Sunday, July 27, 2003

Wired:  Are you on the RIAAs black list?  EFF:  here's how to check.  Hmmm...  I wonder if this list will ever be used to deny a person Internet connectivity. NYTimes.  "The notion of paying up to $150,000 for each of the eight songs that the recording industry listed on the subpoena — not to mention lawyer fees of $200 an hour should the family decide to fight a lawsuit — still boggles her mind. "Hopefully when they find out he's just a kid, they'll drop it," she said." 9:13:00 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

ABA Journal:  Weblogs and lawyers.  Rory opines on this.  (BTW: Anyone have pointers to policy/caselaw on employee weblog publishing?) "Christopher Wolf, a Washington, D.C., antitrust lawyer.... Although he knows of no law firm that has a policy on blogging, he thinks that will change, in part because the activity may detract from billable hours."  Right, don't share information for free, charge for it.... "When others from my firm go out and meet new people, oftentimes they’re met with the comment, ‘Isn’t Howard Bashman with that firm?’ " he says. How Appealing (Bashman's weblog) is not mentioned on Buchanan Ingersoll’s firm site, but Bashman is thinking about making the request. 9:05:57 AM    Comment_ Trackback []

RSS 2.0 is now the #1 return on Google again for the keyterm "RSS".   Two weeks ago it wasn't even in the system.  What happened? 8:32:39 AM    Comment_ Trackback []