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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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Giuliani and Edwards Rock Out!

Posted on February 07, 2008
After dropping out of their respective electoral races Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards got together, had a few drinks and recorded a song:

What to expect from Google Book Search

Posted on February 07, 2008
Campus Technology presents the "Google Book Search: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly": Yes, Google is opening up whole new worlds for internet surfers and researchers everywhere-even before the model is ready. FORGET EVERYTHING YOU BELIEVE about Google's book digitization project...

Australian politicians not really online yet

Posted on February 07, 2008
ZDNet News reports on a recent UTS study that many Australian politicians still failed to use the internet in the election campaign last year: Some dubbed last year's Federal poll "the Internet election", but research shows the net still has far to go in shaping the fortunes of our parliament...

"Rumor: Plaxo Sold to Google for $200M?"

Posted on February 07, 2008
From Wired's Epicenter blog: We're hearing rumors that online contact management service Plaxo has accepted a sub-$200 million offer and that the purchasing company is most likely search engine Google. Plaxo has been in the news recently, reportedly hiring a bank to shepherd a sale...

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"Someone get Patricia Hammond a Xanax"

Posted on February 06, 2008
In this clip FoxNews anchor Shep Smith has a wonderfully entertaining rant against an emailer accusing him of bias against Mitt Romney. It is probably the best TV moment to come out of Super Tuesday:

Second Skin

Posted on February 06, 2008
A trailer for an upcoming documentary on virtual worlds: (Hat tip: Boing Boing.)

The Flashbulb turns to BitTorrent

Posted on February 06, 2008
TorrentFreak has an interview with The Flashbulb, aka Benn Jordan: An established, but outraged musician has decided to shun conventional distribution methods by following other recent initiatives (such as Radiohead?s ?In Rainbows? promotion) by making his latest album available for free download...

Need more Facebook friends?

Posted on February 06, 2008
The unofficial Facebook blog allfacebook has drawn my attention to a new Facebook feature - Facebook will now suggest friends for you. This is a screenshot of the new option, which you can find under "Account" and then "Email Notifications": Unless you have no friends I'm not sure how useful...

What do Britons really value?

Posted on February 06, 2008
A fun story from The Guardian: Porn? Sex? Britons value cruises much more It used to be sex that mattered most, but the world of internet domain names was rocked by a more genteel pleasure yesterday as a tour operator made cruises.co.uk the UK's most expensive piece of dotcom property...

Online resources for Super-Duper Tuesday

Posted on February 05, 2008
Mashable has put together a list of sites to get us through Super-Duper Tuesday: 40+ Super Tuesday 2008 Resources For those not in the United States, ?Super Tuesday? is when 24 states start figuring out who their delegates at the national conventions will be to decide each parties Presidential candidate...

What would Microhoo mean for Australia?

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Age looks at how a Microsoft-Yahoo merger could raise problems in Australia: Microsoft's $50 billion bid for Yahoo, if successful, could create significant problems for the local partnerships Yahoo7 and Ninemsn, analysts say. Yahoo7 is a 50-50 joint venture between Seven Media and Yahoo, while PBL Media (owner of...

Abercrombie & Fitch advertising in trouble (again)

Posted on February 05, 2008
Yesterday I blogged about the FCC's decision that Charlotte Ross's buttocks were both shocking and titillating (see here), and now today it is the appropriateness of some suggestive advertising from Abercrombie & Fitch that is causing controversy. From the Wall Street Journal Law Blog: Abercrombie & Fitch, the 115-year-old clothing...

All my friends are leaving Facebook ...

Posted on February 05, 2008
Seeing I had a little rant yesterday about "Facebook refusenicks" (see here), I thought I'd try to provide some balance by linking to a blog post where a now former Facebook friend of mine explains why she has decided to delete her Facebook account. Read Jean's rant, where she sets...

My favourite Super Bowl ad

Posted on February 05, 2008
After having now finally watched all the Super Bowl ads on YouTube, I've decided this is my favourite: Read about the ad from Richard Buran here and Duncan Macleod here. There are alot of other good ads, but if you haven't had the chance to watch some or all of...

Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?

Posted on February 05, 2008
In the New York Times Noam Cohen looks at the style of hillaryclinton.com and barackobama.com: STYLES make fights ? or so goes the boxing clich�. In 2008, they make presidential campaigns, too. This is especially true for the two remaining Democrats, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama...

Surprising win for MySpace in domain name dispute

Posted on February 05, 2008
The Guardian reports on a win for MySpace: MySpace has won the right to have the MySpace.co.uk domain name despite another firm having registered it six years before the social networking website launched. The ruling, by domain registry Nominet's dispute resolution service, has caused controversy in the industry because Total...

Not much blogging today

Posted on February 05, 2008
There is unlikely to be any blogging today as I'll be watching the Super Tuesday results come in.

Barack Obama: "Yes We Can"

Posted on February 04, 2008
This video - apparently made without the support or knowledge of Barack Obama - is a viral video sensation: I'm not convinced this video actually helps Barack's campaign or furthers his message at all. Indeed, I'm inclined to agree with Wagner James Au from NewTeeVee: The video was made without...

Can you copyright a joke? You must be kidding!

Posted on February 04, 2008
Techdirt's Mike Masnick looks at whether you can copyright a joke: Last year there was a bit of a fuss when comedian Joe Rogan accused Carlos Mencia of stealing jokes. Amusingly, Mencia responded to the claims of plagiarism by using a copyright infringement claim to get Rogan's video of the...

The rise of Twitter

Posted on February 04, 2008
ReadWriteWeb discusses the rise of Twitter as a platform for serious discourse: Twitter is fast becoming a serious platform for discourse and discussion. More than a status app, it is being used as a first alert mechanism for the dissemination of news and for immediate discussion surrounding that news...

NB. Reading this post from the screen will make you green!

Posted on February 04, 2008
Every email my sister a friend sends me from her work account has at the end of the email: PS. Reading this email from the screen will make you green! As this has actually bugged me some time, I could not agree more with Michael Arrington's recent rant at TechCrunch...

NSW courtrooms move online

Posted on February 04, 2008
Very exciting news on the future of e-courts in New South Wales, as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald: COURT cases will be conducted live on the internet in NSW from next week. JusticeLink, a $48 million cutting-edge computer system, will be introduced into the District Court, allowing lawyers, prosecutors,...

Search engine law

Posted on February 04, 2008
There was a recent piece by Mark Anderson published by IEEE Spectrum, "The Gray Areas of Search-Engine Law" that raised a couple of interesting points: The law is always playing catch-up with technology. But in the world of search-engine law, say some scholars, the courts have only begun to recognize...

Hillary and the Band

Posted on February 04, 2008
A very clever viral video from Hillary Clinton's official campaign:

"Fishermen Beat Rare Dolphin to Death"

Posted on February 04, 2008
Slate's Jack Shafer had a good piece last week on the tabloid excesses of the editors at CNN.com, MSNBC.com and FoxNews.com, which included a list of very tabloid sounding headlines that were given "top story" status, including: from CNN: Baby's body, car seat found on roadside Girls gang-raped, forced to...

YouTubers decide for themselves: are Charlotte Ross's buttocks both shocking and titillating?

Posted on February 04, 2008
WebProNews explains how the FCC Sends YouTubers Searching For Butt Scene: The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) thought long and hard about whether Charlotte Ross's buttocks were both shocking and titillating. Five years later, they've decided they were indeed, and are fining 52 ABC stations $1...

Journalists and Wikipedia

Posted on February 04, 2008
The American Journalism Review discusses the use of Wikipedia by journalists: It's unclear if many newsrooms have formal policies banning Wikipedia attribution in their stories, but many have informal ones. At the Philadelphia Inquirer, which cited Wikipedia in an article about the death of television personality Tom Snyder last July,...

Huckabee Girl

Posted on February 04, 2008
There has been Obama Girl, Giuliani Girl and even the Romney Girls, but the sharpest and most critical of this genre would have to be the Huckbee Girl. As The Daily Tube says, "With skimpy skivvies and a surprisingly catchy tune, Huckabee Girl delivers a ringing lampooning of the erstwhile...

The value of emerging social tools

Posted on February 04, 2008
JP Rangaswami has a fascinating and well written post on the value of emerging social tools, which are so often written off as a waste of time. You should read the whole piece, but here is the introduction so you get the flavour of it: I can remember a time...

Now I know what to call them: "Facebook refusenicks"

Posted on February 04, 2008
A few of my friends stubbornly refuse to join Facebook, and I'd always put it down to their own peculiar eccentricities or some need to be contrary, but according to Times Online, they can now claim that they are part of an anti-Facebook movement called "Facebook refusenicks": Facebook dominated media...

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