September 30, 2003
One MILLION Weblogs
Technorati tracks over one million blogs
Freedom of Information and Access to Government Records Around the World
Freedominfo.org Global survey
Not Quite the Real Thing but Stars Just the Same
The tribute band phenomenon
Lawyer accused of having cocaine in courtroom
The lesson is: leave the coke in the office
Moby on the RIAA
"i'm almost tempted to go onto kazaa and download some of my own music, just to see if the riaa would sue me for having mp3's of my own songs on my hard-drive"
Spam: This Time It's Personal
Sounds familiar
Boiling Brew: Politics and Health Insurance Gap
Employers are pushing more of the costs onto their workers
September 29, 2003
Mr. Krabs' Trade Secret Rights in the Krabby Patty: Discuss
Marty Schwimmer: teaching trademark law with SpongeBob
How to Find That Needle Hopelessly Lost in the Haystack
NYT intro to RFID
Paul Krugman: The War in Iraq and the American Economy
Speech at Berkeley
TCP/IP over Bongos
Features blinding 2bps speed
Where Are the Grownups in the Republican Party?: Archive Entry From Brad DeLong's Webjournal
Obviously not in the White House
JetBlue Customers Feel the Pain
"It made it sort of like I had been betrayed by a friend, rather than by a big company"
September 26, 2003
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
Bill O'Atrios-- brilliant.
Abandoned Stations
Still a great page
U.S. Is Only the Tip of Pirated Music Iceberg
Pirated CDs seem much easier to find abroad than in the US
Broadcaster Offers to Help Bottom Line With Its Rent
Sirius saves Bottom Line
September 25, 2003
Nike sues over trademark rights to soccer
Can FIFA trademark USA 2003?
Status Quo for Travel Privacy
What privacy?
Domains Gone Wild!
VeriSign Site Finder Controversy
Domains Gone Wild!
VeriSign Site Finder Controversy
Happy Birthday, We'll Sue
Happy Birthday is copyrighted until 2030
Clarett Is Suing to Enter N.F.L. Draft
NFL and players violate anti-trust laws?
September 23, 2003
Issa, who started recall, now tells voters to reject it
$1.6 million well-spent
Cheeseburger and Fries, Wrapped Up in One
Mmmm...fried beef...
September 22, 2003
Appeals Court Panel Reviews Recall Ruling
"Ninth Circus" looks at the recall circus
Assessing the new normal
Liberty and security for the post-September 11 United States
UK bans spam messages
but not to business e-mail addresses
Net piracy has five more years of growth
Source: pirated copy of the report
U.S. Allowing Funds to Religious Groups
It's a good thing for BushCo that there's no problem with laws respecting an establishment of religion. Except for that pesky Constitution, of course.
Eating the RIAA's lunch
A VC approach to hitmaking
Talking Street
LES walking tour by cell phone
Shock the Monkey
Matt Taibbi reports on a "startling Holy-Shit-O-Gram from Moscow."
September 21, 2003
Library catalog system owner sues book-based New York hotel
Perhaps the hotel should follow libraries that have switched over to the LoC system
Law & Order & Law & Order & Law & Order & Law & Order ...
It's everywhere!
September 19, 2003
The Loon at the Front of the Room
Jeff Cooper brings talk like a pirate day to his Civ Pro class. Yarr!
Probabilities in the Game of Monopoly
What's the probability of an anti-trust suit?
September 18, 2003
Giant rodent astonishes science
Best headline of the week
The refined WTC site plan
One optimistic evaluation
Apple may take Apple to court
Jobs: "It's a trademark dispute... We might have to get a judge to decide on it."
Disputes Erupt Over Service for Poor Internet Typists
Verisign broke the Internet
Gates Gives Money to New York City to Start 67 Schools
Gates Foundation donates $51.2 million
Word Pirates
Prepare to be boarded, ye scurvy knaves!
His Beyonce, Her Beatles
An NYT Primer on File Sharing
JetBlue Shared Passenger Data
But they have DirecTV!
'Miscalculation' could mean the end of caviar
Beluga sturgeon could be driven to extinction
Fun With Bush v. Gore - The 9th Circuit moons the Supreme Court
This time, it's personal
September 17, 2003
Happy Hour Mob #2
Obtain drinking money. Keep it handy.
Dear Leader
"A noble flight suit embiggens the smallest man"
Big Brother is watching you - and documenting
eBay bends over backward to provide data to law enforcement
Blame Fassel
The Giants should have won on Monday
Courthouse Rock
Newsweek on the RIAA lawsuits
Senator Takes a Swing at RIAA
Legislation addresses DRM and consumer privacy under DMCA subpoena power
Supply Side Jesus
An excerpt from Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them
Kicking Ass
The DNC blogs
September 16, 2003
Court scrutinizes P2P subpoena process
DC Circuit evaluates subpoena process and power under the DMCA
An Interview With Paul Krugman
Really upbeat
From: The Shire, To: Mordor
Maps and Walking Directions
High-speed Channel rail link opens
In the states, high-speed rail isn't expected anytime soon
Bush v. Gore Outlives Its Limited Warranty for Use in California
9th Circuit recalls the recall
Can the RIAA Truly Give Illegal Distributors "Amnesty"?
And If So, Should They Accept?
SBC Won't Name Names in File-Sharing Cases
"We are opposing these subpoenas because under the R.I.A.A.'s interpretation, they are a threat to consumer privacy and safety."
Recording industry sues parents
Should parents be liable for their children's p2p use?
Time Warner Sues Apt. Over Wireless Theft
Note that iNYC Wireless is not NYCwireless
Music Lawsuit Targets Ind. Karaoke Bar
License to karaoke
One Queer Contract
TSG has the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy performer contracts
September 15, 2003
Wal-Mart seeking its green acre in N.Y.C.
I've never been to a Wal-Mart. Let's keep it that way
Copying, Cutting and Pasting, and Synthesizing
Record labels as service providers
Late Night With Conan is 10
Ten years of highlights at Gothamist
Misleader
A daily chronicle of Bush administration distortion, from MoveOn.org. Where's the RSS feed?
'Law, Pragmatism, and Democracy': The Legal Theory of No Legal Theory
Posner, pragmatism and formalism
Village Club May Face Swan Song Over Rent
The Bottom Line may close because of the bottom line
How to Steal $65 Billion
Why Identity Theft is a Growth Industry
File sharing must be made legal
EFF's Jason Schultz argues for legalization
Copying isn't cool
Andromeda's Scott Matthews argues for copyright enforcement
Gimme some skin!
City porn law unconstitutional
RSS feeds for comics
Where's The Boondocks?
For the Beatles Management Company, It's Apple Versus Apple
Apple Records sues over AppleMusic.com
September 12, 2003
Survey Finds Slight Rise in Jews' Intermarrying
NYT reports on the National Jewish Population Surve
September 11, 2003
The Post beats the News
on Gawker's tacky-o-meter
What You Think You Know About Sept. 11...
...but don't.
September 10, 2003
Privacy and Human Rights 2003
From EPIC and Privacy International
A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 3
Pen registers and roving wiretaps
Barbie is Jewish?
The Saudi religious police think so
American Jewish Population Decreases
From 5.2 million down to 5 million
Casting a Cold Eye on Arctic Oil
A pragmatic look at ANWAR
Open House New York
October 11 & 12
From Funk to True Art Music
Ben Ratliff reviews new discs from Payton, Brecker and Branford
The End of Chocolate (as a Chocolatier Knows It)
Mmm...buttery slippery slope
No Truce in the Spam Wars
Spammers try to back out of their suit
BigChampagne is Watching You
"A lot of people," COO Adam Toll notes, "are looking for porn."
A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 2
It's just your friendly neighborhood expansion of FISA powers
September 9, 2003
Cellphone Companies Agree to Set of Consumer Guidelines...
...in order to avoid regulation
Time to Rewrite the Rules of Telecom
Does VoIP change everything?
New $20 bill next month
Ooooh, colors
September 8, 2003
A Guide to the Patriot Act
Part 1 - Should you be scared of the Patriot Act?
Digital Scholarship
“When you’re digitizing you think of yourself as adding value to publicly accessible material"
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act Oral Arguments
Rick Hasen's impressions
Skittlebrau
"You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"
Talk Like A Pirate Day
Yarrr. September 19, matey
Record Industry Sues Hundreds of Internet Music Swappers
261 lawsuits in federal courts around the country
Are you ready for some Limbaugh?
Um, no. He's just as much of a Big Fat Idiot on ESPN
New York Underground
Oldie but goodie
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/07/technology/07PORN.html?ex=1378267200&en=f064b7c6c62977cc&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND">Aiming at Pornography to Hit Music Piracy
"We find you don't really accidentally download porn"
On the Road With Ashcroft
Hottest ticket in town
September 4, 2003
Internet Archive: Total Recall
Search the web as it was
Equal protection
for going topless
Website Owner Nabbed in Porn Scam
Feds arrest domain name typo porn king
Cincinnati's Abandoned Subway
It's currently in better condition than the Bengals
It's a car, it's a boat
It's British
Mindset List for the Class of 2007
It's all about the bling bling, but they can still sing the rap chorus to the "Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
Universal to Cut Prices of Its CD's
Moving on up the demand curve
Tough lessons for campus pirates
Stealing is wrong
September 3, 2003
Third Circuit stays new media ownership rules
Decision in Prometheus Radio Project v. FCC
Campus file-sharing crackdown?
What the RIAA's strengthened stance means for colleges
Russian Books translated into English
Available on the web because of the texts' unique copyright situation
Where IKEA gets the names
Bookcases are named after occupations
NBC Announces Law and Order: RIAA Series
It will follow L&O Elevator Inspectors Unit
A Campus Fad That's Being Copied: Internet Plagiarism
38% of surveyed undergrads admitted to "cut and paste" plagiarism via the Internet
ID Theft Battle Intensifies
I'm more worried that the supermarket prints my entire credit card number (and expiration date) on its receipts than I am about online identity theft.
"Completely dense" Fox viewers mistakenly buy new Al Franken book
Judge overestimated the intelligence of conservative book buyers
File sharing is worse than manipulating energy markets?
Prof. Lessig argues for sanity
Famous restaurant in West village NYC /NYU on eBay
Cookies and Couscous. Starting bid: $100k
September 2, 2003
Man steals GPS tracking device
A GPS tracking device used to monitor criminals on probation, that is
The Museum of Anti-Alcohol Posters
from Russsia
Should Bill O'Reilly's lawyers be sanctioned?
Unfortunately Rule 11 wouldn't apply to O'Reilly himself
Happy Labor Year
We're so productive, that so many of us can't find work, and we have less vacation time than any other civilized nation in the world
Having problems with Time-Warner's DVR
Maybe I won't switch from Replay so quickly
Accused Web Attacker Under House Arrest
High school senior created a Blaster variant
Hot (spot) in the city
A Wi-Fi tour of London
'That Stomach Is Going to Make You Money Someday'
Breaking into the world of competitive eating
Of monkeys and penguins
The Economist looks at SCO's capitalist crusade against the commie horde of Linux users
Switchers
to Dean
Loan and Reprieve for Englewood Theater
John Harms will become the "Bergen Performing Arts Center at the John Harms Center"
John Ashcroft's Patriot Act Summer Tour
Rocking you with hits like: Don't Need No (Probable Cause)
Turn Back the Spam of Time
Time-travel spammer is serious
Smiles, frowns out on passport photos
Canadians not allowed to smile on passports
Anagram Man
"george walker bush" is an anagram for "beer keg lush go war"
The Real Underground
London underground maps
First comes the suburban sprawl, then the spread
Suburbia is fattening
EarthLink Files Spamming Lawsuit
Targeting spammers clustered in Alabama and Canada