A lawsuit against media streaming company Grooveshark by music labels is fertile ground for determining whether an anonymous commentator can be unmasked, and under what circumstances media shield laws apply to protect that person’s identity from being revealed in court….
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Another Attempt To Unmask An Anonymous Poster
25
Jan
A lawsuit against media streaming company Grooveshark by music labels is fertile ground for determining whether an anonymous commentator can be unmasked, and under what circumstances media shield laws apply to protect that person’s identity from being revealed in court….
Time and duty to one’s employer is "of the essence" in vendor relations; much less so for AALL
25
Jan
Most if not all of us who have budgets to manage, collections to develop, and patrons to serve view vendor relations as something more than just is “a topic on everyone’s mind.” We have been and continue to take actions…
Browsing On A Sunday: Megaupload, Banning Sex Offenders From Libraries, And Better World Books
23
Jan
The fallout from the Megaupload seizure by the U.S. government continues. The immediate reaction saw denial of service attacks on web sites the Department of Justice and media giant Universal earlier last week. Additional attacks continued through the weekend taking…
Megaupload Shut Down By DOJ For Piracy
20
Jan
Megalupload, send me a file, as the song goes. Well, no more as the United States Justice Department shut the site down and arrested several executives on various charges of criminal copyright infringement. The indictment, as reported, claims the company…
Is the Great Legal Recession of 2008 Over?
17
Jan
“There are some encouraging signs in hiring, compensation and partner profits at the nation’s biggest firms, but things may not be as good as they seem, Above the Law Editor-in-Chief David Lat tells Bloomberg Law’s Lee Pacchia. David also gives…
The Moral Leader of Our Nation: Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Law of the Land
16
Jan
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) would have been 83 on Jan. 15, 2012. Unfortunately his birthday has been turned into a three-day weekend by being recognized as a federal holiday observed on the…
Browsing On A Sunday: SOPA, E-book Loaning, and the Billable Hour
15
Jan
The White House released a statement yesterday in opposition to filtering the Domain Name System as a response to Internet piracy. Three of the administration’s top technology and IP officers issues a lengthy statement on the White House web server…
Browsing On A Sunday: SOPA, E-book Loaning, and the Billable Hour
15
Jan
The White House released a statement yesterday in opposition to filtering the Domain Name System as a response to Internet piracy. Three of the administration’s top technology and IP officers issues a lengthy statement on the White House web server…
Another Attempt To Unmask An Anonymous Poster
A lawsuit against media streaming company Grooveshark by music labels is fertile ground for determining whether an anonymous commentator can be unmasked, and under what circumstances media shield laws apply to protect that person’s identity from being revealed in court….
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