by Stephen Uffelman | Mar 20, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
When Dick Costolo succeeded Evan Williams as the CEO of Twitter, the social network blogged about the occasion with a post entitled “#newtwitterceo”. This is an example of a new kind of link—the hashtag—and its popularity is growing rapidly. The #-symbol...
by zzolling | Feb 12, 2012 | Commentary
These Are My Followers Well, I think they are, anyway. Litigation over the ownership of a Twitter account is pending in the Northern District of California right now. Here are the facts of PhoneDog v. Kravitz. Noah Kravitz was hired as an independent contractor to...
by rgspence | Sep 30, 2010 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
The recently published Malcolm Gladwell article dismissing those who claim social media is both a technological and social revolution, “Small Change,” has been generating buzz all across the Internet. Gladwell’s main contention: The kind of activism associated with...
by Grace L. Wang | Nov 24, 2009 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
When teen pop star Justin Bieber’s signing became a riot of teens on Friday around 2:30pm, police were called in to control the crowd. Unable to quickly contain the situation, they asked his label’s VP, James A. Roppo, to send out a tweet to cancel the...
