It’s a completely obvious point about the wired world, but nonetheless every once in a while I still sit back and shake my head in amazement at how much communications technology has transformed our expectations about our access to information. This week’s rise of a new Prime Minister of Great Britain reminded me of […]
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Filed under: Internet & Society, Digital Media, international, Voting, Media
There was a good column in the online version of the Wall Street Journal (I think that’s a permalink) covering the waterfront on one of my favorite issues: the dilemma of open government in a wired world. (Hat tip to Michael Zimmer.) All sorts of public records that used to be available only […]
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Filed under: Internet & Society, civil procedure, Privacy, Intermediaries, Media, Search Engines
Rob Curley’s keynote speech from Day 2 of the recently concluded 2007 CALI Conference for Law School Computing has not yet been posted to his page at the conference wiki as I write this, which is a shame — keep checking back to see it when it eventually goes up, it’ll be worth your time. […]
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Filed under: Court Decisions, Internet & Society, Open Access, Software
Rebecca Mackinnon, a journalism professor at the University of Hong Kong (who is also a former Berkman fellow, co-founder of Global Voices, and CNN bureau chief in Beijing and Tokyo) has a long thoughtful post about the effort to establish social responsibility standards for international internet companies that must grapple with issues of censorship and […]
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Filed under: Berkman, Privacy, Digital Media, Filtering, Intermediaries, Anonymity, international, Search Engines
The upgrade I mentioned here is now underway, and our blog’s interface may act a little wacky until we sort it all out. Please pardon our appearance while we renovate to serve you better. It’s okay, this isn’t a big day for First Amendment news or anything. Just a couple of teensy […]
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In yet another example of how ubiquitous digitized information will inevitably intrude on personal privacy, MSNBC has released a list of 144 journalists who gave federal political contributions from 2004 to early 2007, culled from online FEC reports. A sidebar summarizes the policies at a number of major outlets, many of which have been […]
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Filed under: Internet & Society, Privacy, Voting, Media
[UPDATE: The blogger in question responds in the comments below and at Frank’s original post. Meanwhile, Mike Madison chimes in.]
We’re all familiar with the sort of identity theft where bad guys steal your personal data in order to get access to your money — or more often your good credit history — for financial gain. […]
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Filed under: Digital Media, ISP, Court Decisions, civil procedure, Privacy, Health Law, Search Engines, Anonymity, Intermediaries, Blogging
At the risk of appearing, inaccurately, to be some kind of an expert in video game law, here is my third post on the subject this month.
Earlier, I noted lawsuit threats by the Church of England against the maker of a video game with a gun battle set in Manchester Cathedral. Today, in research […]
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Filed under: Virtual Worlds, Court Decisions, Digital Media, Software, Scholarship, Trademarks, Media
I’m at UNLV attending the 17th CALI Conference on law school computing, which is being attended by lots of library and IT types, with a few faculty members scattered into the mix. (More an “info” conference than a “law” conference, but there are a number of scheduled panel discussions and presentations that aim to […]
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In a sure sign that gaming has moved closer to the center of the media universe, a number of nonprofit advocacy groups have devoted significant effort to creating online games that promote their messages. I’ve been hearing this assertion for a while — and a quick web search uncovers MSM coverage (such as this) […]
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Filed under: Internet & Society, Virtual Worlds, Digital Media, Software, Voting, Media