2005-01-19

Belly Up to the Bar III

Welcome to Belly Up to the Bar III.

- Seth F. and Ernest Miller quoted in NYT: CBS News Draws Ire of Bloggers
"I'd written a couple of pieces on the document earlier in the week," said Ernest Miller. "Then I noticed that I couldn't copy and paste from the report as I did in days past."

With the help of Seth Finkelstein, a programmer and fellow blogger, Mr. Miller found that the document's encryption settings had been changed and, as a result, the text could not be copied. Anyone who downloaded the panel's report from either the CBS News servers or those of the law firm would have to retype any passages they wished to include in, say, an e-mail message or a blog post.
- Professor Maule on the treatment of email after death and The Impact of Death on Web-Based Content.

- David Giacalone on J. Craig William's Are blogs advertising?

- Jurist has the scoop on Newdow's attempt to stop a prayer from being said at W's inauguration. You know the "under God" guy. Denied.

- J. Matthew Buchanan on Software patents, invalidity, and the new technorati tags: "Bloggers could use the tag system to create a centralized collection of art on any patent or published application." Sifry's overview here.

- Stuart Levine on Pearson Education's lawsuit over Yiddish with Dick and Jane.

- EFF asks Can the FBI Monitor Your Web Browsing Without a Warrant? EFF filed a FOIA request to find out.

- Susan Crawford on Grokster and Freedom to Connect: "I have it on good authority that the state AGs are circulating another brief in connection with the Grokster case, to be filed against Grokster on January 24."

- Underneath Their Robes has a very detailed post on 3rd Circuit Judge Michael Chertoff's background.

- Connecticut State Representative is proposing legislation that would require movie theatres in the state to post the actual starting time of a movie. [via]

- Blawg.org has an interesting discussion on Weblogs and Syndication and Making Money: "the buzz has centered on investing opportunities in the weblog and RSS sector as well as speculation about how the sector will make money" and notes that Morgan Stanley is taking notice of the blogosphere. [pdf]

- Ohio Law offers a link to RSS feeds for 132 law journals and here's the OPML file.

- Ronald Coleman: "The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in 1999 that the speech was not "generally published" for purposes of waiver of copyright, and that the King estate had the right to enforce its copyright in the speech." I guess that makes Brett's post yesterday a bit of civil disobedience.

- Carolyn Elefant on the A2J Project: "Internet Attorney: More Than Pro Se reports on the Access to Justice (A2J) program that includes a sophisticated computer system for pro se litigants to file complaints and pleadings." How do I get my hands on this?

- The Librarian of Congress successfully defended webcaster royalty rates from attack on three separate fronts in Beethoven.com v. Librarian of Congress. [via]

- The Associate in Law Firm Hell on Extracting Tenths or Why his firm just bought him a blackberry.

- Waxy.org posted a link to Justin's dark night [Video]: "the web's first blogger has a very public nervous breakdown; lots of questions here about the personal costs of posting your entire life online". Not necessarily a legal post, but definitely one that bloggers should be pointed to.

- The Wired GC joins in on the Feeding Frenzy that resulted when Marty withdrew from bloglines.

- Finally, Buffalo Wings & Vodka offers a special sponsorship opportunity.

Next Week: Let me know if you'd like to host Belly Up to the Bar IV.

Prior Posts:
* Belly up to the Bar II
* Welcome to Belly Up to the Bar #1 and #1.5

Credits: Grand Rounds XVII

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