Comments for Information Law and Policy Blog http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09 INFO 205 Spring 2009 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:35:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5.2 hourly 1 Comment on Informing Public Policy by » Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Stantonbury Campus http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/04/29/informing-public-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-184 » Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs Stantonbury Campus Tue, 05 May 2009 10:35:58 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=274#comment-184 [...] Informing Public Policy [...] [...] Informing Public Policy [...]

]]> Comment on Informing Public Policy by AnnaHopn http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/04/29/informing-public-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-182 AnnaHopn Fri, 01 May 2009 23:11:59 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=274#comment-182 Hi, I have already seen it somethere... Thank you Hi, I have already seen it somethere…
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]]> Comment on Week 13: Professional Ethics and Approaches by Payday Loans http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/04/21/week-13-professional-ethics-and-approaches/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Payday Loans Fri, 01 May 2009 02:08:09 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=255#comment-181 I found lots of interesting information on blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu. The post was professionally written and I feel like the author has extensive knowledge in the subject. blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu keep it that way. I found lots of interesting information on blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu. The post was professionally written and I feel like the author has extensive knowledge in the subject. blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu keep it that way.

]]> Comment on Week 10: Privacy, Surveillance and the Government by SecurityFocus Legal Review http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/03/31/week-10-privacy-surveillance-and-the-government/comment-page-1/#comment-177 SecurityFocus Legal Review Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:26:21 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=191#comment-177 The rapid advancement's in technology and law present many new arguments and gray areas within the American Judicial system. Recently one case is unfolding in Dallas Texas, after the FBI raided four datacenters, taking down approximately 400+ companies. The raids came after an investigation by Special Agent Allyn Lynd of the Dallas FBI, into an alleged conspiracy of two companies Core IP Networks and Crydon Technologies, LLC who allegedly defrauded AT&T/Verizon out of $6.0 million in phone service. The president Matthew Simpson wrote in a post to his customers “"'Currently nearly 50 businesses are completely without access to their email and data. Citizen access to Emergency 911 services are being affected, as Core IP's primary client base consists of telephone companies.' If you run a datacenter, please be aware that in our great country, the FBI can come into your place of business at any time and take whatever they want, with no reason."” One of the third party companies that purchased bandwidth and were not associated with the parties allegedly associated with the fraud, filed a civil lawsuit against the Agent and USA. The companies involved assert that the government violated the company's fourth amendment rights to unreasonable searches and seizures. Since they did not provide access to the machines to the companies who where the focus of the raid. Full details are available at http://www.securityfocus.tv/dallascolo/ The rapid advancement’s in technology and law present many new arguments and gray areas within the American Judicial system.

Recently one case is unfolding in Dallas Texas, after the FBI raided four datacenters, taking down approximately 400+ companies. The raids came after an investigation by Special Agent Allyn Lynd of the Dallas FBI, into an alleged conspiracy of two companies Core IP Networks and Crydon Technologies, LLC who allegedly defrauded AT&T/Verizon out of $6.0 million in phone service.

The president Matthew Simpson wrote in a post to his customers “”‘Currently nearly 50 businesses are completely without access to their email and data. Citizen access to Emergency 911 services are being affected, as Core IP’s primary client base consists of telephone companies.’ If you run a datacenter, please be aware that in our great country, the FBI can come into your place of business at any time and take whatever they want, with no reason.””

One of the third party companies that purchased bandwidth and were not associated with the parties allegedly associated with the fraud, filed a civil lawsuit against the Agent and USA. The companies involved assert that the government violated the company’s fourth amendment rights to unreasonable searches and seizures. Since they did not provide access to the machines to the companies who where the focus of the raid.

Full details are available at http://www.securityfocus.tv/dallascolo/

]]> Comment on The Kindle Debate and DRM Issues by Pixels or Pages: The Great Kindle Debate | Visual Arts Junction http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/02/16/the-kindle-debate-and-drm-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Pixels or Pages: The Great Kindle Debate | Visual Arts Junction Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:40:35 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=82#comment-54 [...] book rights are negotiated separately. The Authors Guild is reviewing the implications, and the Information Law and Policy Blog have their say in favor.  See also Author’s Guild vs. Kindle: The Debate. Courtesy of [...] [...] book rights are negotiated separately. The Authors Guild is reviewing the implications, and the Information Law and Policy Blog have their say in favor.  See also Author’s Guild vs. Kindle: The Debate. Courtesy of [...]

]]> Comment on Liability, Licensing, and TOS by Michael Manoochehri http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/02/24/liability-licensing-tos/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Michael Manoochehri Wed, 25 Feb 2009 07:32:32 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=107#comment-17 Wow - great work bringing the Edward Tufte graphs in: I haven't seen that Challenger post before. Wow – great work bringing the Edward Tufte graphs in: I haven’t seen that Challenger post before.

]]> Comment on Liability, Licensing, and TOS by Ben Cohen http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/02/24/liability-licensing-tos/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Ben Cohen Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:32:57 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=107#comment-16 Addressing just the Terms of Service question, I thought the case was interesting (and wish I had turned to the syllabus instead of the internet for assignment 1...). In a similar vein, people might be interested in Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com (http://pub.bna.com/ptcj/ticketmaster.htm) for a similar analysis--if a user doesn't have to actively accept ToS, they seem to have a lower likelihood of being enforceable. Addressing just the Terms of Service question, I thought the case was interesting (and wish I had turned to the syllabus instead of the internet for assignment 1…). In a similar vein, people might be interested in Ticketmaster v. Tickets.com (http://pub.bna.com/ptcj/ticketmaster.htm) for a similar analysis–if a user doesn’t have to actively accept ToS, they seem to have a lower likelihood of being enforceable.

]]> Comment on Additional resources on fair use and re-use by Ryan http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/02/13/additional-resources-on-fair-use-and-re-use/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Ryan Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:09:38 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=80#comment-11 For a pop culture take on Shepard Fairey, take a look at this 6-minute segment from last Thursday's Colbert Report where David Ross, former director of the Whitney Museum and the SF MOMA, and Ed Colbert, Stephen's brother and lawyer, duke it out. (If the following embed is disallowed in comments, follow this link: http://www.hulu.com/watch/57787/the-colbert-report-obama-poster-debate---david-ross-and-ed-colbert#s-p1-sr-i1 ) For a pop culture take on Shepard Fairey, take a look at this 6-minute segment from last Thursday’s Colbert Report where David Ross, former director of the Whitney Museum and the SF MOMA, and Ed Colbert, Stephen’s brother and lawyer, duke it out.

(If the following embed is disallowed in comments, follow this link: http://www.hulu.com/watch/57787/the-colbert-report-obama-poster-debate—david-ross-and-ed-colbert#s-p1-sr-i1 )

]]> Comment on The “Author’s Guild” wants the Robot in your Kindle 2 to Pipe Down by Information Law and Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Follow up on Kindle Audio and Misc. Notes http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/02/11/the-authors-guild-want-the-robot-in-your-kindle-2-to-pipe-down/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Information Law and Policy Blog » Blog Archive » Follow up on Kindle Audio and Misc. Notes Thu, 12 Feb 2009 01:55:10 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=64#comment-8 [...] The Electronic Frontier Foundation posted a legal analysis of the Author’s Guild claim that the text-to-speech feature in the Kindle 2 violates their exclusive rights.  To summarize, they say the infringement claim fails on (at least) four fronts: 1) The audio isn’t a derivative work since the use of that particular Kindle feature doesn’t constitute an original (read: creative) work; 2) The audio isn’t fixed into a tangible form;  3) There is no unlawful distribution since Amazon has acquired permission to sell the e-books, and 4) Synthesizing the text isn’t necessarily a public performance.  Looks like the EFF agrees with Michael! [...] [...] The Electronic Frontier Foundation posted a legal analysis of the Author’s Guild claim that the text-to-speech feature in the Kindle 2 violates their exclusive rights.  To summarize, they say the infringement claim fails on (at least) four fronts: 1) The audio isn’t a derivative work since the use of that particular Kindle feature doesn’t constitute an original (read: creative) work; 2) The audio isn’t fixed into a tangible form;  3) There is no unlawful distribution since Amazon has acquired permission to sell the e-books, and 4) Synthesizing the text isn’t necessarily a public performance.  Looks like the EFF agrees with Michael! [...]

]]> Comment on Fair Use: More Tussle! by Michael Manoochehri http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/2009/02/10/fair-use-more-tussle/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Michael Manoochehri Wed, 11 Feb 2009 21:44:04 +0000 http://blogs.ischool.berkeley.edu/i205s09/?p=59#comment-7 When I was a teenager, I wanted to be down With a lot of m.c.-deejayin' crews in town So in school on Nobel street, I say "can I be down, champ?" They said no and treated me like a wet food stamp After gettin' rejected, I was very depressed Sat and wrote some def doo-doo rhymes at my rest When I used to come to parties they'd make me pay I'd have to beg to get on the mike and rap that day I was never into girls, I was just into my music They acted like I wanted to keep it Instead of tryin' to use it But now things switched without belief "yo, biz, do you remember me from Nobel street, chief? We used to be down back in the days" It happens all the time and never ceases to amaze - Biz Markie When I was a teenager, I wanted to be down
With a lot of m.c.-deejayin’ crews in town
So in school on Nobel street, I say “can I be down, champ?”
They said no and treated me like a wet food stamp
After gettin’ rejected, I was very depressed
Sat and wrote some def doo-doo rhymes at my rest
When I used to come to parties they’d make me pay
I’d have to beg to get on the mike and rap that day
I was never into girls, I was just into my music
They acted like I wanted to keep it
Instead of tryin’ to use it
But now things switched without belief
“yo, biz, do you remember me from Nobel street, chief?
We used to be down back in the days”
It happens all the time and never ceases to amaze

- Biz Markie

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