Apr 30
Tweet Facebook’s new online social paradigm, called “The Open Graph,” has been stirring up controversy. For a quick review of the latest commentary, check out Nick O’Neill’s post about privacy, Pete Cashmore’s article on “social links” and how they may change the way we search the web, and Farhad Manjoo’s article on “Facebook’s Plan to Take Over the …
Apr 26
Tweet In a major e-book rights development that will have repercussions for many best-selling authors, The New York Times is reporting that Random House has ceded digital book rights to the Estate of William Styron for high profile titles such as “Sophie’s Choice”, “The Confessions of Nat Turner,” and “Darkness Visible.” The move contravenes the position staked …
Apr 26
Tweet A New York Times article reports on the increasing attention Craigslist is receiving from law enforcement officials for its alleged failure to remove ads for prostitution from its site. As we have reported, Craigslist has so far been able to deploy the Communications Decency Act’s safe harbor provisions to elude legal liability for posts that …
Apr 21
Tweet The FTC has consistently brought enforcement proceedings against companies that do not follow their own privacy policies (see examples here, here, and here). In the most recent example of this trend, the FTC has settled charges that an Arizona company called LifeLock Inc. had made false promises about the extent of its data security measures. You can read the settlement agreement …
Apr 19
Tweet The Federal Trade Commission has scheduled a public meeting to consider changes to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule. “Protecting Kids’ Privacy Online: Reviewing the COPPA Rule” will be held June 2, 2010 at the FTC Conference Center in Washington, DC. The COPPA Rule applies to 1) operators of commercial Web sites and online services directed to children under 13 that …
Apr 16
Tweet Ever wonder how much music artists get paid in the digital market place? This chart provides a glimpse.
Apr 09
Tweet You or your IT department have probably taken steps to secure the information on your laptops, PDA’s, and smart phones. But have you identified the risk of a data breach from your office or personal copy machine? WBZ-TV in Boston recently reported how copy machines pose a new potential threat to our personal and …
Apr 07
Tweet The FCC’s mission of promoting Internet neutrality suffered a significant setback yesterday when the D.C. Court of Appeals ruled in Comcast Corp. v. Federal Communication Commission that the FCC lacked authority to prohibit Internet service providers from monitoring and restricting their subscribers’ use of certain peer-to-peer applications. The controversy arose in 2007 after Comcast …
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