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Lawgarithms Links for 7/20/07

Now that I'm smitten with keeping a link blog, I'll endeavor once a week or so to cull through it for things I think might be of particular interest to Lawgarithms readers. So, here we go. I'm curious whether you find such undertakings useful or not, so there's...

Tags: Social news, Social networking, Privacy, Patent, Live Web, Links, Licenses, Lawsuits, DRM, DMCA, Copyright, Collaboration, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-07-20

Viacom and YouTube lawyers and others are in violent agreement: intellectual property won't kill social media

There has been a good deal of violent agreement thus far here at Supernova, but I was pretty surprised at the degree of it we had on the panel I moderated this morning, captioned Will Intellectual Property Kill Social Media? The answer was resoundingly "no," and the converse also...

Tags: Video, User generated content, Social news, Social networking, MGM v. Grokster, Mashups, Live Web, Licenses, Lawsuits, DMCA, Copyright, Conferences

Blog posts 2007-06-20

Digg and cracking HD-DVD: Reimerdes comes to social news

Techmeme is all a-flutter, and my ZDNet colleagues have been right on top of the Digg/HD-DVD crack story. Heres my quick take on things, as I run off to OnHollywood where Kevin Rose spoke this morning:Nothing says Digg has to respond to a mere demand letter under any circumstances....

Tags: Voice, User generated content, Social news, Social networking, Lawsuits, DRM, DMCA, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-05-02

Supernova: will intellectual property kill social media?

Kevin Werbach just posted the draft agenda for the upcoming Supernova conference. Ill be moderating a session at the Challenge Day on June 20 titled "Will Intellectual Property Kill Social Media?," and weve confirmed the following stellar panel to take on this topic:EFF Senior Intellectual Property Attorney Fred von...

Tags: Video, User generated content, Social news, Social networking, MGM v. Grokster, Mashups, Live Web, Licenses, Lawsuits, DMCA, Copyright, Conferences

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Podcast on the law of business communities

The conference call Mike Madison and I recorded earlier this week in anticipation of our session at Community 2.0 more here and here is now available as part of the Bag and Baggage Podcast or from the Future of Communities blog. We talked about: Defining community and loosely-joined...

Tags: Attention, Blogging, Collaboration, Compliance, Conferences, Copyright, Defamation, DMCA, Free speech, Identity, Licenses, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, Social news, Trademark, User generated content, Virtual worlds, Voice

Blog posts 2007-03-09

Take two: public conference call on the law of business communities

Our rescheduled conference call in anticipation of Community 2.0 details here takes place today at 1:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST. Call-in details are here, please join us if you are interested.

Tags: Attention, Blogging, Collaboration, Conferences, Copyright, DMCA, Free speech, Identity, Licenses, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, Social news, User generated content, Virtual worlds, Voice

Blog posts 2007-03-07

Join us Monday for a public conference call on the law of business communities

In connection with our session at the the upcoming Community 2.0 conference, law professor Mike Madison and I will be hosting a public conference call on Monday, February 26 beginning at 1:00 p.m. PST, and wed love your participation to help us hone in on the ownership considerations (IP;...

Tags: Blogging, Conferences, Copyright, DMCA, Free speech, Identity, Licenses, MGM v. Grokster, Social networking, Social news, User generated content, Voice, Collaboration, Compliance, Attention

Blog posts 2007-02-23

The Web's video library includes Saddam Hussein's uncut execution

As law professor, blogger, and sentencing law expert Douglas A. Berman writes, "[a]ll over the blogosphere, one can now access an uncut video of Saddam Husseins hanging." Good discussion in the comments there. Its not what I usually have in mind when I talk about participatory law, but...

Tags: Video, Free speech, Social news, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-01-02

Additional Resources

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Yahoo's dwindling search share: Time to panic?

Typical MicrosoftThis is normal business practice for MS. Partner up with someone, take what they need, then discard them.Ask anyone from RealNetworks how their partnership went.It's about search.Wow, it looks like the volume of search users use the search engine that delivers better results.Google search is better than Bing...

Tags: E-mail, SEARCH, Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Bing

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Life insurance may prove difficult to get if you contract H1N1

Insurance company business model:Only sell insurance to those who will not need it and hence not collect.For life insurance, they at least have a case, because it should not be possible to take out a $1M policy the day before you die of cancer.Health CARE however is supposed to be...

Tags: Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Personal finance, payroll solutions, H1N1 flu, insurance, life insurance, health insurance, health care

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

The role of data governance in the enterprise

According to analyst reports, the volume of enterprise data doubles every 18 months - and a lot information is inaccurate, duplicated or out-of-date and needs to be managed. Commentary - Every corporate decision and operation relies on the quality of the organization?s underlying data. ...

Tags: Data Quality, Data Governance, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, data management, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News, Navin Sharma Pitney Bowes Business Insight, Special to ZDNet News

News items 2009-11-12

Enterprise 2.0: What do we know today about moving our organizations into the 21st century?

This week in Frankfurt at the Enterprise 2.0 SUMMIT and last week at the inaugural Enterprise 2.0 Conference West in San Francisco has been an good microcosm of the state of the industry. It does appear that we're entering a new stage in the maturity of enterprise social computing. ...

Tags: Enterprise 2.0, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-12

News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-11

Motorola sells 100k Droids on opening weekend

Great screen ???? Only in the specs.Have you seen the Droid?? The screen is HORRIBLE. It is like looking at an old burnout monitor. Yellowish, blurry ... just plain UGLY.The pictures posted here and pretty much everywhere else aren't lying. The quality of the display in the Droid...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Inc., Droid, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Social Rush for iPhone 1.0 (Mobile)

Social Rush for iPhone provides quick and simple access to many of the top social networking sites specifically formatted for the iPhone. Social Rush for iPhone displays some of your favorite sites in a gorgeous virtual library. Easily email links to the currently Opened article without even leaving News Rush...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, John Cotant, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2009-11-10

News Rush Pro for iPhone 1.1 (Mobile)

News Rush Pro for iPhone provides quick and simple access to over 115 of the top News sites specifically formatted for the iPhone. It covers local and world headlines, tech news, gossip news, sports news, and social networking sites. Easily email links to the currently Opened article without even leaving...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, John Cotant, Smart Phones, Social Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Software downloads 2009-11-10

News to know: Cisco; Azure; Smartphones; Twitter lists; Facebook; Skype; Twitter device

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Cisco unveils collaboration, e-mail and social tools for the enterprise Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft puts more...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Twitter Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Skype Technologies S.A., Cisco Systems Inc., Smartphone, Sam Diaz, E-mail, Web Browsers, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Online Communications, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-11-09

Digsby build 73 (beta) (Windows)

Digsby helps you manage all your IM, e-mail, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. Digsby lets you chat with all your friends on AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook Chat, and Jabber with one simple to manage buddy list. It provides notifications when new e-mails arrive and...

Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows, Beta, dotSyntax, Social Networking, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Internet

Software downloads 2009-11-08

The Enterprise 2.0 Value Propositions Agenda

Time is Money: Where's the Beef? The now biannual US 'Enterprise 2.0' conference is a wrap, but disappointingly there is still little business understanding of what the term means or what the value propositions and benefits are. The general 2.0 suffix is well understood by technology...

Tags: Collaboration, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, E2.0, Susan Scrupski, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-05