by Daniel Prieve | Mar 20, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
On March 15th, the White House announced that it planned to vigorously combat copyright infringement. An interesting part of this announcement was the White House’s proposal to step up efforts to combat so-called “illegal” video and audio streams....
by Travis Rimando | Mar 3, 2011 | Commentary |
The Electronic Frontier Foundation reported last week that over 40,000 unnamed “John Doe” defendants in California, Texas, Washington D.C., and West Virginia have been “effectively dismissed” in the P2P file-sharing lawsuits against them. This...
by beckersc | Mar 3, 2011 | Commentary |
In the midst of worldwide change, there is a recurring theme: The role of the Internet. What has happened lately? In Egypt, as protests began in late January, the government responded by shutting down the internet (through various means), hoping to quell the voice of...
by ghans | Feb 16, 2011 | Commentary |
This American Life, the popular public radio show hosted by Ira Glass, devoted its entire hour this past weekend to the cracking the Coca-Cola formula, perhaps the most famous trade secret in the world. Long rumored to contain cocaine, Ira Glass and company have...
by ghans | Feb 15, 2011 | Commentary |
The New York Times has an article on Vint Cerf, who played a major role in the beginnings of what we now know as the Internet and currently serves as Google’s Chief Internet Evangelist, and IPv6. For those who don’t know, all web URLs...
by ghans | Feb 8, 2011 | Commentary |
The Washtenaw Voice reports that a popular weekly music event at the Jolly Pumpkin, the popular Ann Arbor restaurant, has been shut down to copyright issues. Performers were informed by Jolly Pumpkin management that the event violated rights held by ASCAP, the...
