The news this week has been dominated by discussions of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, that had congressional hearings this week. I really liked the following discussions of SOPA: Why I Oppose the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)/E-PARASITES Act Eric Goldman has a great summary of the bill and its problems. Well recommended [...]
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SOPA and other @Cyberlaw Links
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TWiL 136 and @cyberlaw Links
I was pleased to be asked back on This Week in Law, Episode 136. Denise Howell, Jay Monahan of Zynga.com, and Matt Macari of The Verge were the other panelists. It was a lot of fun! Thanks again, Denise, for having me back. Also, for those who may be interested, here is the link [...]
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Copyright Basics webinar and @cyberlaw Links
For those of you who are interested, I’ll be presenting as part of my firm’s IP Webinar series on October 5, 2011 at 12 CDT on Copyright Basics.Β It will be a lot of fun, and hopefully a good learning experience for all.Β Since it’s a webinar, be prepared to ask your general copyright questions [...]
Also posted in Copyright, Domain Names, Internet Governance, Privacy, Trademarks, Twitter 1 Comment
This Week’s @cyberlaw Links
As a new feature on the blog, I will try to regularly look at articles I tweeted the links for on Twitter (@cyberlaw), and discuss them briefly. Here are some I found interesting this week: HP Touchpadβs Fate Jonathan Ezorβs review of the HP Touchpad I linked to last week became more timely after HPβs [...]
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Securing Your Wireless Network
As Iβve discussed previously on the blog, there are many cases currently pending involving the filesharing of copyright-protected videos involving BitTorrent. Many of the potential defendants in these cases first receive notice of the lawsuit when they receive a letter from their ISP that their identity will be disclosed to the Plaintiff by a certain [...]
This Week in Law and Other Updates
I was a guest on the This Week in Law podcast #82 with hosts Denise Howell and Evan Brown, with the other guest being John Bergmayer of Public Knowledge. It was fun! The video and audio can be downloaded from http://twit.tv/twil82 Here are some other recent updates from Twitter: – For the first time ever, [...]
Twitterview by @22twts
On Thursday, September 23, 2010 I was pleased to be interviewed by Lance Godard of @22twts. 22twts interviews practicing lawyers over Twitter. The transcript of the interview can be found here. Thanks again, Lance, for the opportunity.
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Net Neutrality – Avoiding the “Mushy Middle”
Thanks to Techmeme, I saw Craig Aaron’s great article on Huffington Post entitled “Net Neutrality’s New Enemy: The Mythical Mushy Middle.” I recommend you read it, as it does a great job explaining what happens when corporate interests get involved – netizens and those who haven’t taken a side are caught in what he terms [...]
Also posted in Internet Governance 1 Comment
Much Ado About Nothing – Google & Verizon’s Network Neutrality Proposal
I’ve been closely following the Network Neutrality debate for years, and while I am pleased that Google and Verizon have brought the discussion to the forefront in recent days, there has been too much outrage in my humble opinion. Certain facts remain after careful analysis of the joint policy proposal. Fact 1 – it’s a [...]
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ABA Techshow 2010 – Roundup of Paperless Office Sessions
I’ll be presenting my thoughts on ABA Techshow 2010 to my CBA Law Practice Management and Technology committee on April 9, 2010 along with our other members who also attended Techshow, but I wanted to also post some of them here. I spent Day 1 in the “Paperless Practice” track, and most were really good [...]
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