- Autodesk Sued By eBay Seller For Pretending Right Of First Sale Doesn’t Exist | Techdirt: Here’s an interesting mix of a number of issues… first sale, the DMCA, and shrinkwrap licensing.
- Call for global privacy standards | Google: Google is pushing for international privacy standards. This could potentially have a substantial impact on how the future, more personal, web functions. (story at Ars)
- Web ad blocking may not be (entirely) legal | CNet: It’s amazing how much of this comes down to use policies, which nobody reads anyway. Pretty good analysis here.
About John
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
(For more on this idea and why I blog, please see this category.)
