Loopt – Real Life Online
So, I stood in line with my many compatriots last Friday at the Apple store to get the new 3G iPhone from Apple, which, by the way, is way cool. One of the really nice features of the phone is the ability to download specially designed applications that take advantage of particular characteristics of the [...]
Online Privacy v. Copyright Infringement
Looks like the copyright infringement allegers will win, when the judge has to choose between your online privacy rights and plaintiffs proving their infringement claims. Check out the article on Yahoo.
This isn’t new, in the sense that Napster, Grokster, and other similar cases involved the sued company turning over information about the users and what [...]
Online Virtual Realities – Do You Know Who Owns Your Virtuality?
Second Life, a virtual reality simulation system available online, is a privately managed computer system that allows “real” people to participate in “virtual” activities within the system. You can download a copy of the program and login for free at Second Life’s website. But, if you do, you’ll notice that you have to consent to [...]
Copyright Meet Speech
Check out this article on some of our online service/social networks and the impact that private companies have on our free expression by clicking here. Certainly the first amendment doesn’t give us much protection in private areas like shopping malls or the private homes of others (or even the sidewalk around the back of a [...]