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- When virtual legal chickens come home to roost
- When virtual legal chickens come home to roostJudge orders payment of $5000 virtual dollarsgood at any virtual McDonalds.Pfttt..RE: When virtual legal chickens come home to roostWhat court would actually have jurisdiction? The court where the Second Life servers are? How about where the plantiff is? What if the defendant resides...
- Tags: legal chicken, virtual dollar, chicken, Second Life
- Discussion threads 2007-11-07
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- Apple adds DMCA charge to Psystar suit
- It appears that Apple is trying to put the final nail in Psystar's coffin, asking the court to accept an amended complaint against the Mac clone maker to add a charge of violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act to a long list of allegations, including trademark infringement, breach of...
- Tags: Complaint, DMCA, Apple Inc., Psystar, Apple Mac OS X, Productivity, Operating Systems, Digital Media, Software, Apple Mac OS, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Go, Carts, Go! Trumps "drill, baby, drill."
- Even in oil country folks are turning to electric golf carts for transport. Like in Hobart, Oklahoma. The annual fee: $10. How long before Exxon goes to court to stop this madness? City after city the local laws are being alterd to allow electric,...
- Tags: Cart, Car, Street, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- The uncertainties of social media for traditional brands
- Guest post: Drew Bartkiewicz is a vice president of Technology and New Media Markets for The Hartford, and author of the upcoming book, Unseen Liability. In today's 24/7 business world, companies and their customers are consuming, sharing and storing data at an unprecedented rate. This data has...
- Tags: Web, Brand, Network, Social Media, Tiffany, Web 2.0, Intellectual Property, Internet, Research & Development, Business Operations, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Facebook wins $873 million judgement against spammer
- Major news sources are reporting that Facebook has won a $873 million dollar judgement against a Canadian spammer. What this means for spam on social networks is not clear, however. Adam Guerbuez of Montreal, CA, had a judgement of $873 million dropped on him by a...
- Tags: Facebook, Judgement, Spammer, E-mail World, E-mail, Spam, Social Networking, Cyberthreats, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Adam O\'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Is the era of open source legal stupidity over?
- Some SCO partisans still don't believe it, and lawyers like to get paid, but at some point in the economic cycle such arguments become an unaffordable luxury and we may well be at that point. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: SCO Group Inc., Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Corporate holiday parties: Is there reason to celebrate?
- In the midst of job cuts, slower sales and declining stock prices, it's hard for the corporate world to put on a smile and celebrate with a holiday party this season. Morale alone may be reason to keep that holiday party scheduled - but be careful to be frugal but...
- Tags: Holiday Party, Recruitment & Selection, Sales Strategy, XML, Food & Beverage, Financial Accounting, Investment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Sales, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Manufacturing, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Internet stars come out for RIAA trial
- In RIAA lawsuit news, the Tennenbaum case – in which uber-lawyer Charles Nesson now represents the defendant – is taking an Internet star turn. Ray Beckerman reports that in a pretrial memo PDF, Nesson discloses that he intends to call some of the biggest legal names in digital rights. ...
- Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, P2P, RIAA, Berkman Center, Charles Nesson, Internet, Peer To Peer (P2P), Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro' Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...
- Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Judge tosses Psystar's countersuit
- A federal judge has tossed out a countersuit filed by Mac clone maker Psystar, which alleged that Apple was engaging in anticompetitive business practices by controlling both the hardware and software that makes up the Macintosh computer line. Psystar was given 20 days - until Dec. 8 - to amend...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Psystar, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire
- Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what's promoted as a Remote Administration Tool, has in fact built-in antivirus software evading capabilities, rootkit functionality and tutorials on...
- Tags: Malware, FTC, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-18
- Employee Internet and Email Abuse - Mapping the Legal Minefield for Employers
- Download this whitepaper to understand your legal position on employee misuse of Email, Web and Instant Messaging. Written by noted expert in IT and Internet Law, Dr Brian Bandey and with chapters including Explaining the Law, Harassment and Understanding Employer's Liability, this whitepaper is a complete guide for Employers to...
- Tags: Marshal Ltd, Internet, E-mail, Harassment, Online Communications, Human Resources, Gender And Diversity
- White papers 2008-11-17
- Court's decision is boon for alternative energy
- Good news for alternative energy technologies: An environmental review board has shot down EPA approval of a new coal plant, saying that the Environment Protection Agency needs to come up with nationwide standards for dealing with carbon dioxide. Wired reports that the decision means lengthy and stricter...
- Tags: Alternative Energy, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Papermaster countersues; IBM to put up $3M
- In keeping up with the latest developments of the IBM-Papermaster-Apple legal saga, now comes word via Information Week that Mark Papermaster, the veteran IBM executive trying to defect to Apple, has filed a countersuit against Big Blue, alleging that non-compete clause he signed with IBM is irrelevant because Apple and...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Agreement, IBM Corp., Papermaster, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Going paperless...Are we really saving money?
- I've been continuing to kick around the idea of going paperless in K-12 education, particularly at the elementary level. It's becoming something of a personal crusade as I watch teachers crank out reams of worksheets for their students and find money to buy toner to support their habit. ...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc., Digital Content, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- News to know: Yahoo, Blackberry Storm, Black Friday leaks, Smartphones
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Sam Diaz: Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out Larry Dignan: Verizon Wireless: Storm lands Nov. 21 Sean Portnoy: Best Buy...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Smartphone, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Don't inhale, it's legal but it's toxic
- That's the conclusion of a United Nations report on the atmosphere above large sections of Asia. Guess all that economic growth comes with a little extra. Nasty plumes of smoke, soot, toxic gases and other fine manmade crud are found all over the planet, but the...
- Tags: China, Sunlight, U.N., Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Press "Upload" on that Video: "Point Is Not To Bust People,'' Says NBC
- The point is to actually make fair use -- fair and creative use -- use of someone's professionally produced content, if you're going to post a video online. The executive vice president and general counsel of NBC Universal, Rick Cotton, this afternoon said that 99 percent of...
- Tags: NBC, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- NebuAd, ISPs, named in class action lawsuit
- NebuAd, the controversial company that was trying to sell deep-packet inspection technology as a means of delivering more relevant ads, has already had most of the life sucked out of it. Now, a class action lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in San Francisco today, could put the final nail...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Class Action, NebuAd, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
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