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Written by professors of Business, Law & Technology and Legal Methods.
By Jonathan Ezor anad Michelle Zakarin

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Last Entry: August 16, 2009 at 15:36:18

Dell's New Adamo Notebook Raises Questions About Company Direction

Posted on March 17, 2009
What's up with Dell? The company is taking pre-orders for its ultra-thin/light Adomo notebook which is comparable in several ways to the MacBook Air. Dell has pushed a lot of effort in making this machine an elegant Windows-based alternative, but...

"Exploding" iPod Prompts Suit (Of Course)

Posted on March 16, 2009
PI attorneys probably salivate over cases like this. Apple is being sued over an alleged exploding iPod Touch (16 GB model). Details in ChannelWeb with links to the complaint on Justia.

Windows 7 RC Coming Soon

Posted on March 16, 2009
More changes to Windows 7 and the leaked date of when the release candidate may make a public testing appearance is April 10. More in Daily Tech.

Juror's Twitter Activity the Subject of a Mistrial Motion

Posted on March 16, 2009
The tweets of a juror in an Arkansas civil case may be the cause of a mistrial in the case. It's pretty standard that jurors are not allowed to discuss elements of the case outside of the jury room. More...

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Anti-Counterfeiting Treaty a Matter of National Security?

Posted on March 13, 2009
The Obama administration has designated the draft text of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement as classified in the interest of national security. What? Read about it in CNET and be very afraid.

Utah Legislating Against Ad Words

Posted on March 11, 2009
Utah doesn't like the idea that Google can sell a competitor's name as a search word. The legislature is considering a bill to discourage the practice. It allows a Utah company to get an injunction in state court if they...

Update: Lawsuit Against Real Over DVD Software

Posted on March 11, 2009
What's going on with that lawsuit the studios have filed against RealNetworks over DVD copying software? Bob Barr (former congressman from Georgia and presidential candidate) wants to tell you. Read it here.

Wisconsin Sports Association Doesn't Like Newspaper Coverage of Games

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) is suing Gannett for covering its games. The charge involves one of Gannett's Wisconsin newspapers for streaming a playoff game on the Internet last year. The WIAA claims that it owns every possible depiction...

Turn Off a Host of Features in Windows 7

Posted on March 11, 2009
The Engineering Windows 7 blog identifies any number of features that may be turned off in Windows 7, including Internet Explorer 8. The code doesn't disappear, but it becomes inaccessible to the OS. This may affect the EU's investigation in...

Google Will Target Ads Based on (Gasp!) Behavior

Posted on March 11, 2009
Google will start a program that targets people's behavior when determining ad content. The idea scares some people, but in some respects it comes as no surprise that Google's finally doing this. They are an ad company, after all. More...

Defamation Case Over Email is Troubling

Posted on March 09, 2009
There is an opinion involving defamation via an email message released last month by the First Circuit Court of Appeals that is raising some eyebrows. The concepts of truth as an absolute defense took a hit when the Court decided...

Cook County Sheriff Sues Craigslist

Posted on March 09, 2009
Sheriff Tom Dart of Cook County, IL, has civilly sued Craigslist over the Internet site's Erotic Listings. The suit seems a bit unusual as there is no indication that Dart is planning to run for higher office. Dart believes that...

California Bill Would Require Bluring of Churches, Schools, and Hospitals in Satellite Pictures

Posted on March 04, 2009

Borings Are Not Quitters, Though They Should Be

Posted on March 04, 2009

The EU Says Something Nice About Microsoft

Posted on March 04, 2009

Boucher Case Tests Limits of Fifth Amendment Protections

Posted on March 02, 2009

Electronic Books and the Myth of Ownership

Posted on February 25, 2009
Some details have leaked out about the impending Google book store. Richard Sarnoff, chairman of the Association of American Publishers identified some of the restrictions publishers are placing on electronic content. One is that all purchases will stay on Google's...

Facebook Change of Terms Analysis

Posted on February 19, 2009
A more thoughtful analysis on what happened with Facebook's change of terms from the Washington Post. My take, Facebook is just trying to reserve rights to better monetize its user base. What's the point to exist otherwise? Facebook is not...

Google's Lawsuit Problem

Posted on February 19, 2009
Google, as ever, is the lawsuit magnet based on its supremacy in the search and advertising markets. Sometimes it wins a few, and sometimes it just sits there as a juicy target for (self) righteous individuals who want to take...

Sirius XM Slow Death Extended by Liberty Media

Posted on February 17, 2009
Liberty Media, whose assets include DirecTV, have saved Sirius XM from going bankrupt today with a $530 million loan. The economics of satellite radio and the terms of this deal suggest that Sirius XM will ultimately be absorbed by Liberty...

NAB and SoundExchange Come to Agreement

Posted on February 17, 2009
The National Association of Broadcasters and SoundExchange have reached an agreement over royalties paid by radio stations who simulcast their broadcasts over the Internet. The rates will have the stations pay $1.50 for every song heard per 1,000 listeners in...

Microsoft Stores, What A Concept

Posted on February 16, 2009
Microsoft has decided to open retail stores to compete with Apple and to better position its products. I can't for the life of me imagine what they expect to accomplish beyond extending their media advertising campaign to physical locations. Apple...

Sirius XM Contemplating Bankruptcy

Posted on February 13, 2009
So sad about Sirius XM. When the two companies were urging the feds to approve their merger they argued that the market wasn't just satellite radio but all entertainment sources such as iPods, CDs, terrestrial and Internet radio, etc. They...

FTC Issues Ad Privacy Guidelines

Posted on February 13, 2009
The FTC announced principles for targeting online behavioral advertising. Criticism flows immediately that they don't go far enough. Find the FTC announcement and texts here. [MG]

Texas Judge Orders Site to Give Up Info on Anonymous Posters

Posted on February 11, 2009
There is a story in TechDirt regarding a Texas judge who has ordered the Topix web site to reveal the identity of 178 commentators. They made statements about a couple accused and acquitted of sexual assault charges. The article complains...

FTC Finally Shuts Down Qchex.com

Posted on February 10, 2009
The FTC has finally shut down Qchex.com for unfair business practices. The case had started in 2006. Qchex basically allowed its users to create checks and draw on accounts without any verification whatsoever. The site was a magnet for fraudulent...

UMG Loses Summary Judgment Motion on Safe Harbor Application

Posted on February 09, 2009
A case that may have some impact on the Viacom-Google litigation has some dim news for copyright holders. The litigation is between UMG Recordings, Inc., and Veoh Networks. UMG sued Veoh, for what else, copyright violation due to some UMG...

Google Attacked on Latitude Introduction

Posted on February 06, 2009
Google introduced Latitude earlier this week. It's a service that lets people track each other through enabled devices, typically a cell phone, with real time location hits through Google Maps.Computerworld has a FAQ on how it works. The service was....

Shiny Things Are Fun

Posted on February 06, 2009
Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard

GPO Debuts New Document Delivery System

Posted on February 04, 2009
GPO is presenting a new interface for finding and authenticating federal government documents. The system is currently in beta but may be accessed here. From the web site's description of itself: GPO?s Federal Digital System (FDsys) is an advanced digital...

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