Suzanne Choney
High-speed Internet now a right … in Finland – Technology & science – Tech and gadgets – msnbc.com. Does anyone have a link to the actual legal text?
July 1, 2010
High-speed Internet now a right … in Finland – Technology & science – Tech and gadgets – msnbc.com
May 31, 2010
Cory Doctorow Interviewed!
Talking copyright, For the Win and iPads with ABC News – Boing Boing. The incomparable Cory Doctorow talks iPads, copyright law and walks the walk with his new book For the Win. The interview is quick and interesting.
February 20, 2010
In Tiny Courts of N.Y., Abuses of Law and Power – New York Times
In Tiny Courts of N.Y., Abuses of Law and Power – New York Times. These judges can apparently imprison defendants for up to two years!
March 23, 2009
Word Press in Missoula Courtroom for Grace Trial
The law school and the journalism school are helping report on the U.S. Attorney’s prosecution of W.R. Grace and five officials for criminal offenses.
I understand but have not personally confirmed that U.S. District Judge Molloy gave permission (rare) for reporters inside the courtroom to keep their cell phones and/or laptops turned on so twittering may occur.
Here’s one news story among many describing the revolutionary coverage of this federal trial:
http://www.newwest.net/city/article/um_journalists_cover_wr_grace_trial_in_real_time/C8/L8/
Here’s a link to the blog itself:
http://blog.umt.edu/gracecase/
Still no Creative Commons license for the content, but change comes slow. This is still an amazing use of Word Press.
January 31, 2009
Law of the Commons CLE – March 13, Seattle University School of Law
Steven Reisler of Penguin in my Briefs fame, advises that the Seattle Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild is offering a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar on March 13, 2009 on The Law of the Commons. It looks like property law will be examined and discussed with reference to concepts in intellectual property and free and open source software. At least I hope that’s what its about. Looks fun. 8:30 am through 8:00 pm.
Link.
September 5, 2008
Comcast Broadband Users Not Protected Under Cable Privacy Provisions
Reported by Donna Higgins of Andrews Publications on Findlaw Legal Technology Ctr.
A 6th Circuit Panel affirmed the U.S. District Court for the Eastern Michigan District for dismissing a suit by Comcast broadband users for alleged privacy violations.
The 6th Circuit panel relied on a prior U.S. Supreme Court holding that broadband is an “information service” rather than a “telecommunications service” — even if the data travels over the same wire as cable television.
The information collected by Comcast from users included ip addresses, websites visited, email messages, files downloaded. The information could be cross-referenced with other customer records maintained by Comcast to link particular customer accounts to particular ip addresses.
The events which gave rise to the original complaint occurred between December, 2001 and February, 2002.
Read the full story.