I’m three quarters of the way through reading Who Controls the Internet by Tim Wu (yes, that Tim Wu) and Jack Goldsmith. It’s an interesting read that doesn’t require a technical background. It begins with the introduction of DNS back when it was a simple hosts.txt file and touches upon events as recent as the [...]
Image via Wikipedia Just over a year ago the suit against Turnitin.com reached its first decision. The appeal has just been released and analyzed by the folks of Ars Technica.
It looks like Lawful Access is on its way back. The news comes from the Globe and Mail. Originally the bill was imminent, but after criticism from the Privacy Commissioner it no longer appears to be so. I read the official FAQ on the previous iteration from late last year. The FAQ made things sound [...]
I may as well dump this out of my clipboard. I woke up a little late today and missed the 9:30am start of the copyright round table held at the University of Toronto. I took a few sleepy notes but there’s nothing new in them. The panel included MP Dan McTeague as well as representitives [...]
University of Toronto is hosting its first video gaming research symposium. It tackles everything video gaming related, from the legal stance on taxation of virtual property to using multicore systems to their full potential in 3D games. I’m also interested in the pub/sub talk. The agenda is packed. I count fourteen talks. I’m going, and [...]
The Turnitin lawsuit has run its course at the first court and an appeal hasn’t been filed yet. It played out differently than what I expected. First off, Turnitin’s use was considered transformative and fair use. That’s not a huge surprise. Also, the fact that a user could enter in a Shakespearian quotation and receive [...]
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