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Freedom to Differ

A blog that speaks freely about legal issues facing the media and the internet. It mainly covers issues relating to the legal regulation of the internet and the media, but at times Constitutional law issues and politics are discussed. While the focus is on Australia, developments in other nations around the world are considered as well.

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The "Atomization of Conversation"

Posted on May 17, 2008
Josh Kopelman, Managing Director of First Round Capital, discusses a new phenomenon, the "atomization of conversation": Last week I was speaking with Lawrence Hooper of Loladex and he used a phrase that's been sticking in my head. When I asked him whether people would be willing to solicit their friends...

ID fraud on social networking sites

Posted on May 17, 2008
The Age has a detailed look at identity fraud in social networking sites: IT'S what makes you unique among the Earth's 6.65 billion humans - your identity. Your name, your date of birth, where you live, who you barrack for, even your pet's name - private details now so easily...

Social networking annoyances

Posted on May 15, 2008
PC World has put together a list of the top ten social networking annoyances. These are some of them: The same question people used to ask about PCs can be asked of social networks: Were our lives easier or harder, better or worse, simpler or more complex, before they came...

Colbert defends his mentor O'Reilly

Posted on May 15, 2008
Stephen Colbert responds to the leaked footage from earlier in the week of a Bill O?Reilly meltdown:

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A code for bloggers

Posted on May 15, 2008
The Guardian reports on widespread support for a code of conduct for bloggers: Nearly half of all internet users would support a voluntary code of conduct for bloggers and online commentators, according to research. A survey by legal firm DLA Piper said 46% of web users think bloggers should sign...

935 Lies

Posted on May 15, 2008
From Harry Shearer's forthcoming record Songs of the Bushmen:

Building an Australasian Commons

Posted on May 15, 2008
Several of my colleagues at QUT have been working to put together this upcoming conference, Building an Australasian Commons: CCau is pleased to announce that details for its 2008 national conference, Building an Australasian Commons, have now been finalised...

Nexus

Posted on May 13, 2008
ReadWriteWeb profiles a great little Facebook application: Looking to visualize your Facebook friend graph? You can with a Facebook app called Nexus. This app is a friend grapher that displays a visual analysis of your Facebook connections. But it's not just a pretty picture: in addition to viewing how your...

Facebook sued

Posted on May 13, 2008
Tech Law Prof highlights an interesting lawsuit: A Dean of Students of a Roman Catholic school in Indianapolis is suing Facebook over a prank page depicting which depicts that individual as acting inappropriately for a person in that position. The issue for Tim Puntarelli is not to punish Facebook but...

Apple Mac music video

Posted on May 12, 2008
This video shows some of the many cool ways you can use a Mac set to the song of "Again & Again" by the Bird & the Bee:

Hillary's Downfall

Posted on May 12, 2008
is this offensive? I found it very funny (and I'm a Hillary supporter), but techPresident isn't sure: OMG! WARNING: Over the top, offensive humor! There seems to be no limit to the power of the people to use the internet to express themselves politically, artistically, ...

The evolution of the press release

Posted on May 12, 2008
TechCrunch has a fascinating guest post from Brian Solis, Principal of FutureWorks, a PR and New Media agency in Silicon Valley and also blogs at PR 2.0, on the evolution of the press release. Read it here.

Should Twitter be "freemium"?

Posted on May 12, 2008
Webomatica makes a good point: Twitter is now known for going down without warning, leaving Twitter-addicts moaning that they feel disconnected and the world is coming to an end. But the complaining brings up an issue that bugs me - it?s modus operandi for new web services to be free,...

Copyright criminal mushots

Posted on May 11, 2008
From Boing Boing: Brett from Open Source Cinema sez, "We're asking people to take photos of themselves with a mug shot plate indicating their copyright criminality. Then we're going to animate the photos and have them appear in our movie, Basement Tapes, an open source documentary...

Good question

Posted on May 11, 2008
Daniel Solove asks why is there no stare decisis for methods of interpretation?: The judiciary adheres to stare decisis for many principles of law, but it seems to allow a free-for-all when it comes to interpretative method. Interpretative method (for both the Constitution as well as statutes) is left to...

"Rumour Has It"

Posted on May 11, 2008
The Washington Post charts the evolution of gossip to Juicy Campus and wonders what the law can do: "I am suggesting that language evolved to allow us to gossip . . . to facilitate the bonding of social groups . . . it mainly achieves this aim by permitting the...

Laptop thieves nabbed with help from Mac software

Posted on May 11, 2008
Boing Boing offers another good reason to own a Mac I suppose: Glenn Fleishman says, Two alleged thieves were found with stolen computer and A/V gear taken from three roommates in White Plains, N.Y., because one of the victims is a Mac expert. She used the notoriously hard-to-get-working Back to...

Global IP Index

Posted on May 10, 2008
Taylor Wessing has launched the results of its Global Intellectual Property (IP) Index: The Global IP Index presents a comprehensive statistical comparison of IP protection and enforcement in 22 of the world's leading economies, rating each jurisdiction for protecting and enforcing patents, trade marks and copyrights...

Why Twitter?

Posted on May 10, 2008
At Media Post's Online Spin blog Max Kalehoff offers a great explanation of why we Twitter: I use Twitter, the micro-blogging platform. Each post is limited to 140 characters, so it instills succinct, efficient expression. And you only receive regular posts from those people you choose to follow, so you...

Sad Kermit

Posted on May 10, 2008
A very sad Kermit re-enacts the suicide attempt scene from the Royal Tennenbaums: See more funny videos at CollegeHumor

Levi's viral hit

Posted on May 10, 2008
Wired reviews an effective viral marketing from Levi Strauss: The hottest video on YouTube right now showcases a handful of agile hipsters effortlessly hopping, leaping and even back-flipping into their jeans. Amateur videos of friends performing such stunts are common enough on YouTube, but this video is the work of...

Another clever use of Twitter

Posted on May 10, 2008
Lost Remote highlights another very effective use of Twitter: WCNC just used Twitter to cover the North Carolina primary. ?It was incredibly successful,? says WCNC?s Kayla Castille, who said reporters and anchors ?really got into it.? Of course, Twitter has been gaining popularity in media circles, from the New York...

Jon Stewart is like Bill O'Reilly?

Posted on May 09, 2008
The Associated Press reports on an interesting finding: A journalism think tank studying "The Daily Show" doesn't believe many people get their news from Jon Stewart ? because otherwise they wouldn't get the jokes. The Project for Excellence in Journalism also said it was surprised at how much the Comedy...

Nine Network Australia Pty Limited v IceTV Pty Limited

Posted on May 09, 2008
Yesterday the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia handed down its decision in Nine Network Australia Pty Limited v IceTV Pty Limited, a very interesting copyright case relating to electronic TV programming guides. The opening paragraph of the Court's decision neatly summarises the issue: The main issue in...

2008 Press Freedom Report

Posted on May 09, 2008
The 2008 Press Freedom Report of the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance, Breaking the shackles: the continuing fight against censorship and spin 2008 was launched at the Alliance's annual Press Freedom Dinner last Friday night in Sydney. Read the full report here.

Reflections ...

Posted on May 09, 2008
This week Duncan Riley announced his new blogging venture, The Inquisitr (see my post here). However in my mind an equally significant announcement was that Skepticlawyer (Helen Dale) from Catallaxy and Legal Eagle from The Legal Soapbox are teaming up at in a joint blog venture, Skepticlawyer...

Identity impersonation on Facebook

Posted on May 06, 2008
The Winnipeg Sun reports an on unusual prosecution for impersonation on Facebook: Posed as a teacher? Police charge 15-year-old alleged Facebook faker He's facing the music for allegedly using Facebook illegally. And at age 15, the Brandon boy is a rare kind of suspect for the relatively rare criminal offence...

Webby winners announced

Posted on May 06, 2008
The full list of the Webby Awards winners, nominees and honorees are now available here. Comedian Stephen Colbert received a Webby for being the Internet's "Person of the Year". Mashable has a good summary here: Given the amazing amount of social media and blogosphere award winners announced (not to mention...

The state of the Facebook platform

Posted on May 06, 2008
20bits looks at the state of the Facebook platform ... and it's not exactly strong: Something is wrong in the Facebook developer community. Starting in March I began noticing that the level of activity in the Facebook developers forum was dropping sharply...

The Nuclear Option

Posted on May 06, 2008
Mark Pesce has presented his thoughts on hyperconnectivity, hyperempowerment and Twitter at the Walkley Public Affairs Conference on Social Media in Sydney today: You can read his thoughts here.

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