Publishing NewsAmazon / Apple / BEA / bloggers-rights / digital rights management / Facebook / Google / piracy / privacy / reviews33 Comments
Google has changed some of its policies regarding how it is collecting data from users. A couple of good links on the subject include the WSJ write up and the EFF write up at the USA Today. WSJ: In sum, Google is tracking every move you make and connecting it ... more >
Letters of Opinionbloggers / bloggers-rights / Ethics / Ethics in Reviewing / Reader Reviews / review blogs82 Comments
more animals Do you remember the movie "Election," with Reese Witherspoon and Matthew Broderick? In the first scene Mr. McAllister asks his high school class about the difference between ethics and morals. Ironically, of course, the one student who eagerly attempts to answer the question is also the one who ... more >
Book Reviewsbloggers-rights / Fair Use / Intellectual Property Issues / lawsuits134 Comments
Dear Ms. Laurie: I understand that you have had a lawyer send out a cease and desist and takedown letter to a romance blogger based on two things. First, you argue that the comments that the blogger excerpted from your own website (which you subsequently deleted but Google preserved for ... more >
Publishing Newsbloggers-rights / blogging / First-Amendment / Free Speech7 Comments
MPD Enforcer 2.0 is a blog about the Memphis Police Department and run by an anonymous blogger. The blog has been critical of the MPD, citing examples of sexual harassment and prisoners’ rights violations. The MPD would like to shut down the blog and has filed a lawsuit and subpoenaed ... more >
Publishing Newsbloggers-rights / First-AmendmentComments Off on FEC Says Bloggers Have Same Rights As Media
The FEC issued two rulings last week that exempt Bloggers from FEC restrictions identifying bloggers as media-like and thus entitled to similar First Amendment protections. Complaints in front of the Federal Election Commission accused bloggers of being shills for political campaigns and thus should be subject to the federal election ... more >
Publishing Newsbloggers-rights / bloggingComments Off on Congress to Support Bloggers’ Rights
There is a bill being proffered in both branches of Congress which would provide shields for bloggers who have anonymous sources. “The intent is that bloggers who are regularly involved in newsgathering and reporting, within the scope of that definition, would be entitled to the privilege,” Rep. Rick Boucher, one ... more >