Info/Law
Info/Law is a blog about information, law, and most of all “information law.” Information law is a convergence of intellectual property doctrine, communications regulation, First Amendment norms, and new technology. The authors of this blog are William McGeveran, Associate Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota Law School; Derek Bambauer, Assistant Professor of Law at Wayne State University Law School; and Tim Armstrong, Assistant Professor of law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.
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More Olympian Censorship
Building on Derek’s recent post about the International Olympic Committee’s complicity in censorship of the internet in China: Slashdot features an item about a takedown notice from the IOC demanding that YouTube remove video of a Tibet-related protest at the Chinese Consulate in New...
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Australia Postpones Filtering Test
Australia’s Labor government has delayed testing its proposed mandatory Internet filtering system until mid-January 2009, when it will announce which ISPs are taking part. The Associated Press has good coverage of the controversy over censorship in Oz. You can download my paper analyzing...
Filtering in Oz: Australia’s Foray Into Internet Censorship
Australia’s Labor-led government won office promising to prevent access to unlawful content, such as child pornography, on the Internet. Now, the country is about to launch the second round of its filtering tests, amid reports that trials will attempt to block peer-to-peer (P2P) and...
New York Times Blocked in China
Expats will despair: the New York Times Web site appears to be blocked in China. (The Times itself reports on the development, and includes a quote from a Times spokesperson. It’s almost a parody, except of course for the seriousness of the issue.) My friend and Berkman colleague Rebecca...
Like the Poor, Spam Is Always With Us
Network World has an interesting article called “CAN-SPAM: What Went Wrong?” This title is akin to: “Subprime Mortgages: A Bad Idea?” There are three depressing trends: spam remains a huge problem, both in IT costs and in volume; legal efforts have been mostly useless; and...
Virtual Property: Not
Wired has an article on the trade in virtual world items - armor, swords, ninja monkeys, etc. - that takes place using real-world currency. (It tracks the rise and fall of former child actor Brock Pierce and his startup, Internet Gaming Entertainment. You can also find a how-to outlining the...
Can I Write My Next Law Review Article in Google Docs?
That day appears to have moved one step closer with the news that the free Google Docs service now supports footnotes, a functionality presently indispensable to legal academic writing (although occasionally controversial). Now if we can just get the law review editors to stop insisting on...
New Group Enters Privacy Debate
A new privacy advocacy organization called the Future of Privacy Forum, funded by AT&T, has debuted in Washington. I might have assumed it would be another industry-driven group seeking to prevent serious policy changes, except that I have a lot of personal respect for its leadership. The...
Brilliant New York Times Parody: Legal?
There is a terrific parody (or, perhaps, satire) of the New York Times available both in cyberspace and in print (over a million copies were distributed in cities nationwide, mostly New York and LA). (The Times is calling it a “spoof.”) This is detailed, careful artistic work: if you...
Offer Advice to Obama’s CTO
President-Elect Obama said during the election that he would appoint a chief technology officer to bring 21st century thinking to the White House. (This is not to be confused with the position of “intellectual property czar” recently created by Congress.) The Obama campaign was more...
