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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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Jennifer Leggio unpacks demand letter over "branded community": 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 good object lesson about paying attention to cease and...; Tags: Community, Letter, E-mail, Blogging, Online Communications, Internet, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Care to spend your holiday weekend policing directory listings?: 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: inaccuracies proliferate, privacy is frequently...; Tags: Reunion.com LLC., Security, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Overly restrictive A.P. quoting guidelines risk winning battles at the war's expense: 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 The A.P.'s copyright." The problem with "clear...; Tags: Reproduction, Standards, A.P., Quality, Blogging, Channel Management, Business Operations, Internet, Marketing, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-06-16
Section 230 to Twitter and others: Delete away: 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 Wired's/Betsy Schiffman's post about Ariel Waldman and Twitter...; Tags: Alteration, Immunity, Twitter, Regulations, Government, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-05-24
Stanford Information Law Symposium: 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 and Stefan Bechtold, and such big topics as privacy, free speech, the future...; Tags: Internet, Blogging, Regulations, Government, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-05-21

A short, pointed list of 'wonderful policies': In putting together a list of what I consider to be relatively clueful site policies, terms, and guidelines, I just stumbled on BoingBoing's List of Wonderful Policies. And it is. by Denise Howell; Tags: Policy, Denise Howell; Blog posts 2008-05-14
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