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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.
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.
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.
“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 National Football League (NFL) and Brooklyn Law School professor Wendy Seltzer. The two have been […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
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 gear, to comply with the FCC’s expanded interpretation of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
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 come together. Their report to Representative Pelosi identifies 10 steps to take to make the […]
May 2007 / 1 min.
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 undoubtedly told it yesterday, the leading decision addressing the legitimacy of linking to decryption tools […]
May 2007 / 2 min.
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.
May 2007 / 1 min.