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Is Facebook Your “Permanent Record?”
ReadWriteWeb - Is Facebook Your “Permanent Record?”: The internet is not like a diary, although many people use online journals, blogs, and social networking sites to share their innermost thoughts, feelings, and secrets with the world. With a hardbound diary, you only had to be afraid of your little brother finding it under your mattress; […]
February 2008 / 2 min.
Should we fight the proprietary open source power?
Open Source | ZDNet.com - Should we fight the proprietary open source power?: Mr. Buzzword for February appears to be proprietary open source. This is an open source project which is owned or controlled by one company. Even though it may have a GPL license, you have no more power over it than a single […]
February 2008 / 1 min.
Law lords to rule whether decision to invade Iraq warrants inquiry
Guardian - Law lords to rule whether decision to invade Iraq warrants inquiry: Questions about the legality of Tony Blair’s decision to join the US in invading Iraq will come under the spotlight before a rarely convened panel of nine law lords in Britain’s highest court next week. Rose Gentle and Beverley Clarke, the mothers […]
February 2008 / 1 min.
Inmate Requests Test Public Records Law
The Associated Press - Inmate Requests Test Public Records Law: An arsonist imprisoned for firebombing the cars of two lawyers is using his remaining 19 years behind bars to dig up information on the judges, lawyers and corrections officers who helped put him there. But Allan Parmelee’s hundreds of requests under the state’s Public Records […]
February 2008 / 1 min.
Ruling gives boost to millions of carers
Times Online - Ruling gives boost to millions of carers: Millions of people juggling a career with caring for a disabled family member are likely to receive greater protection in the workplace after a British secretary won the latest round in a long-running legal battle. An adviser to Europe’s highest court said today that Sharon […]
January 2008 / 1 min.
Lotto rape case victory opens gates for compensation
From Time Online (UK) - Lotto rape case victory opens gates for compensation: One womanaEUR™s quest for justice against the so-called Lotto rapist ended in victory this morning with a court ruling that paves the way for thousands of sex abuse victims to sue their attackers for compensation. In a landmark ruling, five law lords […]
January 2008 / 1 min.
UK High Court Allows Software Patents
Techdirt - UK High Court Follows Bad US Decision To Allow Software Patents: It looks like the UK is about to make the same dangerous mistake that US courts made a while back. A decision there has now stated that the Patent Office shouldn’t automatically reject patent apps on software. Although I am in general […]
January 2008 / 1 min.
Copyright Law and Cease-and-Desist Letters
The Volokh Conspiracy has a follow-up to the story about copyrighting cease & desist letters: The court … in this case … did not decide that posting a cease-and-desist letter is copyright infringement (which would have required considering the fair use defense). Rather, the court was only asked to decide whether the plaintiff could use a subpoena (under […]
January 2008 / 1 min.
Court Says You Can Copyright A Cease-And-Desist Letter
Techdirt: Court Says You Can Copyright A Cease-And-Desist Letter: Back in October, we wrote about a law firm that was claiming a copyright on the cease-and-desist letters it sent out, and insisting that it was a violation to repost them. It’s long been believed that cease-and-desist letters that have no new creative expression and are […]
January 2008 / 2 min.
Bush Order Expands Network Monitoring
WaPo - Bush Order Expands Network Monitoring: President Bush signed a directive this month that expands the intelligence community’s role in monitoring Internet traffic to protect against a rising number of attacks on federal agencies’ computer systems. Somehow, I am not reassured by this news.
January 2008 / 1 min.