Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica
Posts mostly cover Internet and intellectual property law. The name is Latin-derived for the "art of technology"
Author: Among others, this blawg is written by Ars Technica staffers: senior editor and co-founder Jon Stokes, managing editor Eric Bangeman, associate editor Nate Anderson assistant editor Jacqui Cheng, science editor John Timmer and gaming staff writer Frank Caron. "Our editorial team is at home on Linux, Mac, and Windows; they know both the home and the enterprise; they understand law and politics; and they specialize in bringing readers the right answer, the first time."
Blawg Related Categories: Intellectual Property Law • Copyright Law • Patent Law • Internet Law • Legal News Publication • Blawg 100
Recent Posts from Law & Disorder Section - Ars Technica
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Tech week in review: Firefox 3.5 edition
It's now a holiday weekend here in the US, but that doesn't mean last week wasn't exciting. Here's a recap of the Week That Was. The big news, of course, was the long-awaited release of…
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Phone ringtones a "public performance"? EFF, AT&T say no
It isn't often that you find AT&T and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in agreement, but consensus has been reached on one matter: ASCAP's demand that wireless companies pay it license fees for ringtones is, well,…
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"MySpace mom" Lori Drew's conviction thrown out
"MySpace mom" Lori Drew has had her misdemeanor guilty verdict overturned by the federal judge handling the case, the LA Times reports. Violating a website's terms of use is not, it seems, a federal crime…
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Behavioral advertisers discover the self-regulation gospel
Behavioral advertising, in which users are fed ads based on the interests revealed by their Web browsing habits, has an obvious appeal to advertisers, as it will ostensibly allow them to serve ads to the…
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Assaulted by someone you met online? Don't sue the website
Social networks like MySpace still cannot be held responsible for assaults that happen offline, according to California's Second District Court of Appeal in Los Angeles. The court was asked to review the case of four…
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Make big bucks rolling out broadband to unserved areas!
Attention, all high speed Internet lovers—the government has released its first Notice of Funds Availability (NOFA) and is asking for applications to spend that broadband stimulus money. This is phase one of the roll-out of…
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Interior Dept. wants 100GW of solar power on federal land
On Tuesday, the US Department of the Interior announced plans that should radically streamline the process of building utility-scale solar facilities in the US Southwest. After having surveyed terrain administered by the Bureau of Land…
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How wide is the world's digital divide, anyway?
It's not hard for Americans to work themselves into a lather over the state of broadband in this country, which is improving but still not on par with the 100Mbps fiber lines widely offered in…
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US government gives IT spending data some Flash
The Obama administration came to office with promises of greater openness about government activities and improved technical capabilities. On Tuesday, the US CTO, Vivek Kundra, announced a new Web resource that promises to allow citizens…
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Judge throws book at Usenet.com in RIAA lawsuit
A federal judge yesterday found Usenet.com liable for just about every copyright infringement claim on the books: direct infringement, inducement of infringement, contributory infringement, and (just for good measure) vicarious infringement. Not content to be…