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Twitter recently changed their Terms of Service (i.e. TOS). They (somewhat) address the changes in a blog post, that generally outline each change, most notable their new found ability to advertise and their redefinition of ownership: Ownership—Twitter is allowed to … Continue reading
Attorney General Hedley Lamarr, a character from Mel Brooks’ Blazing Saddles, discovers a way to re-route railroad tracks through the town of Rock Ridge: Hedley Lamarr: Wait a minute… there might be legal precedent. Of course! Land-snatching! [grabs a law … Continue reading
According to Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corp: We intend to charge for our news websites. The Wall Street Journal‘s WSJ.com is the world’s most successful paid news site and we will be using our profitable experience there … Continue reading
According to PaidContent.org, Robert Iger (CEO of Walt Disney Co.) recently stated: Our product is extremely valuable … and if we are offering it on another platform or in another location for the consumer to access it, I believe that’s … Continue reading
According to Apple, jailbreaking your iPhone violates Apple’s license agreement, constitutes copyright infringement – and – is a threat to national security. Meet the new weapon of mass destruction: the hacked iPhone. Just like Saddam Hussein’s WMDs, the iPhone of … Continue reading
According to Bloomberg.com, Barry Diller (Chairman and CEO of IAC/InterActiveCorp) has joined a growing list of corporate executives trying to convince the public that they should pay for the online content that has largely been produced by the public — … Continue reading
On 07.17.09 Amazon got a bit Orwellian by remotely deleting copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal Farm from people’s Kindles — copies that were legitimately purchased from Amazon (the original purchase was credited to people’s accounts). The Kindle is … Continue reading
Loose nukes code is fast becoming an object of national security. Like their industrial cold war predecessors, code has been framed as the informational equivalent of a loose nuke — potentially capable of obliterating markets and governments if obtained by … Continue reading
ars technica has an interesting summary/critique of a working paper, titled “File-Sharing and Copyright” by Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Koleman Strumpf. Since the genesis and intent of most copyright law is to stimulate creativity — not to protect authors and publishers … Continue reading
According to Wired’s Threat Level blog: Sweden’s Pirate Party won a seat in the European Union Parliament, swept in Sunday amid outrage over a new copyright law and the convictions of the four founders of The Pirate Bay. The party, … Continue reading
from The Common Law by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr: The life of the law has not been logic: it has been experience. The felt necessities of the time, the prevalent moral and political theories, intuitions of public policy, avowed or … Continue reading
Cindi Katz and I just published an article in a special issue of Children, Youth and Environments that focuses on Children and Technological Environments. CYE is an open access journal so you can read our article for free through their … Continue reading
While browsing washingpost.com I came across this gem: “Google Calls for International Standards on Internet Privacy.” The article discusses Peter Fleischer’s (Google’s global privacy counsel) recent call for the development of international privacy standards. The article does a fairly good … Continue reading