Media & Entertainment Law

Digital Tipping Point
Digital Tipping Point, a documentary on the free software and free culture movements, recently posted over 80 digitized hours (350 hours have been shot in total) of CC BY-SA licensed footage of “leading politicians, CEOs, and software developers from all over the world...

Sir Tim Berners-Lee To Track Origins Of Digital Content
Source: InformationWeek Daily, May 15, 2008. Sir Tim Berners-Lee To Track Origins Of Digital Content"The Web inventor's share of the $5.5 million Knight News Challenge award will tackle what his backers believe is one of the most pressing challenges".

Digital Archives and Libel
This months CILIP Update has an interesting article on the Guardians digital archive. Katy Heslop, Librarian in the Guardian Research Department, talks about the Quality Assurance testing undertaken: & the library's task was to track down articles involved in libel cases, particularly where the claimant had been successful...

Casting your digital shadow
Bits explains the size of our individual digital shadows: The digital universe ? the pile of digital information that includes everything from e-mail to YouTube videos ? is growing faster than previously thought, according to a new study from the research firm IDC...

The Latest Tool to Fight DUI
With the dangers of drunken driving so obvious, it's no surprise to often come across stories in the media about the latest efforts to curb DUI and bolster arrests and convictions. The latest story involves a device that records the eye movements of DUI suspects during the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test -- more commonly thought of as when an officer tracks the eye movements of a DUI suspect.

Delaware Corporate Law via BlackBerry® smartphone - FREE - via eDelaware
This is an interesting development in law in general,- and particularly -in accessing Delaware corporate law via the BlackBerry smartphone.We quote the text from the Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP website, "the oldest Delaware law firm and the 8th oldest continuing law firm in the United States of America...

Apple Inc.
allegedly maintained an illegal monopoly on the digital music market.

Sears, Roebuck & Co.
alleging the company’s web site used spyware to track customers Internet use.