This WEEK in LAW 186

This WEEK in LAW Episode 186

This Week In Law 186: Winners and Illusors

Star Wars, Sandy, Haunted Houses, Hidden Cameras and more.

Panel

• Denise Howell
• Evan Brown
• Derigan Silver (@derigansilver)
  • https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=dsilve22
  • "Derigan Silver is an assistant professor in the Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies at the University of Denver, where he is the director of the joint MA/JD program. He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on the First Amendment, media law, Internet law, political communication and communication and society. He is the author of several articles and book chapters on access to government information, defamation, social architecture theory and judicial decision making. His first book, National Security in the Courts: The Need for Secrecy vs. the Requirement of Transparency, was released this year."
• Jon Brodkin (@JBrodkin)
  • http://arstechnica.com/author/jon-brodkin/
  • "Jon is an award-winning reporter who joined Ars Technica in 2011, and covers a wide array of IT topics. Jon previously scooped for IDG's Network World for 5 years, where he began his obsessions with Microsoft, Google, cloud computing, virtualization, data centers, and much more. Jon hails from Boston University, where he studied journalism and literature, before spending the start of his career writing about government, the environment, and medical technology for the Sentinel & Enterprise and the MetroWest Daily News (Massachusetts)."

Topics

• Star Wars
  • Disney acquires Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion, plans more Star Wars movies via Engadget
  • How Disney Could Make Star Wars Episode VII Awesome via Think Progress
• New DMCA Exemptions
  • Copyright Anti-circumvention provisions published; jailbreaking for phones okay but not tablets; access to DVDs for comment and criticism in education and documentary filmmaking increase via Law and Informatics Institute
• Windows 8 and the App Store Censorship
  • The Windows You Love is Gone via PC Perspective
  • Op-ed: If Microsoft adopts Apple's app strategy, it's better to follow OS X than iOS via ArsTechnica
• Windows 8 Browser and the EU
  • EU Will Not Intervene in Windows 8 Browser Complaints via Windows IT Pro
• Zappos EULA
  • How Zappos' User Agreement Failed In Court and Left Zappos Legally Naked via Eric Goldman
• Motorola
  • Courts may force Motorola to license FRAND patents to Microsoft and Apple via Android Authority
• Windows 8 Tiles
  • Patent troll claims it invented the Windows 8 and Windows Phone "tiles" via ArsTechnica
• Hurricane Sandy
  • Shashank Tripathi, Last Night’s Twitter Villain @ComfortablySmug via Tumblr
  • Hurricane Sandy also disrupts cellular networks and wired Internet via ArsTechnica
• Do Not Track
  • Yahoo will ignore Do Not Track for IE10 users via CNET
• Hidden Cameras Are Legal
  • Court OKs warrantless use of hidden surveillance cameras via CNET
• Trademarked Haunted House
  • First Amendment protects right to make film referencing trademarked attraction via Rebecca Tushnet's 43(B)log

Tip of the Week

• The Defendant Has to be a bad guy, too (Ripoff report)
  • Court rules against Ripoff Report in copyright case via InternetCases.com

Resource of the Week

• CrunchGov - TechCrunch Policy
  • CrunchGov
• TechCrunch launches Crunchgov to craft and pass better tech laws via BoingBoing

Sponsor

• ShareFile.com

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