On Monday, a Verizon executive named John Thorne spoke before a conference celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Telecommunications Act of 1996. His message? That Google is freeloading on the companies that built the Internet backbone, companies like Verizon that own the fiber, without paying their fair share. For a deeper summary of what he…
Author: Kevin A. Thompson
Shakespeare’s the theme for Blawg Review #43
Diane Levin is hosting Blawg Review #43 this week at her blog, the Online Guide to Mediation. Great job! The theme for this week is Shakespeare. My post on the Hub v. Clancy trade secrets case was included, which was nice. I also liked that she included Jim Calloway’s Law Practice Tips post on metadata,…
Trade Secrets: Hub Group, Inc. v. Clancy – Plaintiff unable to obtain preliminary injunction
The recent case of Hub Group, Inc. v. Clancy, decided by Judge Stengel of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on January 25, 2006, provides an interesting look at a trade secrets case (they’re relatively rare when compared to other forms of intellectual property) and it also provides a review of the standards needed in order…
First Google censors China, now Wikipedia censors Congress
Google’s recent announcement that it will comply with China’s demand for Google’s search results to be censored for users within China was only the beginning. Now, Wikipdedia is blocking edits to its pages from the entire range of IP addresses that belong to the U.S. Congress. Wikipedia editing has been in the news lately, ever…
Blawg Review #42
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Blawgosphere Welcome to Blawg Review #42, the answer to life, the universe and everything! In his memory, the theme for Blawg Review #42 revolves around the most famous work of the sorely missed Douglas Adams. [1952-2001]. About Douglas Douglas Adams loved computers. He once said that they completely changed the…
A sad day in the neighborhood
Joel on Software, written by Joel Spolsky, is a great resource for software developers. He’s in my aggregator because you don’t have to be one to get something good from Joel’s writing. Ryan Park reports on the posting there in an off-topic discussion board of a suicide note, along with one on the personal blog,…
Blawg Review #41 is up!
Jonathan B. Wilson is the host of Blawg Review #41, please be sure to check it out here. FYI, I’m hosting next week’s Review, so if you’re a legal blogger please be sure to submit your post (written during this week) for consideration. The deadline is Saturday at 11:59PM PST. For submission guidelines, see here….
Reviewing the FBI Computer Crime Survey 2005
The FBI’s Computer Crime Survey 2005 has been released. Thanks to BeSpacific for the link. At the time of this writing the survey itself is not accessible, but the summary of the findings can be found from the above link. In relevant part, the important findings are as follows: Frequency of attacks. Nearly nine out…
Top Ten Sources and RSS®
The concern over the copyright a website/blog owner has in the RSS feed she publishes isn’t new, but the debate lately has focused on one particular RSS aggregator, called Top Ten Sources. Top Ten Sources is an editor-selected list of ten feeds on a particular topic. When the editor revises the list, he sends an…
Truly Anonymous Web Surfing: Realized on a CD?
In Wired News, Quinn Norton has an interesting article on an open source CD that contains a self-contained operating system. The purpose is to never actually use the hard drive of the machine while still allowing internet access, thereby leaving no fingerprints that the machine was used. The CD runs OpenBSD, but it disguises the…