U.S. Supreme Court lets Google advertising class action suit proceed – SCOTUS refused to hear Google’s appeal of a 9th Circuit ruling that advertisers could proceed with their class action suit covering the years 2004 to 2008. The appeals court reversed an earlier district court ruling that the suit could not proceed ... more >
Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton – A friend sent this article to me a while ago, and now that I’ve had a chance to read it, I’m really curious to hear from people who have seen the musical “Hamilton” about Lyra Monteiro’s argument ... more >
Sherlock Holmes and the mystery of copyright – So the Conan Doyle estate has asked the US Supreme Court to stay the 7th Circuit’s recent decision. Fortunately, SCOTUS has already rejected the motion. There is a case to be made for the aggressive protection of an author’s intellectual property rights ... more >
Aereo Loses at Supreme Court, in Victory for TV Broadcasters – So I don’t know how many of you were surprised by the Supreme Court’s ruling against Aereo, but I do hope the ruling encourages more debate and discussion around how to “enable choice and freedom” in media presentation. Aereo ... more >