Monthly Archives: February 2007

DNS “switch” to Inet

I, Cringely . The Pulpit . Just Say No | PBS This article is touting one man’s plan to change the Internet. Technical, social, and political problems aside, the transition plan sounds like the ill-fated “AB Switch” for switching between a broadcast and cable signal (before cable operators were required to carry broadcast signals). Inet

Zoeller Sues to Find Author of Wikipedia Post

Zoeller Sues to Find Author of Web Post – washingtonpost.com This may be the first  Internet defamation case of a public figure in what I have been calling the application of media law to the public. Here, a defamatory allegation of drug and family abuse was added to the Wikipedia entry of golfer Fuzzy Zoeller.

Communication Law News

Quite a bit of communication/technology law news today…just a few brief thoughts: Oral Arguments in ATT v. Microsoft The Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether Microsoft’s sending Vista master disks overseas with some of AT&T’s code constitutes patent infringement. While I’m not quite up to speed on this case, it certainly bears mentioning as

‘Ulysses’ Without Guilt – Dealing with info glut

‘Ulysses’ Without Guilt – New York Times (Subscription Required) Stacy Schiff, a guest columnist at the Times writes today about Pierre Bayard’s “How to Talk About Books You Haven’t Read,” which seems like a great invite to talk about a book that I haven’t read. From what I understand, Bayard’s basic argument is that exposing