MSLODS’ ROUND-UP ~ TECHNOLOGY, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY & MEDIA LAW
Copyright
Copyright wars are damaging the health of the Internet. | Guardian | http://bit.ly/YWY7jx
Spain targets advertisers to crack down on piracy. | The 1709 Blog | http://bit.ly/ZrSnhE
How copyright law hurts security research. | Slate Magazine | http://slate.me/YYsar4
Defamation & media law
Whistle blower legislation: the what, who and when you can go public – in a fashion. | Open and Shut | http://bit.ly/X1ggAg
Failed media reforms let the public down. | New Matilda | http://bit.ly/14Gab0L
Privacy & security
Microsoft releases its first report on law enforcement requests. | New York Times | http://nyti.ms/XgJ0Hu and Australian police make thousands of requests to Microsoft. | IT News | http://bit.ly/10nODQO
The astonishing speed of Chinese censorship. | BBC | http://bbc.in/106CIb1
Big data and a renewed debate over privacy. | New York Times | http://nyti.ms/10mV3zy
Technology
The future of the Internet is still ads — and you’re the inventory. | Wired Business | http://bit.ly/16lgzbN
Spotify ‘to take on Netflix with video streaming’ . | Telegraph | http://bit.ly/YXIkRH
Google spectre allows Sensis’ TrueLocal deal. | ZDNet | http://zd.net/XLMDA5
Telecommunications
Telstra exchange fire cost $408,000 a day. | IT News | http://bit.ly/16m42ov
Trade marks & brand protection
Zorro: The clash of trade mark law and the public domain. | Art and Artifice | http://bit.ly/1080iV3
Social media
Colvin gets a new kidney – and kidney gets a Twitter account. | Sydney Morning Herald | http://bit.ly/XgITvv
US judge says blogging from the courtroom is OK, but tweeting is different. | Digital Media Law Project | http://bit.ly/165krvz
You didn’t make the Harlem Shake go viral – corporations did. | Quartz | http://bit.ly/10842Wn
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1 April 2013
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