2 month ago
Linkorama : 'Public' online spaces don't carry speech, rights - The governmental role that companies play online is taking on greater importance as their services — from online hangouts to virtual repositories of photos and video — become more central to public discourse around the world. It's a fallout of the Int
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2 month ago
wearehugh : Wendy’s Blog: Legal Tags » Scrabbling for Legal Rationalism: No Copyright for Games
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3 month ago
wearehugh : Google Public Policy Blog: Dialogue with Sen. Lieberman on terrorism videos - lawyers have their own special way of saying "fuck you"
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4 month ago
Linkorama : If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo - Nice to have lawyers to blog these things for you. Quite interesting analysis.
Andy Baio : Marc Andreessen's guide to the Microsoft-Yahoo hostile takeover - the best explanation I've seen [via]
gleuschk : blog.pmarca.com: If Microsoft goes fully hostile on Yahoo - very clear explanation
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Linkorama : Careful What You Tweet on Twitter - A subpoena in the TXTmob case could mean IMs, mobile text messages and even Twitter messages can be used in court.
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6 month ago
Linkorama : Swiss bank in Wikileaks case abruptly abandons lawsuit - A Swiss bank that successfully sued to yank the Wikileaks.org domain name, and then faced a severe setback in a subsequent court ruling, has given up for now.
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Linkorama : California Court Wipes Wikileaks.org Out of Existence - One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Wikileaks has upset the Chinese government enough that they are attempting to censor it, as is the Thai military junta. Wikileaks is now under attack from a censorship effort by
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7 month ago
Jeremy Zawodny : Yahoo! and the future of the Internet - Yahoo! and the future of the Internet: uh... google coming to our defense? not quite.
nelson : Google fights back - David Drummond raises anti-trust issues with IM and email
Linkorama : Yahoo! and the future of the Internet - Could a combination of the two take advantage of a PC software monopoly to unfairly limit the ability of consumers to freely access competitors' email, IM, and web-based services?
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8 month ago
Linkorama : 36 Startup Tips - From Software Engineering to PR and More!
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9 month ago
Linkorama : Resolution:License update - Wikimedia Foundation - Whereas the Board seeks to respond responsibly to longstanding community concerns about issues of compatibility between the GNU Free Documentation License and the Creative Commons CC-BY-SA license, as well as to continue longstanding traditions of strong
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11 month ago
Matthew M. Boedicker : rsync.net warrant canary - (via programming.reddit) [via]
Rod Begbie : rsync.net Warrant Canary - Interesting solution to the problem: how can you tell people you've been served with a warrant that you're not to tell people about? [via] #
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12 month ago
nelson : SCO bankrupt - Just rewards for a company taken over by stupid lawyers
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12 month ago
wearehugh : Frank Hecker, Mozilla : Public draft of Mozilla Corporate Contributor License Agreement - lawyers suck, but this is a Very Good Thing
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12 month ago
plasticbag : Absurd news story of the day: A man gets arrested for using someone else's unsecured wifi network without their explicit permission. WTF!? - This is insane. Absolutely insane. "This arrest should act as a warning to anyone who thinks it is acceptable to illegally use other people's broadband connections." Ridiculous.
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13 month ago
nelson : Second Life lawsuit - A test of ownership of virtual property
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14 month ago
Richard Rutter : Copyright Explained - Lots and lots of info on copyright, particularly on the web.
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15 month ago
jimray : Dan Savage explains exactly why the whole eHarmony suit is so idiotic - "There’s room on God’s green Internet for gay personals websites and straight personals websites" Right on.
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15 month ago
jimray : eHarmony sued for excluding gays - This is lame. There are plenty of alternatives to eHarmony. Do gay people (or anyone) really want to meet people at a dating site run by a guy connected to James Dobson? And what about dating sites that cater to gays and lesbians? Can I sue them?
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16 month ago
Khoi Vinh : NYT: President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping - David Johnston’s gripping account of the dispute and palace intrigue between the White House and Justice Department over the National Security Agency’s domestic eavesdropping program.
jimray : President Intervened in Dispute Over Eavesdropping - Really spectacular NY Times account of the lengths the Bush administration went to in order to get the wiretap program reauthorized, including a race to Ashcroft's hospital bed.
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16 month ago
Isofarro : Outrageous - Mark's story about how he was effectively pressurised against his will into applying for a patent. Mark's unsettled me because its one of my fears of working for a US company with a known patent portfolio, particularly when I've created an idea that could
nelson : Patent shame - Mark shares his feelings about being caught up in the stupid US patent system
Andy Baio : Mark Pilgrim on the US patent system - "an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable"
deusx : Outrageous [dive into mark] - "It’s an institutionalized form of madness, outrageous, all-consuming, and incurable. I’m ashamed to have been a part of it."
kaninka.net : Outrageous [dive into mark]
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16 month ago
jimray : Gonzales wants to criminalize attempted copyright infringement - Fuck a duck, this is ridiculous. Do these asshats not have any sense of irony? This is the definition of fascism based on corporate/government collusion.
deusx : Tech news blog - Gonzales proposes new crime: 'Attempted' copyright infringement | CNET News.com - "Require Homeland Security to alert the Recording Industry Association of America"
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16 month ago
jimray : Cant talk now, drving, txt me l8r, k? - Washington state outlaws "driving while texting" - but how will I twitter on the road?
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16 month ago
jimray : Harlan Ellison is suing Fantagraphics? - Old news but this is the first I've seen of it. Bizarre.
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16 month ago
Linkorama : Legal Wikis Are Bound to Wow You - Here are some of the innovative and intriguing ways legal professionals are using wikis.
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16 month ago
jimray : White House may veto hate crimes bill - Ah, so this is the bill that Boehner was twittering about - because killing someone based on their sexual orientation (or race or religion or sex) is akin to "thought crime." What a putz.
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