Wrangling over the proposed Google-Yahoo advertising deal makes one wonder whether scale, a virtue in Silicon Valley, can also be a vice. With apologies to economist E.F. Schumacher, big isn’t bad anymore, it’s good.
Small Isn’t Beautiful Anymore
Category Archives: Technology Law
What A Screw-Up
A long time ago, Supreme Court Justice Benjamin Cardozo asked whether “the criminal should go free because the constable has blundered.” The answer to that is yes, but it’s no solace that a crooked politician gets away with corruption for such a stupid blunder.
Unsafe Text
This is why it is a really bad idea to text while you are driving.
What Larry Doesn’t Get
To suggest that “new media,” bloggers and the like should participate misses the whole point. Major party candidates like the dominance of debates by legacy television media.
This is Really Disturbing
Humans are sexual beings, but there is indeed a time and a place for everything, including penis pumps. Just ask Austin Powers.
Reality for Real
Rob Glaser and company are about to launch a new software product that, if ruled lawful under the DMCA, may revolutionize movie distribution.
There Is a Law
Australia’s sex discrimination rules provide a strong disincentive for men to take on a greater care-taking role within the family unit.
Apple & Antitrust
Psystar claims Apple’s restrictions on third-party hardware makers violate U.S. antitrust laws. Woah, that’s absolutely ridiculous.
The Net Changes Nothing
So if Howard Dean and MoveOn.org mastered online contributions and bogs, Barack Obama has shown that he doesn’t get social networking, announcing his VP selection not via email, text or social networks.
Blaming the Dead
If American law enforcement can only solve cases years later by blaming dead guys, we as a society have mucho problemas.