Intellectual Property Law

minilinks for 2008-06-06

By Hugh DAndrade

• Obama Should Lead on FISA
  
  A CBS News Blogger has some advice for the presumptive nominee: Get to work protecting civil liberties!
• FTC Investigates Big Brother
  
  The practice of compiling profiles on Internet users for purposes of targeted advertising is coming under scrutiny.
• Will Flame Wars Be Made Illegal?
  
  A proposed federal statute would make it a crime to transmit communications with the intent to cause "substantial emotional distress."
• Infighting at ISPs over Using NebuAd
  
  User tracking technology is proving controversial at ISPs, where some technicians say the technology violates user trust.
• Signs of Intelligent Life in the Music Business
  
  Can music start-ups gain access to music catalogs by offering equity in their companies to music collecting societies?
• Digital Books: The Next MP3?
  
  NY Times columnist Paul Krugman says the book publishing industry will soon face the technological changes that are transforming the music industry. (log-in may be required.)
• Colleges Use Pop Quiz to Fight Illegal Downloading
  
  Rather than eliminating P2P software, some colleges require students to pass a test on copyright basics -- with good results.
• Show us the Policy
  
  Privacy groups say Google should make its privacy policy easier to find.

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on June 06, 2008 (boomark / email).

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