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Track Changes in Terms of Service
Image via Wikipedia The Electronic Frontier Foundation has introduced a useful new tool called TOSBack: Terms-Of-Service and other website policies form the foundation of your relationship with social networking sites, online businesses, and other Internet communities. But most people become aware of these terms only when there’s a problem. TOSBack was created to help you […]
June 2009 / 1 min.
“Everything is free” is not a business model
Image via CrunchBase Mike Masnick responds to the complaint of some people that providing “free” information, tools, and so on (open source, for example) is not a sustainable business model going forward because “everything is free” cannot work: No one is suggesting any business model where “everything is free.” Everyone’s been focusing on ways to […]
June 2009 / 2 min.
In re Bilski Revisited: Business-Method Patents to Go Before the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear In re Bilski, a case that may well invalidate business-method patents.
June 2009 / 2 min.
Journalism and Ethical Blogging
Bloggers who maintain high standards of ethics have the potential to contribute for the benefit of us all. How can one translate the traditional code of journalist ethics into blogging terms? Cyber Journalist has a proposal that makes sense, and I recommend you read and consider it.
June 2009 / 3 min.
Does Copyright Foster or Hinder Innovation?
May 2009 / 0 min.
Saving Newspapers by Changing the Law
Image by Getty Images via Daylife In an article entitled, Lawyers: To Save Newspapers, Let’s Destroy Pretty Much Everything Else Good, the always-interesting Techdirt reacts to a recent Washington Post opinion piece about “saving” newspapers, and argues, “It’s time to stop having Congress keep passing laws that stop innovation in hopes that legacy industries magically […]
May 2009 / 4 min.
Random House Disabling Kindle Speech
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Random House now disabling text-to-speech function of Kindle e-books: Random House has thrown the dreaded “kill switch” on about 40 of its titles, including authors such as Toni Morrison. Cory Doctorow adds some background: Back in February, the Authors Guild, a lobby group representing less than 10,000 writers, argued […]
May 2009 / 3 min.
Are Westlaw and LexisNexis simply selling “free” information?
Image by mattlary via Flickr Minneapolis News - Westlaw rises to legal publishing fame by selling free information: West makes its money by selling free, public information - specifically, court documents - to lawyers. On this simple model, the company raked in $3.5 billion in revenue last year, placing it on a par, sales-wise, with […]
May 2009 / 3 min.
The Failure of Public WiFi
Image by Getty Images via Daylife SSRN-The Failure of Public WiFi by Eric Fraser: This short piece describes the failure of the widespread plans to provide public wireless internet access. It identifies three interrelated types of causes for the near-universal failure of these ambitious plans: regulatory, technical, and economic. As the article points out, WiFi […]
May 2009 / 3 min.
Six Small Marketing Steps
Right now, as you read this, someone out there needs the service you provide. - Aviva Cuyler, Small Marketing Steps with Big Impact from GPSolo Magazine I recommend you read through this whole article, which has a good deal of useful details and suggestions, along with “action items” for each topic. The focus is on […]
May 2009 / 2 min.