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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

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  1. Jennifer Leggio unpacks demand letter over “branded community”

    Jennifer Leggio unpacks demand letter over “branded community”

    Jul 25, 2008

    Over at ZDNet’s Feeds, Jennifer Leggio walks us through a cease and desist email she recently received. The email suggested her blog’s use of the term “branded community” might constitute trademark infringement. It’s a

    Tagged: blogging, trademark

  2. Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

    Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?

    Jul 25, 2008

    I’m not a fan in general of sites that create a listing or profile for you, hoping you’ll eventually claim and/or correct it. This tactic, neither user-centric nor user-driven, is insidious for at least three reasons

    Tagged: identity, social networking, privacy, virtual worlds, trust, anonymity

  3. Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war’s expense

    Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war’s expense

    Jun 17, 2008

    Saul Hansell reports today that the Associated Press "will, for the first time, attempt to define clear standards as to how much of its articles and broadcasts bloggers and Web sites can excerpt without infringing on

    Tagged: video, blogging, mashups, copyright, licenses

  4. Section 230 to Twitter and others: Delete away

    Section 230 to Twitter and others: Delete away

    May 25, 2008

    Community and content management don’t void a site’s immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. Participation in an unlawful act does. I was thus taken aback by the legal analysis included in

    Tagged: social networking, user generated content, defamation, live web

  5. Stanford Information Law Symposium

    Stanford Information Law Symposium

    May 22, 2008

    Though it could scarcely be more cumbersomely named — the Transatlantic Information Law Symposium — this upcoming (and free) program at Stanford Law School looks excellent, featuring such big thinkers as Mark Lemley

    Tagged: conferences, attention, privacy, copyright, free speech