V-J (Jailbreaking) Day

Published on 27 July 2010 by andrew in Blog, News

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On Monday July 26, the Register of Copyrights handed digital rights advocates a huge victory by announcing new rules legalizing iPhone jailbreaking.

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Kudos to the digital rights crusaders at the Electronic Frontier Foundation for combating a disturbing new trend: criminal prosecutions of persons wh[......]

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Startups like to move fast and don’t have the time and resources for a lot of legal boilerplate and negotiation, much less legal fees. I get th[......]

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Can Tweets Be Defamatory?

Published on 28 January 2010 by andrew in Blog, News

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Someone famous — so famous that I’ve forgotten who it is — once observed that the world is riven into two diametrically opposing fac[......]

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Sidewiki, a new functionality available on the Google toolbar, allows Internet users to annotate comments on websites. You can see how Sidewiki works[......]

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As we all know, it is standard practice in the software industry to “license” software. Any software we buy, whether downloaded or physic[......]

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Now that Justice Sotomayer has taken her place on the Supreme Court, SCOTUS watchers are abuzz about what role she may play in deciding controversial [......]

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Technotainment Update

Published on 11 September 2009 by andrew in Blog, News

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Just got back from the Big Apple, where I was attending Technology and Entertainment Convergence 2009: Hot Business and Legal Issues in “Techno[......]

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One of the biggest — and most expensive — mistakes made by startups is not having signed contracts in place with everyone who has a role i[......]

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Jailbreaking and the DMCA

Published on 14 May 2009 by andrew in Blog

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As the result of a libertarian digital public-interest group’s efforts, the U.S. Copyright Office is evaluating whether to grant a three-year ex[......]

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