24 Tuesday Jan 2012
Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Social Media
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22 Sunday Jan 2012
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Stories from the Week that Was – 1/15/12-1/21/12
The internet stood up and crushed SOPA/PIPA this week (at least temporarily). It was a pretty amazing day as Wikipedia went dark and citizens across the land let their voices be heard. It’s not over yet and there’s news that a new bill, ACTA, is even worse than SOPA. Stay tuned.
Anonymous Attacks Justice Dept as FBI Shuts Down File-Sharing Site
Super Bowl XLVI Gets a Social Media Command Center
The Week That Killed SOPA: A Timeline
“I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It’s a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.” – John Perry Barlow
02 Monday Jan 2012
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/26/11-1/1/12
2011 was quite a year. We witnessed intellectual property trump civil liberties time and time again. I’ll continue to archive the most important stories from each week, although I’m no longer certain it’s best for my mental health. Onward and upward (hopefully).
Copyrights Are No Longer About Copies (Part 1): William Patry
Creativity Springs From Careful Copying (Part 2): William Patry
Artists: Can You Be Sued for Including a Real Person in Your Painting?
SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers
Company sues former employee over right to Twitter followers
Scottie Pippie Files Suit Claiming Websites Falsely Labeled Him as Bankrupt; Is Blog Tag Defamatory?
Google+ Censoring Borderline Offensive Profile Images; Author Images in Search Results To Blame?
26 Monday Dec 2011
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/18-12/25/11
Dear Internet: It’s No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
In the eyes of the law, are we all public figures on Facebook?
“The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.” – Eric Allman
04 Sunday Dec 2011
Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Privacy, Social Media
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
“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
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
27 Sunday Nov 2011
Posted in Copyright, Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Social Media
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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
20 Sunday Nov 2011
Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Litigation, Privacy, Social Media
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
13 Sunday Nov 2011
Posted in Intellectual Property, Litigation, Privacy, Social Media
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
06 Sunday Nov 2011
Posted in Copyright, Intellectual Property, Litigation, Privacy, Social Media, Trademark
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