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“Webs of Significance,” Clifford Geertz
An individual is bound up in a series of symbolic or mythic representations – “man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun” (Clifford Geertz, Interpretation of Cultures) – which serve to generate and maintain meaning. Together, these symbols and myths provide the structure for our world-views. They constitute a cohesive […]
June 2007 / 2 min.
Is it OK to Share my WiFi? (Comcast)
Note: this post is from 2007. The terms of service and so on of Comcast have changed, though the general analysis is still reasonable. So, with the growth of FON and Whisher, not to mention more informal sharing between neighbors, the question arises: is this legally acceptable from the perspective of the broadband subscriber? (Note: […]
June 2007 / 5 min.
Two Approaches to Community WiFi Sharing
Two different, broad-based approaches to community-based WiFi sharing: Whisher You don’t need to leave your WiFi open in order to share it with others. Simply enable encryption on your access point or router (WEP/WPA) and Whisher will do the rest. From this time onwards only you and other Whisher members will have access to the […]
June 2007 / 2 min.
FISA/CALEA and “Lawful Intercept” Technologies
As I noted earlier, May 14th was the official deadline for CALEA compliance for a number of industries. How, you may be wondering, does one implement such a thing? These solutions are typically divided into three key functions: access, mediation and collection. The access function comprises existing network elements that are provisioned to provide call […]
June 2007 / 2 min.
Tim Wu, “On Copyright’s Authorship Policy”
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, the real subject of American copyright is distributorsaEUR”book publishers, record labels, broadcasters, and othersaEUR”who control […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
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 blog redesign. (Notes from Law School will be keeping the old design for the time […]
May 2007 / 2 min.
My Top 10 Free Blogging Tools
- 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, some static graphics, and some of my longer documents. It also provides all of my […]
May 2007 / 3 min.
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 for access to our newsmaker client, we demanded (and were granted) the right to film […]
May 2007 / 2 min.
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 position on the issue of jurisdiction, I have had defendants unintentionally and irreparably destroy that […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
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 really overwhelmed by the support we continue to receive… . Each day we […]
May 2007 / 1 min.