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A blog that speaks freely about legal issues facing the media and the internet. It mainly covers issues relating to the legal regulation of the internet and the media, but at times Constitutional law issues and politics are discussed. While the focus is on Australia, developments in other nations around the world are considered as well.

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A hiatus ...

Posted on June 08, 2008
I'm going to take a break from blogging for a while I figure out how I best want to use this space. Although I will not be blogging, I may tumble occasionally at Freedom to Dither, continue to be delicious, Twitter away, and I will definitely not be giving up...

A hiatus ...

Four videos

Posted on June 06, 2008
Seeing this has been a long, tiring week (well, for me at least), I thought rather than a series of tech or law posts this evening, I'd embed four videos that I find funny. The first two come from one of my favourite blogs TVNewser and show that newsreaders and...

"Facebook murder" story ridiculous

Posted on June 06, 2008
Today's front page of Brisbane's The Courier Mail screamed FACEBOOK MURDER. This was the part of the story that made the rest of the front page: WHAT started as a Facebook message from a former boyfriend has ended in the gruesome murder of Sarah Elston, a talented young Brisbane artist...

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What is popular to pirates?

Posted on June 05, 2008
TorrentFreak looks at the ten most popular pirated TV shows: Nearly 50% of all the people who use BitTorrent at any given point in time do so to download a TV show, with popular series such as ?Lost? getting close to 10 million downloads per episode. These figures are getting...

Some upcoming events (in Brisbane for a change)

Posted on June 05, 2008
There are two upcoming events arranged by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) that would be of interest to anyone who reads this blog: Building an Australasian Commons Tuesday 24 June 2008, Brisbane Creating Value: Between Commerce and Commons Wed 25 - Fri 27 June...

Information Cocoons

Posted on June 05, 2008
At Bloggingheads.tv there is an interesting discussion between Cass Sunstein and Eugene Volokh on a range of topics: The echo-chamber effect in blogs vs. newspapers The architecture of serendipity Cass offers solutions for blogosphere balkinization The Fairness Doctrine sounds good?in theory Should blogs be liable for defamation? Flag-burning, Nazi Germany,...

Some upcoming events (in Brisbane for a change)

Information Cocoons

Posted on June 05, 2008
At Bloggingheads.tv there is an interesting discussion between Cass Sunstein and Eugene Volokh on a range of topics: The echo-chamber effect in blogs vs. newspapers The architecture of serendipity Cass offers solutions for blogosphere balkinization The Fairness Doctrine sounds good???in theory Should blogs be liable for defamation? Flag-burning, Nazi Germany,...

But That's Not My Point...

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Daily Tube highlighted this very funny video by written, directed and starring Auggie Smith and Patrick Sauer:

Prince really covets his privacy

Posted on June 04, 2008
From What Would Tyler Durden Do: I?ve been trying for like 20 hours to find a decent copy of Prince at Coachella doing a cover of "Creep" by Radiohead, but it's impossible because Prince is a temperamental fairy and he told his record label to remove every copy they find,...

Breakfast Media Wrap

Posted on June 04, 2008
Crikey's Richard Farmer has started posting a daily wrap of what the national and regional Australian newspaper. It offers an excellent wrap of the days news stories. Check it out here.

Vin Cerf on leveraging social media

Posted on June 04, 2008
Vin Cerf discussed how brands can leverage social media: (Hat tip: Trevor Cook's Corporate Engagement.)

Section 230 immunity and the Roommates.com case

Posted on June 04, 2008
Larry Downes looks at the section 230 immunity and the Roommates.com case: I write in this month?s CIO Insight about the 9th Circuit?s en banc decision in the Roommates.com case. This important decision tested the limits of immunity for information service providers (in this case, the operator of a website...

Search 4.0

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Future of Search blog writes about wanting to put humans back in search: Previously I?ve covered what I dubbed Search 3.0, how search engines have evolved toward blending vertical or specialized results into ?regular? web listings. Today, the step beyond that: Search 4...

The law of Facebook

Posted on June 04, 2008
Law students at the University of Ottawa have filed a complaint with the Canadian federal privacy commissioner against Facebook: The students, including several dedicated Facebook users, allege the popular social networking website has committed 22 violations of Canadian privacy law...

Assessing your phorm

Posted on June 04, 2008
Media Post's Daily Online Examiner looks at how ISPs are responding to the phorm threat: Behavioral targeting company Phorm hasn?t launched yet, but is already facing more pushback than even the staunchest privacy advocates likely anticipated. The latest news is that Phorm opponent Alex Hanff is calling for people to...

Blogging returns

Posted on June 04, 2008
Every now and again I just need to give up blogging, and this week was on the times I needed a virtual break or a secular sabbath. Anyway, blogging will resume tonight.

The future of social media

Posted on June 04, 2008
ReadWriteWeb has a good piece on the future of social media: Social networking is at a major fork in the road. Down one road is adding more features to a walled garden and opening up just enough, so that users seldom need to leave. Most sites are going down this...

Granada Tavern v Smith

Posted on June 04, 2008
Check out the amusing catchwords from the Federal Court of Australia decision in Granada Tavern v Smith, especially the catchwords under Evidence: INDUSTRIAL LAW ? appeal from Federal Magistrates Court ? whether error in finding employer applied duress to employee in connection with an Australian Workplace Agreement EVIDENCE ? proper...

The future of social media

Granada Tavern v Smith

Posted on June 04, 2008
Check out the amusing catchwords from the Federal Court of Australia decision in Granada Tavern v Smith, especially the catchwords under Evidence: INDUSTRIAL LAW ??? appeal from Federal Magistrates Court ??? whether error in finding employer applied duress to employee in connection with an Australian Workplace Agreement EVIDENCE ??? proper...

Breakfast Media Wrap

Vin Cerf on leveraging social media

Posted on June 04, 2008
Vin Cerf discussed how brands can leverage social media: (Hat tip: Trevor Cook's Corporate Engagement.)

Section 230 immunity and the Roommates.com case

Posted on June 04, 2008
Larry Downes looks at the section 230 immunity and the Roommates.com case: I write in this month???s CIO Insight about the 9th Circuit???s en banc decision in the Roommates.com case. This important decision tested the limits of immunity for information service providers (in this case, the operator of a website...

Search 4.0

Posted on June 04, 2008
The Future of Search blog writes about wanting to put humans back in search: Previously I???ve covered what I dubbed Search 3.0, how search engines have evolved toward blending vertical or specialized results into ???regular??? web listings. Today, the step beyond that: Search 4...

The law of Facebook

Assessing your phorm

Posted on June 04, 2008
Media Post's Daily Online Examiner looks at how ISPs are responding to the phorm threat: Behavioral targeting company Phorm hasn???t launched yet, but is already facing more pushback than even the staunchest privacy advocates likely anticipated. The latest news is that Phorm opponent Alex Hanff is calling for people to...

Blogging returns

Posted on June 04, 2008
Every now and again I just need to give up blogging, and this week was on the times I needed a virtual break or a secular sabbath. Anyway, blogging will resume tonight.

Lessig's next big thing

Posted on May 30, 2008
The Nation has a good profile of Larry Lessig: In late March, Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig came to DC to draw back the curtain on the second act of his career. Lessig, with his placid mien and quiet voice, does not exude the aura of a star, but over...

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