I was referred to a nice article by Declan McCullagh outlining the implications of a new “Policy Document” released by the FCC late last Friday, Sept. 23rd. The FCC has come up with the following four pronged set of principles that will govern any new Internet policy it develops: Moreover, to ensure that broadband networks [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2005
Battle Lines being Drawn – Law Enforcement v. Internet Freedoms
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New Case: Google Print Snafu
The recent filing of a lawsuit over Google’s new planned Google Print program has raised the bar from an academic discussion of whether the program violates copyright into a full-fledged dispute. There has been some interesting and well-reasoned discussion about it. Fred Von Lohmann of the EFF analyzed it from a fair-use point of view. [...]
Case Summary: Davidson v. Internet Gateway
An interesting decision from the 8th Circuit, Davidson involves an appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the plaintiffs. Davidson does business as Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., creator of popular online cooperative games like Warcraft II. In order to play a game like Warcraft II online, Blizzard’s game connects to its Battle.net servers with a [...]
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