27 Sunday May 2012
Posted in Privacy, Social Media
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/20/12-5/26/12
The Failures of the Facebook Generation in the Arab Spring
IP-Address Can’t Even Identify a State, BitTorrent Judge Rules
Drones Take Flight For Civilian Use
7 Ways To Get Yourself Detained Indefinitely
UK ‘cookie law’ takes effect: What you need to know
“A patent is property carried to the highest degree of abstraction—a right in rem to exclude, without a physical object or content.” -Oliver Wendell Holmes
13 Sunday May 2012
Stories from the Week that Was – 5/6/12-5/12/12
A mid-week election saw Richard Mourdock topple long-standing Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Has anybody bothered to ask Mourdock or (Democrat rival) Joe Donnelly’s thoughts on legislation like CISPA and SNOPA? Not this week, when all the talk was about Zuckerberg’s hoodie and President Obama’s evolution on same-sex marriage.
Why the New gTLDs Don’t Matter
Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules
Property rights in the cloud: Your data or theirs?
Twitter Defends User In Court Over Occupy Tweets
Think That Email Isn’t a Contract? Think Again
Facebook bans Grooveshark over copyright complaint
How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?
Mars Rover Opportunity Rolling Again After Winter Break
New NDAA Would Give the Military Clandestine Cyberwar Powers
“All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg
08 Sunday Jan 2012
Posted in Copyright, Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Trademark
Stories from the Week that Was – 1/2/12-1/8/12
SOPA is THE issue in IP for early 2012. There is plenty of opposition to the bill from all sides but I’m left with so little confidence in Congress doing the right thing that I can’t forecast an optimistic outcome. I’m tempted to mail a copy of William Patry’s new book “How to Fix Copyright” to all of my congressmen. I’m about halfway through and it carries a vital message that hopefully gets to our elected officials before SOPA is passed and does permanent damage to the Internet.
Why Everyone Should Be Against SOPA
Why The Movie Industry Can’t Innovate and the Result is SOPA
National Defense Authorization Act Outrage Continues To Grow Online
Careful, That’s Not a Louis Vuitton
2011: The Year Intellectual Property Trumped Civil Liberties
Oregon Intellectual Property Blog 