Google shuts down music blogs without warning | Music | guardian.co.uk This article shows how haphazard the notice/takedown process can be. Often nobody knows who has cleared permission, and bloggers cannot tell which posts are said to be offending. I guess Google is only interested in hosting your speech if it’s in text?
Justice Dept. defends warrantless cell phone tracking | Politics and Law – CNET News. The justice department is arguing that they shouldn’t need a warrant to request the locations of cell phone users. Wonder why they don’t want to follow the (greatly streamlined) process.
Study: Bloggers’ reasons for writing change over time (Feb. 10, 2010) I’m far from a top political blogger, but this story prompted me to again take a look at the subject of an entire category on this site — why blog? I think I can say that I’ve finally gotten into the blogging habit. I’m …
Variable download pricing correlated with slower music sales. More evidence of the problems with the music industry’s business model. It’s supply and demand…
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.)