ILAW 5

Live notes from the Internet Law conference at Stanford….

Party Geek

Thursday: Went to Milwaukee to see Weird Al in concert. The show was on a stage outdoors, with a bunch…

Progress

According to a sign I read on the bus to Palo Alto, housing discrimination on the basis of age is…

Dave Winer said…

Yesterday: “I will recommend to UserLand that they support [the roadmap]” (cite) Today: [Tim Bray] is “wantonly destructive” and probably…

Trip Announcement

Next week I’ll be in Stanford, CA (near Palo Alto) for ILAW 2003. If you’ve got suggestions about something cool…

Google AdSense

Google has a new program called AdSense. Here’s how it works: You create an account with Google. Google gives you…

Time for Forward Motion

As previously noted, weblog protocols are stuck in a rut. We want to work together and solve the problems, but…

Algorithm for Determining Imagination from Reality

Let’s say you’re torn between two worlds. You know that one is a fevered delusion that your mind has created…

The Voice of America

[Bob Harris, PollingReport.com] Of Americans over 18: 40% believe the media was biased in favor of Bill Clinton 34% think…

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place for Specs

Dave Winer says Movable Type’s RSS is funky because an out-of-the-box MT blog comes with an RSS 1.0 and an…

Ask Dr. Law: Piercings and the First Amendment

From my email: Does the school have the right to make you take out or cover up piercing? If it’s…

Guilty Pleasures

I never used to watch TV on a regular basis and I never played video games, but while I’m discussing…

Recording Industry v. Deep, John (The Aimster Case)

I went to the Aimster Case today. This case is important because it will set an important precedent about what…

Eldred Petition

Everything is under copyright. But most of those things aren’t making money, so no one cares about their copyright anymore….

Joss Update

Want to go on a Joss Quest like mine? This timeline guide will help you — it lists the intended…

Something’s Coming

Lessig reports that for the first time in recorded history, something is happening in Chicago — the Aimster case is…

Like Father Like Son

Son: Father, can I get this video game. Father: Not now, I’m in the middle of something. Son: But why…

Aaron Swartz (me@aaronsw.com)