Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites
march 2007 by jimray
Lawyers for the Bush administration want mandatory data retention to OMG STOP TEH EViL TERRAHISTS!!1! Fuck, is it 2008 yet?
internet
photography
law
privacy
surveillance
dumb
march 2007 by jimray
The Medical Malpractice Myth
july 2006 by jimray
It seems the legal system works pretty well at getting rid of frivolous lawsuits. Now it's time for the medical and insurance industries to do their part to make healthcare more reasonable.
healthcare
politics
medicine
law
july 2006 by jimray
WSJ.com - 'DRM' Protects Downloads, But Does It Stifle Innovation?
june 2006 by jimray
Of course it does! Which Ms. Seltzer proves quite adeptly.
via:daringfireball
copyright
politics
technology
law
june 2006 by jimray
Texas bankruptcy judge cites Billy Madison in footnote
march 2006 by jimray
"I award you no points and my God have mercy on your soul."
funny
via:revgeorge
law
march 2006 by jimray
Settlement reached in BlackBerry patent dispute
march 2006 by jimray
RIM gives in to the patent extortion of some fuckwit company who doesn't have the wherewithal to actually invent anything. This is horse shit.
dumb
fuckwits
law
march 2006 by jimray
Lawrence Lessig to hold a virtual lecture in Second Life
january 2006 by jimray
I've been meaning to sign up a Second Life account for months, seems like as good a reason as any
lessig
culture
copyright
virtualreality
law
january 2006 by jimray
NPR : Copyright Laws Severely Limit Availability of Music
january 2006 by jimray
"Over 70 percent of American music recorded before 1965 is not legally available in the United States."
copyright
npr
politics
via:merlinmann
law
january 2006 by jimray
Mooning deemed 'disgusting' but legal in Md. - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com
january 2006 by jimray
The outcome could have been different, Judge John W. Debelius III suggested, if the man had been on trial for "being a jerk."
funny
law
january 2006 by jimray
USATODAY.com - New digital camera? Know how, where you can use it
january 2006 by jimray
Good primer on photographers' rights and a handy reminder to re-read "The Photographer's Right"
photography
privacy
law
january 2006 by jimray
Bruce Schneier: Unchecked presidential power
december 2005 by jimray
"In the weeks after 9/11, while America and the world were grieving, President Bush built a legal rationale for a dictatorship. Then he started using it to avoid the law."
politics
security
terrorism
war
bush
september11
law
december 2005 by jimray
Court Rules Against Mom in Download Suit - Yahoo! News
december 2005 by jimray
"Gonzalez, a mother of five, contended she had downloaded songs to determine what she liked enough to buy at retail."
law
music
business
p2p
riaa
dumb
december 2005 by jimray
Broadcast Chief Violated Laws, Inquiry Finds
november 2005 by jimray
The guy trying to make the CPB more conservative broke the law - color me surprised
media
politics
dumb
law
november 2005 by jimray
Citizen United Negating Technology
october 2005 by jimray
Parody site from Rockstar Games about the evils of technology. And what an acronym!
funny
brilliant
parody
videogames
law
october 2005 by jimray
Jib Jab sues someone for using 9 seconds of their Flash animation
october 2005 by jimray
There's some bitter, beautiful irony here, I know it
copyright
dumb
hypocrisy
via:waxy
animation
law
october 2005 by jimray
Tim O'Reilly in the New York Times on the Author's Guild idiotic lawsuit against Google
september 2005 by jimray
"Obscurity is a far greater threat to authors than copyright infringement, or even outright piracy. "
google
law
september 2005 by jimray
Cory Doctorow nails the idiocy of the Author's Guild suing Google
september 2005 by jimray
"In other words, the AG believes that Google shouldn't be allowed to opt writers in to its Google Print program, but they believe that they should be able to opt writers into their costly, suicidal lawsuit against Google."
via:daringfireball
copyright
google
dumb
law
september 2005 by jimray
Official Google Blog: Google Print and the Authors Guild
september 2005 by jimray
Even though the Authors Guild is totally stupid about this, I'm glad their suing, because they're going to lose and hopefully Google, with all their billions, will help make some sense of the totally fucked up state of copyright in this country
dumb
copyright
google
writers
law
september 2005 by jimray
Power to Detain U.S. Terror Suspect Is Upheld - New York Times
september 2005 by jimray
Preseident "unquestionably" has the right to detain U.S. citizens as enemy combatants
supermodified
politics
terrorism
war
law
september 2005 by jimray
CBGB's closing down
september 2005 by jimray
Never been to CBGB, which makes me sad
music
newyork
law
september 2005 by jimray
Dave Matthews begs Apple to use shitty Windows Media DRM
august 2005 by jimray
Yet another reason I stopped listening to Dave Matthews (even though the CD supposedly works fine on a Mac). You know, instead of bitching about Apple, the band could do the right thing and simply not use DRM.
drm
dumb
music
via:waxy
law
august 2005 by jimray
Things that are not in the U.S. Constitution
august 2005 by jimray
Privacy, separation of church and state, explicit voting rights and marriage, among others
government
history
politics
law
august 2005 by jimray
Grandmother sues maker of 'Grand Theft Auto'
july 2005 by jimray
Bought the game for her 14 year-old grandson. Just so I get this straight - it's ok to buy a game for an minor that depicts massive amounts of violence, but as soon as your character gets a BJ, all hell breaks loose?
dumb
videogames
law
july 2005 by jimray
The idiocy of copyright
june 2005 by jimray
The indie documentary Mad Hot Ballroom spent 45% of their budget clearing crappy music -- including thousands of dollars for a fucking ringtone! These people are crooks -- I feel like I should hit Limewire right now and download as much music as possible
copyright
politics
film
dumb
music
business
law
june 2005 by jimray
The AIGA standard form of agreement
june 2005 by jimray
Dot those i's, cross those t's, make sure you don't get ripped off
via:jragon
design
freelancing
law
june 2005 by jimray
How to become part of a secret service investigation
june 2005 by jimray
Photoshop, picture of Bush, picture of a gun, five minutes and Flickr should about do it. This is one of those monumental wastes of government time that Congresscritters should be fixing - does the Secret Service *really* need to investigate everything?
politics
art
chillingeffect
government
guns
privacy
dumb
via:waxy
law
june 2005 by jimray
Dan Gillmor still does not get it
april 2005 by jimray
No, it's not a war on journalists or a case about who isn't a journalist or whether bloggers count as journalists (but only when they want to!) - this is about someone violating their NDA, plain and simple
media
dumb
law
april 2005 by jimray
DeLay wants panel to review role of courts
april 2005 by jimray
If DeLay wants to become the face of the Republican party with this kind of extremism, that's absolutely fine with me. He should prepare for his new role as minority leader, though
politics
republicans
evil
judiciary
law
april 2005 by jimray
Consumer's Tool Kit for Health Care Advance Planning
march 2005 by jimray
The American Bar Association on how to set up a living will and other planning [via get your war on]
death
law
march 2005 by jimray
Start the Living Will process
march 2005 by jimray
Seems pretty obvious about now [via glassdog]
death
government
law
march 2005 by jimray
It's the Content, Not the Source
march 2005 by jimray
"The Apple lawsuit really boils down to the definition of a trade secret, not the definition of a journalist." Precisely!
media
apple
law
march 2005 by jimray
Daring Fireball: On the Credibility of The New York Times
march 2005 by jimray
Gruber continues to do great work on this. The gist continues to be not whether Nick de Plume is a journalist (which he is NOT) but whether it's legal to reveal trade secrets (which it is NOT)
apple
bloggers
media
law
march 2005 by jimray
Gruber dissects the Think Secret case
march 2005 by jimray
And rightly points out why it's not a First Ammendment issue or a "bloggers vs. journalists" issue
apple
media
firstammendment
law
march 2005 by jimray
Judge nixes evolution textbook stickers
january 2005 by jimray
Cites unconstitutional endorsement of religion, but really, it was just a dumb fucking idea
religion
schools
science
dumb
law
january 2005 by jimray
EFF defends AppleInsider against Apple
january 2005 by jimray
Seems like defending bloggers' "right" to let people violate their NDA's is a waste of time and money to me
apple
eff
law
january 2005 by jimray
Supremes decide to hear case regarding open cable ISP access
december 2004 by jimray
This is such a no brainer - end local monopolies, lower my broadband bill. Also, Michael Powell is an asshat.
law
media
december 2004 by jimray
War, Peace, or Stalemate: Wargames, Wardialing, Wardriving, and the Emerging Market for Hacker Ethics by Patrick Ryan
september 2004 by jimray
A legal look at hacker ethics (via Politech)
hackers
internet
law
wifi
september 2004 by jimray
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