Electronic evidence and data gathering are becoming an important part of modern litigation. When Viacom requested data from Google pertaining their massive litigation, they did not just ask for all the usage information related to their own content, they requested everything. All information about every single video uploaded to YouTube Read more
Governance of New Technologies: The Transformation of Medicine, Information Technology and Intellectual Property An International Interdisciplinary Conference hosted by SCRIPTedMarch 29-31, 2009University of Edinburgh The conference will focus on evolving and emerging technologies and new-technology-driven practices and their impact on the overlapping fields of (1) healthcare, (2) information technology and Read more
While some people are innovative with their content, others keep physically prompting the deceased equine by insisting on making ISPs do their enforcement for them. Pangloss has pretty much said anything there is to say in this topic, but I just have to add my little voice to the outrageous Read more
I’ve just attended Virtual Policy ’08 in London, organised by BERR and the Virtual Policy Network. This has been a different event because it has brought together regulators, industry, educators, developers, economists, and academics to explore current and future policy issues involving virtual worlds. The wide number of sectors represented Read more
It’s that time of year, and xkcd nails it again… (Disclaimer: if a supervisee happens to read this, I AM an expert in your field. Honest).
(via B2fxxx and Terra Nova) Back in March we reported on an important suit involving World of Warcraft and software developers MDY (I don’t know why I’m using “we”, it’s only me writing this). The suit involved cheating autopilot exploit which allows a player to gather gold automatically by using Read more
Radiohead has continued going where no band has gone before, and in another ground-breaking innovative marketing and licensing strategy they have released their latest video under a Creative Commons BY-NC–SA licence. House of Cards is part of the already seminal In Rainbows, and it was a video recorded with 3D Read more
(via Future Lawyer) Continuing with this week’s theme of looking at the lighter side of IT, here is further evidence that users are uninstalling Vista in droves. Yes, when someone goes to the trouble of advertising a downgrade, you know your OS is in trouble. My own copy of Vista Read more
(via Burkhard Schafer) I’m feeling rather silly this week, so no serious stuff from me. This is a wonderful reminder of why we should not rely on automated translation systems: Wonderful stuff from the Language Log.
(via Andrea Matwyshyn) The internet was made just so I could watch these ads from Argentina.