by julzb | Feb 2, 2011 | Cases, Commentary |
Since the RIAA ended its campaign against music file sharers, a new group of lawsuits targeting users of p2p networks like BitTorrent have been making headlines. Private law firms representing copyright owners of motion pictures have, to date, served notices on...
by judikong | Jan 30, 2011 | Commentary |
The New York Times recently reported that the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has filed a complaint against an employer for firing an employee over a Facebook post. According to the article, the employer, American Medical Response of Connecticut, fired one of...
by lacealex | Jan 30, 2011 | Commentary |
Egypt has taken the dramatic step of shutting down internet and cellular phone access in an effort to stop social networking from facilitating the protest movement across the country. Much like Tunisia last week, and Iran after the 2009 election, social networking...
by kevanv | Jan 26, 2011 | Commentary |
Solar panels use sunlight to provide clean, renewable power. And in contrast to the days when solar energy was only feasible for use in small electronics like calculators, today the technology has advanced to the point where it has far greater potential. The White...
by ghans | Jan 19, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The New York Times has an amusing article about Jeff Koons, the prominent artist whose use of pop culture imagery has made him somewhat of a successor to Andy Warhol in the contemporary art scene. Koons is accusing two businesses – a San Francisco bookstore and...
by ghans | Jan 18, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology |
Tina Fey and the writers on NBC’s hit comedy 30 Rock have gotten a lot of comedic mileage out of the proposed NBC-Comcast (or NBC-Kabletown, in the show’s version) merger, but there hasn’t been a lot of laughter today as the Federal Communications...
