image by todd huffman via flickrone of the hazards of blogging is the process of people threatening you over something you write. while i will not go into details on the case in the event it does turn into a lawsuit what is interesting is that if the person had contacted me directly i would have worked with them.
bloggers are not always right there are times we get stuff wrong much like t...... [Show More]
what if i were to tell you that there was a secret code on all of these printed documents
enter the world of printer tracking dots
written instructions on how to see the dots
yellow dots of mystery is your printer spying on you
see also
docucolor tracking dot decoding guide
list of printers which do or do not display tracking dots...... [Show More]
dcma not catching these guys.
the dcma turned ten last month and if it werent for the wisp of prairie wind whipping past my ears im sure i could hear movie and record executives celebrating all the way from beverly hills.
signed into law on october 28 1998 by us president bill clinton dont forget democrats can be evil too the dcma has been notoriously emp...... [Show More]
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in 1990 neil postman gave a talk at a meeting of the german informatics society called informing ourselves to death .
the speech has been held up as an important counterpoint to the general technological geewhizzardry of publications like wired. i bring it up now because 18 years after the speech was given we have some hindsight.
its worth remembering wh...... [Show More]
originally posted on daily kos.
the aclu and electronic frontier foundation have received several batches of justice department documents in response to our freedom of information act foia request and subsequent lawsuit for records relating to the governments use of cell phones as tracking devices. what they tell us is that the government doesn821...... [Show More]
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recently ive had a few conversations with my old friend james at conscious revolution now about the value of using a blog as a business tool specifically with wordpress and a decent theme.
while our blogs are not intended be such at least mine isnt there is so much value that a business could gain by using the blog platform to communicate and en...... [Show More]
...nterested in public servant and departmental blogging
general guide for public bloggers based largely on us laws since little is written here in canada
eff legal guide for bloggers
httpw2. eff.orgbl oggerslg
on what we can reproduce and who owns what is written
intellectual property
httpw2. eff.orgbl oggerslg faqip.php
us guide but very useful on blogging at work mainly ... [Show More]
of talleyrand and jamie gorelick
again the garbage rises to float atop the harbor
people manage to survive in washington dc while adding nothing
to the commonweal and sometimes doing substantial damage. they
have the dirt on their rivals they know whos butt to kiss or they
just have a canny instinct that enables them to artfully duck at
the right moment. im not sure whic...... [Show More]
now that google ceo eric schmidt has said hes not interested speculation over the nations chief technology officer job is becoming a nerdy guessing game.
presidentelect obama pretty techie himself with his flickr page blackberry addiction and as the nyts david carr noted yesterday socialnetworking savviness has said hell create the position and ...... [Show More]
the electronic frontier foundation did you remember to join has blogged about the wipo broadcasting treaty that wont seem to stay dead. great backgrounder and eval by nate anderson at ars technica .
the new treaty would mean that to record or reuse a broadcast of a tv show you would have to get rights not only from the company that created the show but al...... [Show More]
in may of 2005 the blog herald reported on the case of travel golf media a blog and review site that covers golf courses across the country. the company behind the site site two of its bloggers and its owner robert lewis were being sued by a las vegas golf course owner billy watson for defamation after the site had posted a series of negative reviews.
though disputes over negative reviews...... [Show More]
whoa. as a political moveeven from obamas point of viewthis is monumentally stupidhope and change jamie gorelick being considered for attorney general.
i think shed be a great choice. i mean any friend of angelos is a friend of mine and really what could go wrong
update id almost forgotten the clipper chip fiasco. t...... [Show More]
hieronder volgt een gastbijdrage van robert buzink.
je hoort niet veel over joe biden. hij valt een beetje bleekjes weg in de machtige schaduw van obama. en wat betreft blundernieuws haalde hij het niet bij palin. zij kreeg daardoor drie keer zoveel aandacht in de media. dat terwijl biden er zelf ook wat van kan. zo verzocht hij tijdens een campagnebijeenkomst de lokale politicus chuck graha... [Show More]
six major film studios sued realnetworks inc. recently to stop distribution of the companys new product realdvd which the studios contend violates the 1998 digital millennium copyright act by bypassing the anticopying mechanism built into dvds. the software is currently unavailable for download from its official site.
paramount pictures twentieth century fox universal studios war...... [Show More]
at first glance it seems to me that this big settlement announced today between google and the book publishers regarding google book search sounds a lot like an ascap model for online book transactions. specifically of the key provisions of the agreement its this last one about the book rights registry that makes me think of ascap
compensation to authors and publishers and control...... [Show More]
stumbled across an interesting faq this morning on electronic frontier foundation called bloggers faq section 230 protection.
every blogger needs to read this and seek additional advice from their trusted advisor. if any of the attorneys reading this blog would like to comment please do.
here is the text of the faqs
what is this section 230 thing any...... [Show More]
terwijl president bush net een nieuwe strenge wet heeft ondertekend tegen piraterij heeft de republikeinse presidentskandidaat john mccain kritiek op de reeds bestaande auteursrechtenwet digital millennium copyright act dmca. mccain vindt dat youtube te snel filmpjes verwijdert waarin hij voorkomt en daarmee zijn campagne in de wielen rijdt. youtube verwijdert videos als b...... [Show More]
the new york personal injury law blog relays a incident involving a subpoena issued to a medical blogger related to anonymous comments made on his blog. the incident involved medical blogger westby fisher md dr. wes who was subpoenaed for a discovery deposition to determine whether he knew the anonymous commenter who left a comment on a post. interesting reading for medical an...... [Show More]
the riaa sends out presettlement letters and lawsuits to all manner of students accused of filesharing across the us. some schools as weve covered in our tackling college piracy series have capitulated. others like university of california santa cruz have fought back.
the riaa has sent a number of john doe lawsuits to court targeting a wide range of universities and individuals. ov...... [Show More]
the effs patent busting project continues as its filed a challenge against an online music patent held by a company named seer systems. the challenge includes plenty of prior art including some published by the patent holder in a book long before the patent application was actually filed. its great to see the eff continue to try to mow down these patents one by one b...... [Show More]
barcode ip landscape Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 01 2008 20:31:56
shopsavvy has been getting great press coverage since our launch with tmobile and google last week.a however someone going by the name of streetstylz has been posting negative and threatening comments everywhere.a the comments go something like this i wonder if the creators of shopsavvy know that they are in violation of neomedias patentsa i thought it might make sense ...... [Show More]
the following is the list of books featured in the display case in the librarys reading area. this small books display learn more about the constitution and your rights your library is meant to enhance the display blessings of liberty the u.s. constitution which is running through october 17th. all books in the display case are available for checkout. if ...... [Show More]
how to blog safely Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 01 2008 10:51:01
found this too late to be useful after suffering through an uncomfortable exchange via another site of mine. if you blog there are no guarantees youll attract a readership of thousands. but at least a few readers will find your blog and they may be the people youd least want or expect. these include potential or current employers coworkers and professional colleagues your neigh...... [Show More]
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