http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw Information, Law, and the Law of Information Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:52:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ... according to The Onion. If my calculations are correct, I owe the Evil Empire approximately $9268.65 plus statutory interest. Coincidentally, this is roughly the same amount as an order of nachos and a domestic beer costs at the new Yankee Stadium. "Interactive media is the next wave," Cashman said. "With ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/11/15/yankees-suck-trademarked/ The net neutrality fight is on, as FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal for new rules moved on to a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Now, the two sides are digging in: AT&T, telcos, and unions on one side; Google and content providers on the other. I tend to favor protecting end-to-end in ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/10/26/defining-network-neutrality/ Chris Schoenfeld of StationStops has a post up about his battle to get the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority to let him use its schedule data in his iPhone app. Brooklyn's Law Incubator and Policy Clinic (BLIP) played a big role in Chris's successful battle, and I'm very proud of ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/10/18/the-fight-to-free-subway-data/ My former ONI colleague Rafal Rohozinski, now of Information Warfare Monitor, has a great interview where he discusses methodology and findings for both projects. Well worth a read! http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/10/09/rafal-rohozinski-on-internet-surveillance-and-monitoring/ Great news today on the open-access (OA) front with the federal government's announcement that the Federal Register, the daily compilation of proposed and final regulations to be issued by federal agencies, will now be available in XML format. (Want to see a sample? Here is today's issue as an ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/10/05/opening-government-data/ My colleague and friend Miriam Baer has posted her latest piece, Governing Corporate Compliance (soon to appear in the Boston College Law Review), on SSRN. Here's the abstract: In light of the financial meltdown of 2008, it is reasonable to question whether the prior decade’s emphasis on corporate compliance - the ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/09/22/on-corporate-compliance/ My colleague and friend Robin Effron, along with Adam Steinman (a colleague of Tim's) and Cynthia Fountaine of Texas Wesleyan, has launched the Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog. Not only is Robin an expert on civ pro, but she also has the only set of major philosopher action figures ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/09/21/civ-pro-fed-courts-blog/ New FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski threw down the network neutrality gauntlet in a speech today [PDF] [HTML] at the Brookings Institution, announcing his intention to start a formal process that would result in adoption of binding regulations. [There is good news and blog coverage from AP, Wired, and Washington Post.] ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/09/21/fcc-net-neutrality-rules/ Reuters reports that he major record labels have sued the producers of The Ellen DeGeneres Show because they do not secure copyright permission to play the songs when Ellen dances around like a goof (and sometimes her guests do too). I draw three lessons: 1. When someone accuses you of infringement ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/09/15/ellens-dances-infringing/ From blog post to journal article! I am pleased to report that the new issue of the University of Illinois Law Review includes my article, Disclosure, Endorsement, and Identity in Social Marketing. The ideas for the article began in posts on this blog, starting here and continuing here. Here's the full ... http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/infolaw/2009/09/03/soc-mktg-published/