Newspaper CEO Finally Agrees Copyright Trolling Was a Dumb Idea

About a year ago MediaNews Group, publisher of 40 newspapers, signed a deal with Righthaven, a law firm. The deal allowed Righthaven to file copyright infringement lawsuits on MediaNews Group’s behalf in exchange for 50% of any settlement/verdict. Now, MediaNews … Continue reading →

Bloomberg: U.S. Files Antitrust Complaint to Block AT&T / T-Mobile Merger

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Bloomberg: U.S. Files Antitrust Complaint to Block AT&T / T-Mobile Merger

“The U.S. government sued to block AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA Inc., saying the deal would “substantially lessen competition” in the wireless market … the U.S. is seeking a declaration that Dallas-based AT&T’s takeover of T-Mobile, a unit of Deutsche Telekom AG, would violate U.S. antitrust law.”

TPM: Kerry And McCain Introduce Bill To Protect Privacy Online

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TPM: Kerry And McCain Introduce Bill To Protect Privacy Online > From the article: "The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 would create a framework for how companies can collect, store and distribute personal information, and would require companies to employ security measures to protect that information."

Deleware Online: Judge says cops can’t track with GPS

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Deleware Online: Judge says cops can’t track with GPS > From the Judge's Ruling: "The advance of technology will continue ad infinitum ... An Orwellian state is now technologically feasible. Without adequate judicial preservation of privacy, there is nothing to protect our citizens from being tracked 24/7."

Wired: Body Scanners Might Violate U.K. Child Protection Laws

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Wired: Body Scanners Might Violate U.K. Child Protection Laws > Meet the new pornographers . . .

AP: NYPD Must Show GOP Convention Surveillance

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AP: NYPD Must Show GOP Convention Surveillance > From the article: "A federal judge has ruled the New York Police Department must release 2,000 pages of documents related to its surveillance of protesters before the 2004 Republican National Convention."

NYT Op-Ed: Lost in the Cloud

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NYT Op-Ed: Lost in the Cloud > Key quote from Zittrain: "If the market settles into a handful of GATED CLOUD COMMUNITIES whose proprietors control the availability of new code, the time may come to ensure that their platforms do not discriminate" (emphasis added).

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experience is the life of the law

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 →