Copyright
Why we filed an amicus brief in Garcia v Google: blaming 3rd parties has a serious impact on free speech. | Techdirt | http://bit.ly/1hBX0z
- Last week was the much-anticipated oral argument before the Supreme Court in the Aereo case. Here’s some commentary from folk who camped out overnight to get a seat in the courtroom:
Ali Sternburg: 8 takeaways from the Aereo supreme court oral argument. | Project DisCo | http://bit.ly/PFwnm4
Sarah Jeong: Supreme court justices are not good with computers. | Five Tweet Thoughts | http://bit.ly/1ffOdIX
Parker Higgins: Every mention of the “cloud” in the Aereo Supreme Court argument. | http://bit.ly/1k6Xosi | Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJ_eX7HFTbQ
Defamation & media law
Australian, Thai journalists to face court on Thai navy defamation charges. | Australia Network News | http://ab.co/1lhxqoI
Twibel ruling: Tweeting that someone is “f**** crazy” is not defamatory. | Technology & Marketing Law | http://bit.ly/1lU0GVf
Google gagged: A public fight against a secret order. | LinkTV World News | http://bit.ly/1ry3MgR
Privacy & information security
All sent and received emails in Gmail will be analysed, says Google. | Ars Technica | http://bit.ly/1hyZCSI
Don’t share your location with your friends on WhatsApp. | Naked Security | http://bit.ly/1j0Jn1h
We asked Five Eyes what they were up to. Here’s what they said (updated post). | Privacy International | http://bit.ly/1ioOWXK
- This past week I closely watched the hearings of the Senate Committee considering the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act – #TIAInquiry:
Legal community has ‘grave concerns’ over new push for mass data collection. | The Guardian | http://bit.ly/1nQFtIS
My storify posts of tweets and commentary concerning the Senate Committee hearings: http://bit.ly/1k6WZWS + http://bit.ly/1ioPRHx
Technology
Etsy, home of the handmade, takes on a wholesaler’s role. | New York Times | http://nyti.ms/1fjNi9Y
This guy hunts down the men behind revenge porn websites. | Forbes | http://onforb.es/1j0K0b2
Tim Wu: The many deceptions at the heart of the Internet. | New Yorker | http://nyr.kr/1lTZOQE
Joss Whedon will make new movie available immediately online. | LA Times | http://lat.ms/1hz3bZj
Social media
Twitter suspends @JamesDean account: an impersonation rebel with(out) a cause? | The IPKat | http://bit.ly/1ffJVBa
Meet the man behind’s Twitter’s most infamous phrase. | Buzzfeed | http://bzfd.it/1ioP0qq
5 LinkedIn tips every lawyer should know. | Kevin O’Keefe | http://bit.ly/1ioP61f
Big data: Don’t let the billions of data points blind you to the problem of too few sources to check the results. | Brookings | http://bit.ly/1lUx5Xz
27 April 2014