A federal court ruling that mandatory DNA collection for all people facing federal felony charges is constitutional deals a major setback to civil liberties.
DNA, CODIS and Liberty
Author Archives: glennm
Social Media, Freedom & Revolution
If Twitter and other social media networks had been available in China in 1990, Shanghai might already be free, more than economically.
The Supreme Court’s Cyberlaw Influence — Not Much, Thankfully
Supreme Court nominee Sonya Sotamayor is unlikely to have influence on the Court’s cyberlaw jurisprudence, because there basically is none. The evolution of this rapidly changing medium really does not need the glacial pace at which the SCOTUS decides issues
Is Social Media Making Corporate Web Sites Irrelevant?
As devotees understand viscerally, the Internet’s current social networking phenomenon is radically changing communications modes on the Net. Not only is email on the way out, but now the very existence of “static” Web sites is being questioned.
Challenging DMCA Conventional Wisdom
Most observers believe the Digital Millennium Copyright Act prohibits copying of DVDs, even for backup purposes. Now Real Networks is challenging that conventional wisdom in California.
Social Media Rules of Engagement
Here are my six rules of engagement for social media — Twitter, Facebook, etc.– all of which can be summed up in the phrase “if you are going to do it, do it right.”
Law and War
Law is a “life of boring mendacity punctuated by brief moments of sheer terror.”
What’s In a Name?
SciFi Channel is all set to become Syfy. But no, despite what CNet News implies, it is not the lawyers’ fault.
Let’s Kill All the Dentists…
Psychological issues are part of the dark underbelly of the legal profession, in which suicide ranks second only to dentistry as a cause of professional death.
Who Owns Social Media UGC?
Facebook was possibly wrong (although correct from a customer relationship standpoint) to argue that it needed a license from one user to display his/her content on the “Wall” of another user, even when the first person had affirmatively decided to share that UGC by posting it within Facebook.
