Thursday, June 05, 2003

"Of Blogs, Bloggers and Blawgs". "Of Blogs, Bloggers and Blawgs": The Law Practice Management Section of the American Bar Association posts this article, which originally appeared in the Oklahoma Bar Journal. [How Appealing]
5:16:14 PM    comment []  

Bugbear variant mauls PCs. A new variant of the fast-spreading Bugbear worm has begun rapidly infecting PCs since it was first reported on Wednesday. [CNET News.com]

Vendor links for the latest info on this virus.


2:35:26 PM    comment []  

The CALI conference for Law School Computing, June 19-21 at Duke Law School is doing some very interesting stuff with weblogs. Wish I could attend. Twist my arm. ";->" [Scripting News]

See this is what happens when I have to spend the day fight l337 hax0r who insist on rummaging around on the o-so-secure Win2k boxen we are phasing out.  It would be rather cool if Dave came to the conference, since it is all about tech in law schools.

 


11:55:25 AM    comment []  

CNET News: Legal Action Hits SCO Web Site SCO Group, the company that has warned major companies that using Linux could get them in legal trouble, has shut down its German Web site after a Linux advocacy group in the country obtained a restraining order.  [Linux Today]
11:51:02 AM    comment []  

DMCA Vs. The Sewing Underground 

DMCA Vs. The Sewing Underground
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Posted by timothy on Wednesday June 04, @02:48PM
from the bold-new-law-enforcement dept.
Roundeye writes "So the folks at monsterpatterns.com dumpster-dive to get envelopes containing discontinued sewing patterns and sell the envelopes via their website. The sewing pattern company McCall invoked the DMCA to get the site shut down. Monsterpatterns is now suing to protect their 'fair use rights' to advertise and sell the discarded patterns. You might recall that this isn't the first time the sewing industry has cracked down on bootlegging grandmas and their suppliers."

 [Slashdot]

'Cause it ain't all about DVDs, CDs, P2P, and OpenSource...


11:46:52 AM    comment []  

SCO NDA Offers Little Information, Much Risk. Full text of the non-disclosure agreement SCO has asked independent experts to accept and an interview with attorney Dan Ravicher about it. [Linux Journal]
11:39:40 AM    comment []  

Gag Rules? Bloggers Report Anyway. At a tech conference last week, journalists in attendance were told anything they heard at panel discussions was 'off the record.' But bloggers, not held to the niceties of traditional journalism, posted away. Time to rethink the rules? By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]

The impact of bloggers on more traditional media is being felt more everyday.


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