Category Archives: Privacy

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11

04 Sunday Dec 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11

USPTO releases 2011 Performance and Accountability Report

Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything

US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook

Governor Brownback apologizes to Emma Sullivan over Twitter tiff

The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit

Teen Tweeter Won’t Apologize To Kansas Governor

US Senate To Vote On Bill That Will Allow The Military To Arrest Americans On American Soil And Hold Them Indefinitely

“As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture.” -Lawrence Lessig

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/20-11/26/11

27 Sunday Nov 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/20-11/26/11

Fighting The Pseudonym Cyberwar

The Facebook Parents’ Dilemma: COPPA and my daughter turn 13

Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More

Copyright and the First Amendment: The Unexplored, Unbroken Historical Practice

Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown

Rogues Falsely Claim Copyright on YouTube Videos to Hijack Ad Dollars

“I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.” John F. Kennedy

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/13-11/19/11

20 Sunday Nov 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/13-11/19/11

Press Russia on intellectual property: US lawmakers

Criminal Case Glut Impedes Civil Suits

Picking Brand Names in China Is a Business Itself

The Entrepreneurial Generation

The NLRB’s Obsession with Social Media Continues

Viacom so devastated by piracy that CEO gets $50 million raise

Woman decapitated after anti-crime blog, police say

Attorneys seek to auction Righthaven copyrights

Artists Sue CBS, CNET, for Promoting and Profiting from Piracy

SOPA and Protect IP: What Legal Nightmares Are Made of

Number of 90-plus people likely to quadruple by 2050

Are Digital Resale Markets Legal? Should They Be?

“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.” -R. Buckminster Fuller

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/6-11/12/11

13 Sunday Nov 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 11/6-11/12/11

Don’t Believe Facebook, Spotify’s The Only Open Graph Music App Winning

Two-thirds support social networking blackout in future riots

Facebook nears settlement with FTC on privacy

Social Media Impact by Nonprofit Issues [Infographic]

Six-year project to tweet the Second World War

“If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.” – Frank Lloyd Wright

Stories from the Week that Was – 10/30-11/5/11

06 Sunday Nov 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 10/30-11/5/11

Protecting Your Online Reputation: 4 Things You Need to Know

Major Book Publisher Files Mass-BitTorrent Lawsuit

Occupy Wall Street applies for trademark

Just how big is 7 billion?

People Who Use Macs At Work Are Richer And More Productive


– WIPO IP Facts and Figures 2011

Stories from the Week that Was – 10/23-10/29/11

30 Sunday Oct 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 10/23-10/29/11

How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates

Startup Funding by the Numbers [INFOGRAPHIC]

Piracy and Copyright Challenges in 1841 Mirror Those of Today

The Future Of Music Business Models (And Those Who Are Already There)

Tips for Defending Allegations of Domain Name and Trademark Cybersquatting

Long Island Couple files Trademark Application for Occupy Wall St.

US government requests for Google user data grow 29%

Law School Admissions Officers Are Googling Applicants and Checking Them Out on Facebook

“OH WOW. OH WOW. OH WOW.” – Steve Jobs final words, via A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs

Stories from the Week that Was – 10/16-10/22/11

23 Sunday Oct 2011

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Stories from the Week that Was – 10/16-10/22/11

McDonald’s sues China trademark body over logo dispute

Chinese man pleads guilty for U.S. trade secret theft

Obama announces full withdrawal from Iraq

NATO Commander Announces End to Libyan War Over Facebook

How Recruiters Use Social Networks to Screen Candidates

“The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors’ works have survived even in part.” Richard Stallman