April 2010
47 posts
“You dream in digital. You’re fluent in the technologies that define our...”
– Careers :: Razorfish
“On “Uninvited Guests” — As I tweeted when it was first posted,...”
– Found History
WatchPart of the answer is TV Everywhere, a service in its infancy, conjured up in quiet strategy sessions by Jeff Bewkes and Brian Roberts, the CEOs of Time Warner (TWX) and Comcast (CMCSA). They took a lesson from the music labels, which looked up one day to find that Steve Jobs and Apple (AAPL) had taken control of their inventory. The cable guys came up with a quick fix, one so technologically...
“Formspring was not designed as a place for harassment, but some teens have...”
– Harassment by Q&A: Initial Thoughts on Formspring.me | DMLcentral
“When all likes lead to Facebook, and liking requires a Facebook account, and...”
– FactoryCity » Understanding the Open Graph Protocol
“Current TV did not deny that it used the photography of Ken R. Light on its Web...”
– The Brave Online World of Linking, Borrowing and Attributing (Or Not) - Bay Area Blog - NYTimes.com
“But when one monetizes on metrics alone, there’s a danger in missing the...”
– Gamasutra - News - Opinion: What Virtual Worlds, Facebook And Fads Mean For The Game Industry
Facebook Privacy Settings Applications and...
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“Once upon a time, Facebook could be used simply to share your interests and...”
– Facebook Further Reduces Your Control Over Personal Information | Electronic Frontier Foundation
“The key question for any organisation in future will be: what kinds of openness...”
– The Art of With » Is Open Always Better?
“Facebook is also planning to offer a toolbar that Web sites will be encouraged...”
– Facebook Looks to Extend Its Presence - NYTimes.com
TofS and Selling your Soul
jeanricard:
A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
A computer game retailer revealed that it legally owns the souls of thousands of online shoppers, thanks to a clause in the terms and conditions agreed to by online shoppers.
The retailer, British firm...
WHAT VIRTUAL WORLDS CAN DO FOR PROPERTY LAW
EXTRACT Juliet M. Moringiello* EXTRACT from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1366450
Standardized property forms serve a notice function, and might be particularly useful in an environment in which the predominant method of contracting is by online terms of use. Notice of rights in intangible assets is notoriously difficult to process not only because the assets themselves are invisible, but because...
WHAT VIRTUAL WORLDS CAN DO FOR PROPERTY LAW
Juliet M. Moringiello* EXTRACT from http://ssrn.com/abstract=1366450
Virtual world developers require prospective members to agree to online terms of service, also called end-user license agreements, which claim to define the members’ rights in their in-world assets. The terms of service tend to be “click-wrap” agreements to which the prospective member must assent by clicking an icon labeled “I...
Leave Those Orcs Alone: Property Rights in Virtual...
By Kevin Deenihan EXTRACT
Permitting the intrusion of real world legal protections into the Virtual World context would do considerable violence to the existing EULA-based regime. End-User License Agreements are not only the preferred legal authority for the Virtual World context, they constitute the governing contracts for millions of people in both the online and offline context.[268] While...
On Virtual Worlds: Copyright and Contract Law at...
EREZ REUVENI* EXTRACT
In those increasingly common instances where a player utilizes the virtual world as his primary means of income, a court may strike terms directly impinging the player’s ability to earn a living.[287] Specifically, courts may void terms where restrictive boilerplate language inserted into a contract by a party with disproportionately strong bargaining power forces a player...
“Culture is the mystery for capitalism” – and while there’s no failsafe formula...”
– How Do You Turn Life Into A Game? Good Ideas Talks On Disruption - PSFK
“We hear a lot about privacy violations by Big Brother and Little Brother. But...”
– Steven Levy on the Burden of Twitter
“Welcome to the new world of learning, where answering the question, “How are you...”
– Welcome to CLOMedia - Chief Learning Officer magazine
“The realtime web could be called the modern equivalent of Adam Smith’s invisible...”
– Yahoo Opens New Firehose of Social Media Data to Developers
“On the flip side, courts are set to see a trial about the lack of social media...”
– To Tweet or not to Tweet? Social media use, the law and Justin Bieber | Think Social
Second Life Terms of Service Countdown
Post from Phasing Grace
“In the next few years, the most successful social media experiences will be the...”
– IA Summit 2010 - iasummit.org -
“I promise to work for a better world, where science and technology are used in...”
– Oath
Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Sir Joseph Rotblat, proposes a Hippocratic oath for scientists. He is strongly opposed to the idea that science is neutral and that scientists are not to be blamed for its misapplication. Therefore, he proposes an oath, or pledge, initiated by the Pugwash...
“Veracity, accuracy, transparency, intellectual honesty, currency, inquiry,...”
– Jay Rosen: Public Notebook - Small pieces from my writing and posting life. Loosely joined.
“Yelp has found a work-around for those wicked extortion rumors (and that pesky...”
– Yelp Tweaks Its System for Transparency—and Lawsuit-Dodging | Technomix | Fast Company
“Facebook, the wildly popular social networking site, may soon be squaring off in...”
– Law.com - Facebook May Face Patent Challenge in Federal Court
A patent on community .. oh, brilliant.
“The biggest issue confronting media companies is that their iPad apps in many...”
– Media Apps and the iPad: Surprise! Free Is Better
