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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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Upcoming: Fordham Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law & Policy

Posted on March 24, 2008
Later this week I will live-blogging the Fordham Annual Conference on International Intellectual Property Law and Policy:

"The Professor as Open Book"

Posted on March 23, 2008
The New York Times looks at how university lecturers/professors are using social networks to connect and engage with their students: IT is not necessary for a student studying multivariable calculus, medieval literature or Roman archaeology to know that the professor on the podium shoots pool, has donned a bunny costume...

Censored!

Posted on March 23, 2008
I was amused to receive an email from a friend today advising that my blog is blocked in China: Hey Pete I'm in China for a few months at the moment. I thought you'd get a kick out of knowing that your blog is blocked by the great firewall. Image...

Down for everyone or just me?

Posted on March 23, 2008
Check out Down for everyone or just me? - a great little site that tells you whether a particular site is down for everyone or just you. (Hat tip: Kate Carruthers via Twitter.)

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Freedom to Differ and social networks

Posted on March 23, 2008
In addition to (or instead of) following this blog by visiting http://www.freedomtodiffer.com/ or reading it in your RSS reader, you can stay up-to-date with this blog from within your preferred social network (well, as long as your preferred social network is Facebook, MySpace, Bebo or Ning)...

The Big Apple

Posted on March 23, 2008
This morning I depart for New York City where I will be attending the Fordham Annual Conference on Intellectual Property Law & Policy. Therefore blogging may be a little erratic for the next week. That said, I will still try to post daily and it is my intention to live...

Squirrels need Facebook

Posted on March 22, 2008
The Discovery Channel is reporting that apparently squirrels network like Facebook friends: The squirrel world has its own Kevin Bacon -- a socially well-connected individual dubbed Mercedes by the scientist who studies him. The major difference between human and squirrel social networks is that people, as the conventional wisdom goes,...

Readers may find this post offensive

Posted on March 22, 2008
Given the controversy in Australia over Gordon Ramsay's constant swearing, especially his use of the word "cunt" in the 9:30pm time slot (see here), I thought I'd post riverbasil's meditation on that very word:

My Name is URL

Posted on March 22, 2008
A cute YouTube video parodying My Name is Earl:

This shouldn't be legal

Posted on March 22, 2008
I was disturbed to read this story, "FBI posts fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects", by CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh during the week: The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and then raiding the homes...

TubeDeeDo

Posted on March 22, 2008
Presenting the Kings of YouTube (TubeDeeDo) Rap (from the creators of The Kings of Myspace):

Chris Wallace on Fox & Friends

Posted on March 22, 2008
Chris Wallace, the host of Fox News Sunday, appeared on Fox & Friends yesterday and took them to talk for their coverage of Barack Obama:

Change Congress launched

Posted on March 22, 2008
Larry Lessig has officially launched Change Congress:

Nine's programming coup

Posted on March 22, 2008
TV Tonight reports on a great move by Australia's Nine Network: Hold on to your toques (chef's hat)..... Gordon Ramsay is coming to Australia. In a killer move by the Nine Network, Gordon Ramsay is to open a restaurant at Melbourne's Crown Casino, and the entire project will be filmed...

Facebook = cheating?

Posted on March 22, 2008
I have been meaning to blog about Canada's Ryerson University threatening to expel a student on the basis that his study group on Facebook might encourage cheating for the past week or so, but haven't got around to it until now. In case you haven't heard of the controversy, PC...

"I Like to Watch"

Posted on March 22, 2008
In a piece for Salon, Heather Havrilesky observes that even if you can't live a life of leisure, at least you can watch one on TV, from Big Brother to The Real Housewives of New York City. Read it here.

More on those pointless Twitter Color Wars

Posted on March 22, 2008
Mashable has an update on the useless Twitter Color Wars: In what may turn out to be the shortest-lived web fad since the Star Wars Kid, the tech elite are going all a-Twitter over Color Wars 2008. The protocol: follow your favorite ?color team? on Twitter (or noteam at all)...

Shit ... the US Supreme Court considers fleeting expletives

Posted on March 22, 2008
Last week I blogged that the US Supreme Court is going to review the Federal Communications Commission?s policy of punishing broadcasters for airing "fleeting expletives" (see here). Today that decision is the subject of an editorial in the New York Times: The F...

The world's weirdest cases

Posted on March 21, 2008
For the Times Online, Gary Slapper has put together a list of the world's weirdest cases: A meticulous collector of amusing and curious anecdotes from the world of law, Professor Gary Slapper's Case Notes column has long been a staple of The Times' Law section...

Cover It Live or Twitter?

Posted on March 21, 2008
Next week I am attending the Fordham Conference on Intellectual Law & Policy in New York and I was planning to live blog the event. However, I can't decide whether I should use Cover It Live or Twitter to blog the proceedings. To help me decide, you can cast your...

I do ... on Twitter

Posted on March 21, 2008
Mashable has discovered a new use for Twitter - marriage proposals: Forget statistics and pageviews; marriage proposals, folks, are what really cements a web service as a part of our everyday life. Now, we?ve seen Twitter on CSI, but I don?t remember seeing anyone propose to someone over it...

Happy Easter

Posted on March 21, 2008
Warning: this video contains random acts of violence perpetrated by a beloved holiday icon: (Hat tip: The Daily Tube.)

Bedtime Stories

Posted on March 21, 2008
My Damn Channel is now showing spiced up, adults-only Bedtime stories. Here is Goldilocks and The Frog Prince:

"Breaking the Law To Get a Break"

Posted on March 21, 2008
From the Washington Post: For many music-oriented Web start-ups, a copyright lawsuit can be a death sentence. But for Imeem, getting sued by one of the biggest record labels played a pivotal role in its success. In May, Warner Music Group sued the social network, saying that it allowed millions...

And now we know why

Posted on March 21, 2008
Yesterday I posted a video depicting a very violent Easter Bunny (see here). Black 20 has now released a second video that shows how the Easter Bunny came to hate us all:

2007 YouTube Video Awards

Posted on March 21, 2008
YouTube has announced the winners of the 2007 YouTube Video Awards. You can view all the winners here, but these are some of the highlights ... First place in Series - The Guild: First place in Creative - Original Human Tetris: First place in Commentary - What the Buck: First...

"C is for Clinton, that's good enough for me!"

Posted on March 20, 2008
Samantha Power, one of Barrack Obama's former advisers who described Hillary Clinton as a "monster" appeared this week on The Colbert Report. As Stephen Colbert pointed out there can be good monsters, like the Cookie Monster:

What the fuck?

Posted on March 20, 2008
Gordon Ramsay is used to controversy so it perhaps not surprising that at times foul-mouthed chef has offended the sensibilities of some Australian politicians: FEDERAL Parliament will be asked to investigate swearing on TV after the coarse language in Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares...

Is this offensive?

Posted on March 20, 2008
Over at Larvatus Prodeo tigtog explains why she doesn't find this beaver offensive: Y?know, I don?t find this offensive. It?s clever, not least in its rather pointed metacommentary on the way that advertisements for menstrual products have relied on euphemisms since forever...

Juicy Campus subpoenaed

Posted on March 20, 2008
Having blogged about Juicy Campus several times over the past few weeks (see here, here and here), I thought it was worth noting that it has been subpoenaed by the New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram as part of an investigation into derogatory comments on the site...

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