Things now appear to be back to normal, I hope. For those of you who missed it, this blog was down for a couple of weeks due to a problem with my hosting service provider, who had to basically wipe…
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dooced, canadian style
A good article in The Lawyer’s Weekly about someone getting dooced in Alberta. The short version: Woman blogs anonymously about her supervisors and co-workers, but in a way that makes all of them easily recognizable to anyone in her work…
Tagged with: blog, blogging, dooced, employee, employer, employment, firre, internet, termination
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regrettable absence
Apologies to all ten of my loyal readers for the absence. It has been a very, very busy summer and, unfortunately, when it comes to relative priorities, getting work done for clients, playing with my 2 year old, sleeping and…
taking the fun out of blogging
As a lawyer, I understand the need for policies, procedures, practices, etc. when running a business, managing vendors, employees, etc. Of course. Sure. That’s part of work – both my work and the work of my clients. But when I…
the internet: how not to learn to commit crimes
A story in the the Daily Record. The phrase “the thing speaks for itself” (which is one of those handy latin phrases I learned in law school but almost never use, except of course in blog posts – res ipsa…
Fair Use and the DMCA
An article in Wired News with the dramatic title of “Lawmakers Tout DMCA Killer” describes the most recent attempt to: (a) water down the protections afforded to content owners by the DMCA; (b) ensure the preservation of fair use rights…
Tagged with: balance, blog, computer, congress, content, control, controls, copy, copyright, developer, digital, digital lock, down, event, fair, history, innovation, internet, ip, isp, it, killer, law, locks, media, movie, mpl, music, network, news, ny, os, pain in the ass, piracy, ram, rant, research, rights, search, software, technology, time, us, users, water, windows, wired, work
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Wikiality
Interesting post on the Wellington Financial Blog about “Wikiality” – the practice of taking stuff in Wikipedia as the truth, or, to quote: ““a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it becomes the truth.” JN notes that…
The ROI of Blogging
Story in the Inquirer pointing to a pricey ($379) report on blogging ROI. Presumably given the tone of the story it’s at least positive, but then again, I can’t really justify doling out the $ to find out. Hmmm… where…
Not Dead
Wow. The online world is tough. A few days of absence and readers drop to nil. Alas, tough to be a good lawyer, a non-absentee parent and a regular blogger at the same time. So when push comes to shove,…
Microsoft Patents RSS. Or Tries To. Maybe.
Interesting post on someone else’s blog about Microsoft apparently trying to patent RSS: The applications, filed last June but just made public yesterday, cover subscribing and discovering what Microsoft calls “Web feeds.” That comes as a bit of a shock…
Tagged with: aim, applications, blog, business, claim, communication, communications, companies, cool, ibm, interesting, ip, isp, it, law, lawsuit, legal, license, link, litigation, microsoft, mpl, novel, ny, order, os, ownership, patent, patent troll, pc, public, rant, rights, technology, threat, UCE, us, vista, web, work
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