Denise Howell Resources on ZDNet

ZDNet Author Biography: Denise Howell is an appellate, intellectual property and technology lawyer who enjoys broad industry recognition for her expertise on the intersection of emerging technologies and law. For further details please see her professional background(http://bgbg.blogspot.com/cv.html) and speaking schedule.Denise's career is characterized by her passionate engagement in intellectual property issues, technology,...; more about Denise Howell »

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Upcoming panel on exploiting the social graph: At a conference I attended last month on social media law (I have some interesting notes I'll post soon), I was struck by how lawyers for social media giants such as Facebook, MySpace, Google, find speedy ways to accommodate powerful copyright holders on infringement issues. When it comes to...; Tags: Social Media, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit: The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel (pictured from left to right) consisted...; Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-03-31
Lawrence Lessig, congresscritter nominee: TWiL regular John Palfrey announced a great idea last week while we were recording the forthcoming episode: a Facebook group drafting Professor Lessig for a recently vacated Congressional seat. Says John, "It's high time we had our first true Free Culture candidate for public...; Tags: Ars Technica, Facebook, Professor, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-02-18
Docstoc for law school (a.k.a. today's young whippersnappers don't know how good they have it!): My goodness. Check out the impressive array of law school outlines and other law school and bar exam resources being amassed at Docstoc. Aside from being incredibly useful, my favorite thing about this service is its built in Creative Commons licensing. A perfect...; Tags: Law School, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-01-30
Follow-up: Build-A-Bear says it will take privacy suggestions to heart: There were lots of reactions to my last post about Build-A-Bear luring kids and parents into divulging personal information they might otherwise, in other contexts, guard more closely. While some responses channeled Scott McNealy, most seemed to get that my beef was not with the fact of the data...; Tags: Information, Build-A-Bear, Privacy Policy, Upshot, E-mail, Online Communications, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-01-26

Harvesting data from children with cuddly creatures and cutesy keyboards: And you thought Beacon is (was) creepy. Yesterday I had my first experience at a Build-A-Bear Workshop store. Build-A-Bear, if you're not familiar with it, is a publicly traded company headquartered in St. Louis, MO, with some 350 retail outlets worldwide. ...; Tags: Kid, Keyboards, Productivity, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-01-21
iPhoning it in — in a good way: Anyone with lingering questions about the value of the iPhone for business should check out what's on Supreme Court lawyer Tom Goldstein's iPhone, a holiday greeting and iPhone ad parody from SCOTUSBlog (which was acquired in true tech start-up fashion by large firm Akin Gump): ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-12-27
Christmas is a time for mashups: As I inevitably download "new" holiday music each year, it's painfully apparent we wouldn't *have* much new holiday music if it weren't for sampling, remixes, remakes, and mashups. The iTunes List of 44 Holiday Songs for 2007 is testament to this fact, as are the many Christmas remixes and...; Tags: Apple iTunes, Mashup, Christmas, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-12-24
Court tosses suit against Avvo, concluding algorithmic ratings are protected speech: Lawyer rating start-up and nascent online community Avvo scored a big win yesterday when it convinced a Washington district court to dismiss a putative class action lawsuit filed last June. Avvo aggregates available attorney information, assigns subjective (and undisclosed) value to various factors, and comes up with a 1-10...; Tags: Third Party, First Amendment, Avvo, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-12-19
Kindling a controversy: Ed Champion is investigating whether certain bloggers included in Amazon's Kindle launch were made "Kindle Blogs" without authorization or licensing. He cites two examples (Daniel McGowan and Cork Gaines) of bloggers who apparently are included in the Kindle Store without their permission. This surprises me. My personal...; Tags: Creative Commons, Amazon.com Inc., Blogger, Ed Champion, Blogging, Internet, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-11-20
Death 2.0: The recent and unexpected passing of my grandmother (she was the only 98-year-old I've known who could, and did, blindside hundreds with her death) opened my eyes to the fact that death in 2007 has become an online, interactive experience. The mortuary partnered with MeM.com to provide an "Everlasting...; Tags: Death, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-11-14
It's officially a bubble: Forget about things like the fact Google's at $741 and Apple's at $191. Were you to try to rent a car at San Jose Airport tomorrow (Wednesday), you would discover that every single vehicle — from every single carrier — is spoken for. (Image by Joe...; Tags: Bubble, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-11-06
Are satellite shows and podcasts accessiblity-equivalent?: Robert Scoble is wondering whether accessibility laws may cripple videocasts (and presumably podcasts). Scott Bourne had an interesting (if inconclusive) post on the subject last year, and the head lemur posits that the touchstone (in the context of the Target case presently in the news) may be whether or...; Tags: Podcast, Satellite, Robert Scoble, Podcasts, Network Technology, Internet, Networking, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-10-15
Want to know what over 7,500 ZDNet readers think about copying digital media?: Then get on over to Ed Bott's Microsoft Report, where his poll on digital media ethics has garnered an overwhelming, and highly educational, response. by Denise Howell; Tags: Ethics, Business Ethics, Digital Media, Leadership, Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-10-15
WikiPatents: 1 year old and 10 million entries: WikiPatents, "a public community that reviews US patents and pending patent applications," is one year old and now home to information and commentary about over 10 million patents and patent applications. It also is as far as I know the only place you can sort patent data by whether...; Tags: Patent, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-10-15
In the trenches with Live Web law at EFF's Bootcamp: If you're doing business on the Live Web, get thee this Wednesday, October 10, to EFF's Bootcamp, "a one-day session for Web 2.0 workers on user generated content:" Does your interactive company have to contend with the maze of laws dealing with user privacy and publishing user...; Tags: Web, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Web 2.0, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-10-08
Creative Commons, the Live Web, and quickie divorce info centers: Dennis Kennedy pointed me to Shelley Powers, who pointed me in turn to Slashdot and Professor Lessig. All concern a lawsuit pending in Dallas, TX against Virgin Mobile and Creative Commons concerning Virgin's advertising use of a minor's picture posted by the girl's youth counselor to Flickr under a...; Tags: Creative Commons, Web, Flickr, Shelley, Litigation, Business Operations, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-09-26
Why McLuhan was right when it comes to attention: Through his always enriching podcast, I've heard Cory Doctorow give variations on his privacy talk at least five or six times over the last year. The most current iteration is available at Intel's/Josh Bancroft's BitStories. In responding to an audience question, Cory explains exactly why, when it comes...; Tags: Message, Liberty, Computer, Cory, Productivity, Podcasts, Internet, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-09-25
IP and the user generated economy at TechCrunch40: Some very competitively interesting Web companies are being launched and/or featured today and tomorrow at TechCrunch40. In the wrap-up portion of the Community Collaboration session, former Napster executive Don Dodge was quick to note that many of these companies depend on user submissions and uploads to populate their services,...; Tags: Creative Commons, IP, Video, User, Music, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-09-17
Lawgarithms Links for 8/27/07: iPhone hacking meets the DMCA, new ways to owe money to the RIAA, bad music and its aftermath, and more — now playing in my Google Reader Starred Items:iPhone Unlocked; Legal Battle Looming?, from Ed FeltenUnlocking the iPhone could invite a lawsuit, from Computerworld Breaking News Is Unlocking Apple's iPhone...; Tags: Apple iPhone, RIAA, Lawgarithms, iPhone Hacking, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2007-08-27