Stories from the Week that Was – 12/25/11-12/31/11

02 Monday Jan 2012

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Artists, Bloggers, Copyright, Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Litigation, Privacy, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was, Tech Developments

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Google, NDAA, PhoneDog, Scottie Pippen, SOPA

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

Statement by the President on H.R. 1540 (the “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012)

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 – 11/27-12/3/11

04 Sunday Dec 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Bloggers, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Legislation, Litigation, Patent, Privacy, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was, Tech Developments, Trademark

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Brownback, lawrence lessig

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

US Senate To Vote On Bill That Will Allow The Military To Arrest Americans On American Soil And Hold Them Indefinitely

“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 – 11/20-11/26/11

27 Sunday Nov 2011

Posted by Kenan Farrell in Copyright, Federal Initiatives, Intellectual Property, Social Media, Stories from the Week that Was

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COPPA, Facebook, Google, Pirate Bay, YouTube

Stories from the Week that Was – 11/20-11/26/11

Fighting The Pseudonym Cyberwar

The Facebook Parents’ Dilemma: COPPA and my daughter turn 13

Google Now Censors The Pirate Bay, isoHunt, 4Shared and More

Feds Seize 130+ Domain Names in Mass Crackdown

Rogues Falsely Claim Copyright on YouTube Videos to Hijack Ad Dollars

“I am sorry to say that there is too much point to the wisecrack that life is extinct on other planets because their scientists were more advanced than ours.” John F. Kennedy