Most Law Schools): Interdisciplinary studies are currently the rage in legal academia. An increasing number of law schools are touting their interdisciplinary programs, which include … Continued
Who Protects Your Cloud Data?
Web Worker Daily – Who Protects Your Cloud Data?: Yet in a world of imperfect hardware and software, as well as regulatory and legal issues, choosing one company for storage is still ultimately a gamble. It may be unthinkable that … Continued
Three concepts of surveillance in the National Surveillance State
Balkinization – Three concepts of surveillance in the National Surveillance State: In this article with Sandy Levinson and on the pages of this blog I’ve [Professor Balkin] been arguing that the United States is gradually moving from a National Security … Continued
Opinion: 10GB of e-mail could cost you $1M
Computerworld Opinion – 10GB of e-mail could cost you $1M: The growing number of e-discovery requests associated with the recently updated Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) is forcing companies to look for ways to automate their e-discovery process (see … Continued
Whose bandwidth is being given away?
NetworkWorld.com Community – Whose bandwidth is being given away? : But it’s on the point of ISP terms of service that I believe Schneier’s case falls. First, he expresses no concern whatsoever about others stealing his bandwidth from his open … Continued
Steal This Wi-Fi
Wired Security Matters – Steal This Wi-Fi: Whenever I talk or write about my own security setup, the one thing that surprises people — and attracts the most criticism — is the fact that I run an open wireless network … Continued
FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills
Newsvine – FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills: Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau’s repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. Do you feel safe yet? This … Continued
Proof Positive that the Intelligence Oversight System is Hopelessly Compromised
Balkinization – Proof Positive that the Intelligence Oversight System is Hopelessly Compromised: Now that the Harman/Muller letters have been declassified, it is evident that there was no basis for classifying them in the first place. And yet they were classified, … Continued
Meraki proposes free Wi-Fi network for S.F.
Mountain View’s Meraki proposes free Wi-Fi network for S.F.: San Francisco’s plan to provide citywide wireless Internet access, which foundered last summer when EarthLink pulled out, is being revived by a Mountain View company that wants to turn the city … Continued
RIAA Behaving Badly; Let's Cut Their Copyright Privileges
RIAA Behaving Badly; Let’s Cut Their Copyright Privileges – Wolfe’s Den Blog – InformationWeek: Innocent consumers are being bothered by another round of the record industry behaving badly, via more lawsuits and anti-copying threats. This time, though, I’ve got a … Continued
The Open Contract
Steve Gillmor’s GestureLab – The Open Contract: Fred Wilson makes an excellent case for why users should be more aware of where their data is being harvested. He raises concerns about Google’s aggressive march toward what can be loosely described … Continued
Do the U.S. News Rankings Matter?
Law Blog – WSJ.com: Do the U.S. News Rankings Matter?: Cameron Stracher’s essays on the legal profession, which often appear in the WSJ, have been the subject of some of our more provocative posts. Today Stracher, a professor at New … Continued
Rothman on Custom in Intellectual Property
Legal Theory Blog: Rothman on Custom in Intellectual Property: The treatment of customary practices has been widely debated in many areas of the law, but there has been virtually no discussion of how custom is and should be treated in … Continued
Social Networks – Why You Should Care
Slaw: Social Networks – Why You Should Care: How can you leverage emerging knowledge about social networking? Here are some suggestions: Use social sites for screening applicants Use social sites for alumni (Hill and Knowlton and Siemens did this instead … Continued
