International Law

iPad v. A Rock

Posted on January 31, 2010
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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 29, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:jimmy kimmel is still getting stuck into jay leno ... "kimmel warns oprah: jay 'will take your show next'" http://j.mp/9dAflERT @MikeFitzAU: Godwin's #nocleanfeed Law: when talking to everyday mums & dads about censorship, mention Aust Sex Party, LOSE argument immediately...

Charlie Brooker on "How To Report The News"

Posted on January 29, 2010
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Read J.D. Salinger in The New Yorker

Posted on January 29, 2010
The New Yorker, which usually holds its article archives behind a paywall, just opened up a bunch of stories written by J.D. Salinger. Earlier today, his son told the AP that the Catcher in the Rye author passed away in his home. Read some of Salinger's classics from the New Yorker, written between 1946 and 1965: ?Slight Rebellion Off Madison? (December 21, 1946) A Perfect Day for Bannanafish? (January 31, 1948) ?Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut? (March 20, 1948) Just Before the War with the Eskimos? (June 5, 1948) ?The Laughing Man? (March 19, 1949) For Esmé?With Love and Squalor? (April 8, 1950) ?Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes? (July 14, 1951) Teddy? (January 31, 1953) ?Franny? (January 29, 1955) Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters? (November 19, 1955) ?Zooey? (May 4, 1957) Seymour: An Introduction? (June 6, 1959) ?aHapworth 16, 1924? (June 19, 1965) via businessinsider...

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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 28, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:reading guardian editor alan rusbridger's hugh cudlipp lecture: "does journalism exist?" http://j.mp/9SyoIJtwitter is working on technology to evade censors http://j.mp/aU0CHL10 things you want to know about joan rivers http://j...

Best network promo ever!

Posted on January 28, 2010
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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 27, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today: who knew? ... "'bring it on'. and on. and on. - how a sleeper hit about cheerleading became a direct-to-dvd franchise" http://j.mp/aYzcIb RT efa_oz: RT @OzNetBlackout: Just passed 300,000 views of the blackout popup -- bravo! Two days to go, so please keep spreading the word...

"Apple vs. Obama: Which is more important: politics or technology?"

Posted on January 27, 2010
When the White House announced that President Obama would deliver his State of the Union message on Jan. 27?the same day Apple was planning to unveil its new tablet computer?many of us at Slate cringed. "What is Obama thinking?" one of my colleagues joked...

Lee Lin Chin SBS News blooper: "Who is that handsome...?"

Posted on January 27, 2010
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"In Lawsuit Over Tweet, Court Sides With Defense: It's Just 'Babble'"

Posted on January 27, 2010
An initial decision on the issue of whether one is legally liable for their tweets was issued last week. An Ilinois judge ruled that 25 year-old Amanda Bonnen's Twitter revelation that her apartment was moldy and that her apartment management company was fine with it did not amount to libel...

Funny Or Die explains the US Supreme Court's ruling in Citizen United

Posted on January 27, 2010
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Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 26, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:check out @scrivenersfancy, where the hilarious tony martin writes about going to the movies in "multiplexity" http://j.mp/4C1o5RRT @scrivenersfancy: This week at 'The Scrivener's Fancy': Matt Quartermaine asks why isn't the ABC making the most of Colbert? http://tinyurl...

Recap of Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

Posted on January 26, 2010
Last week, in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down a provision of US federal election law that forbids corporations and unions from spending their general treasury funds to support or oppose candidates for federal office...

Jurors and the internet

Posted on January 26, 2010
I've written before how the access jurors have to the internet potentially poses a threat to our judicial process, so I was interested to read this blog post that chronicles how courts in Maryland, New Jersey and Florida have declared mistrials following juror internet research: Appeals courts in Maryland and New Jersey appear to be the first to reverse jury verdicts because of social media use by jurors during trial...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 25, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:i guess that's fair enough, he is the leader of the free world after all ... "obama to skip jury duty in chicago suburbs" http://j.mp/7o2VHia very interesting online protest ... "visualize dissent: turkish users protest censorship using google maps" http://j...

The United States Redrawn with 50 Equal-Population States

Posted on January 25, 2010
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"The first senator of the reality show era"

Posted on January 25, 2010
An earlier generation of politicians struggled with discretion and revelation, with families like the Kennedys endlessly struggling to keep something private of their very public lives, to embody the perfect family without letting it all hang out...

15 Things Worth Knowing About Coffee

Posted on January 25, 2010
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Please do not be cynical

Posted on January 24, 2010
All I ask is one thing, and I?m asking this particularly of young people that watch. Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism, for the record, it?s my least favorite quality. It doesn?t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 24, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about today:james fallow on "how america can rise again" http://j.mp/6Ob91yforbes lists "hollywood's biggest flops" of the past five years http://j.mp/563mSKprobably the only winner from the late night debacle ...

What do you say to a recent law-school graduate?

Posted on January 24, 2010
What do you say to a recent law-school graduate? ?A skinny double-shot latte to go, please.? Laid-off lawyers, cast-off consultants [The Economist] via abovethelaw.com Permalink | Leave a comment  »

If Ken Burns Were to Produce 'The Late Night War'

Posted on January 24, 2010
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I Believe In Coco

Posted on January 24, 2010
LA's hipster T-shirt store Y - Que appears to be squarely on Team Conan. Known for jumping on pop culture moments quickly, Y Que has wasted no time designing its way into the late-night war. It's offering customers of its Los Feliz store a choice of two shirts that riff on the mess -- though both styles seem to favor Mr...

Daily Twitter Links

Posted on January 23, 2010
These are some of the things I've been tweeting about yesterday and today:reading on cnn opinion "don't let twitter, facebook, google be the only game in town" http://j.mp/5drCr1i would like to think it is ... "is seeing bobby flay the contractual right of cable subscribers?" http://j...

US Supreme Court uses "blog" in an opinion for the first time

Posted on January 23, 2010
Yesterday's controversial Supreme Court campaign finance decision was, at least in one way, a win for online-publishers everywhere. Justice Kennedy's opinion was the first ever high court one to use the word "blog." As Eugene Volokh and Josh Blackman noticed, the text can be found on page 49: Soon, however, it may be that Internet sources, such as blogs and social networking Web sites, will provide citizens with significant information about political candidates and issues...

"Jammie Thomas verdict reduced from $1.92M to $54,000"

Posted on January 23, 2010
In Capitol Records v. Thomas-Rasset, the Judge has reduced the verdict from $1.92 million to $54,000. The Judge did not reach the constitutional due process issue raised by Ms. Thomas-Rasset's counsel, instead deciding the motion based upon standard principles of "remittitur"...

"Australians are #1 globally in usage of social media: Why?"

Posted on January 23, 2010
Some very interesting data just out from Nielsen on social media usage. The headline is that people in developed countries are spending 82% more time on social media than they were one year ago. However the data point that struck my interest most is that...

Conan O'Brien's Emotional Goodbye Speech

Posted on January 23, 2010
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From Conan?s Last "Tonight Show"

Posted on January 23, 2010
Ladies and Gentleman, we have exactly one hour to steal every single item in this studio. We?ve a had a lot of fun being here these last 7 months, but like everything in life, the fun has to come to an end a decade too early. The terms of my settlement say that I can?t host another show for 7 months...

WTF? Talk about underwhelming ... Grant Denyer is Sunrise's "stunning addition to the show"

Posted on January 23, 2010
Last week the producer of Sunrise, Adam Boland, said that in addition to a new set, new graphics and a new format, there would be also beone big, big rabbit that we?re going to pull out of the hat".  He said it would be "an addition to our presenting line-up" that "will be a stunning addition to the show and a lot of people will be very happy...

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