Here are the top stories I followed this week:
Ukrainian Students Develop Gloves That Translate Sign Language Into Speech
Officials: Past 12 months warmest ever for U.S.
Accused of downloading porn, Kentucky woman sues the pornographers
Here comes Skynet: Army drones almost ready to share sky with airlines
That’s Not My Phone, It’s My Tracker
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A mid-week election saw Richard Mourdock topple long-standing Republican Senator Richard Lugar. Has anybody bothered to ask Mourdock or (Democrat rival) Joe Donnelly’s thoughts on legislation like CISPA and SNOPA? Not this week, when all the talk was about Zuckerberg’s hoodie and President Obama’s evolution on same-sex marriage.
Why the New gTLDs Don’t Matter
Clicking ‘Like’ on Facebook Is Not Protected Speech, Judge Rules
Property rights in the cloud: Your data or theirs?
Twitter Defends User In Court Over Occupy Tweets
Think That Email Isn’t a Contract? Think Again
Facebook bans Grooveshark over copyright complaint
How Should We Measure Damages for Defamation Over Social Media?
Mars Rover Opportunity Rolling Again After Winter Break
New NDAA Would Give the Military Clandestine Cyberwar Powers
“All of my friends who have younger siblings who are going to college or high school – my number one piece of advice is: You should learn how to program.” – Mark Zuckerberg
Stories from the Week that Was - 4/8/12-4/14/12
President Obama Signs Into Law The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
Amazon will now buy your old CDs
Maryland becomes first state to ban employers from asking for social media passwords
Warning from the USPTO Concerning Unofficial Trademark Solicitations
U.S. sees warmest March in recorded history, NOAA reports
Facebook To Acquire Instagram For $1 Billion
“Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds.” – John Perry Barlow
Stories from the Week that Was – 1/15/12-1/21/12
The internet stood up and crushed SOPA/PIPA this week (at least temporarily). It was a pretty amazing day as Wikipedia went dark and citizens across the land let their voices be heard. It’s not over yet and there’s news that a new bill, ACTA, is even worse than SOPA. Stay tuned.
Anonymous Attacks Justice Dept as FBI Shuts Down File-Sharing Site
Super Bowl XLVI Gets a Social Media Command Center
The Week That Killed SOPA: A Timeline
“I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It’s a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.” – John Perry Barlow
Stories from the Week that Was – 1/8/12-1/14/12
More SOPA this week. It’s all coming to a head next week with a big internet protest planned. Stay tuned.
Homeland Security monitors journalists
3 More Reasons SOPA Ought to Scare You
Who Is Flying Unmanned Aircraft in the U.S.?
Why bankruptcy isn’t a brand killer
Full Text of 2012 Indiana State of the Judiciary Address
White House Speaks Out Against SOPA/PIPA, Sort Of…
“The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.” – Eric Allman
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/25/11-12/31/11
2011 was quite a year. We witnessed intellectual property trump civil liberties time and time again. I’ll continue to archive the most important stories from each week, although I’m no longer certain it’s best for my mental health. Onward and upward (hopefully).
Copyrights Are No Longer About Copies (Part 1): William Patry
Creativity Springs From Careful Copying (Part 2): William Patry
Artists: Can You Be Sued for Including a Real Person in Your Painting?
SOPA is the end of us, say bloggers
Company sues former employee over right to Twitter followers
Scottie Pippie Files Suit Claiming Websites Falsely Labeled Him as Bankrupt; Is Blog Tag Defamatory?
Google+ Censoring Borderline Offensive Profile Images; Author Images in Search Results To Blame?
Stories from the Week that Was – 12/18-12/24/11
Dear Internet: It’s No Longer OK to Not Know How Congress Works
In the eyes of the law, are we all public figures on Facebook?
“The intellectual property situation is bad and getting worse. To be a programmer, it requires that you understand as much law as you do technology.” – Eric Allman
Stories from the Week that Was – 11/27-12/3/11
USPTO releases 2011 Performance and Accountability Report
Researcher’s Video Shows Secret Software on Millions of Phones Logging Everything
US judge orders hundreds of sites “de-indexed” from Google, Facebook
Governor Brownback apologizes to Emma Sullivan over Twitter tiff
The Copyright Industry – A Century Of Deceit
Teen Tweeter Won’t Apologize To Kansas Governor
“As we’ve seen, our constitutional system requires limits on copyright as a way to assure that copyright holders do not too heavily influence the development and distribution of our culture.” -Lawrence Lessig
Stories from the Week that Was – 11/13-11/19/11
Press Russia on intellectual property: US lawmakers
Criminal Case Glut Impedes Civil Suits
Picking Brand Names in China Is a Business Itself
The Entrepreneurial Generation
The NLRB’s Obsession with Social Media Continues
Viacom so devastated by piracy that CEO gets $50 million raise
Woman decapitated after anti-crime blog, police say
Attorneys seek to auction Righthaven copyrights
Artists Sue CBS, CNET, for Promoting and Profiting from Piracy
SOPA and Protect IP: What Legal Nightmares Are Made of
Number of 90-plus people likely to quadruple by 2050
Are Digital Resale Markets Legal? Should They Be?
“Humanity is acquiring all the right technology for all the wrong reasons.” -R. Buckminster Fuller
Stories from the Week that Was – 11/6-11/12/11
Don’t Believe Facebook, Spotify’s The Only Open Graph Music App Winning
Two-thirds support social networking blackout in future riots
Facebook nears settlement with FTC on privacy
Social Media Impact by Nonprofit Issues [Infographic]
Six-year project to tweet the Second World War
“If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
