Law… ICE and Counterfeit Goods 10 Sep 2009 When the INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) was disassembled and taken away from the DOJ, its dissolution created three new agencies, all housed under the Department of Homeland Security: USCIS…
Law… Child Pornography and Life Imprisonment 10 Sep 2009 According to a press release from the DOJ, a Philadelphia man has been sentenced to life in prison after having been convicted in May for "advertising, transporting, receiving and possessing…
Law… More on the Google Books Settlement 8 Sep 2009 The Google Books settlement is generating a lot of ink over the past few days, with Microsoft wading into the waters. According to PC Magazine, Microsoft filed objections with the…
Law… More on Google Privacy 8 Sep 2009 Yesterday I mentioned the Google Books proposed settlement, along with the new concerns about consumer privacy. Today, there's a story on Gawker/Valleywag about why the concerns about privacy may be…
Law… Google Books Settlement and Privacy Concerns 7 Sep 2009 Google has always been a problematic company for me. On one hand, its search engine has become the de facto starting point for the vast majority of internet users, so…
Law… Seeing is Believing 13 Jul 2009 Last week's revelations that the "President's Surveillance Program" was--no surprise--a whole hell of a lot larger than anyone admitted (AP via ABCNews) have stoked a little flame under Congressional Democrats,…
Law… Animal “Terrorism” 13 Jul 2009 Looks like there's a Constitutional challenge happening in San Jose. At issue, in a nutshell, is whether the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act is overbroad and squelches legitimate free speech. (Source.)…
Law… FTC, Bloggers, and Compensation 22 Jun 2009 Change must be coming soon, or else the AP wouldn't have felt compelled to write up a story about proposed "FTC Plans to Montior Blogs for Claims, Payments." (I say…
Gizmos… FCC, Exclusivity, and Broadband 22 Jun 2009 The acting chairman of the FCC, Michael J. Copps, recently addressed a crowd at Pike & Fischer's Broadband Policy Summit V, and what he discussed is pretty interesting. For one…
Law… Hiring Practices and Antitrust Concerns 3 Jun 2009 It may not be as sexy as hearing that corporations have colluded with eachother to keep prices high (say in the TFT or DRAM markets), but I see in the…
