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Keep at it, Michael Geist

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It seems as though Michael Geist‘s columns in The Star have angered the CRIA.  Prof. Geist deserves huge praise for his apparently boundless efforts on behalf of innovation and openness on the Internet.  His motives seem as true and honest as they could be — those of a genuinely curious and committed scholar who cares … Read more

Two Radio Shows

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It’s been a big few weeks for radio around the Berkman Center.  Today’s installments: Public Radio International’s Here and Now, based at WBUR in Boston, devoted part of a show earlier today on the possible extension of the domain name space to include a “.xxx” gTLD.  BBC’s The World is running a show later today … Read more

David Weinberger weighs in

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Always worth listening to, David Weinberger strikes me as particularly dead-on in his post of this evening about the blogging and ethics debate that has raged this weekend. There are many aspects of what’s happened in the past few days — loosely swirling around a conference that hasn’t happened yet and around a “disclosure” that … Read more

Electoral-Vote seeks backup

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  The quite wonderful, fully addictive Electoral-Vote.com is seeking further backups, and thinking through their RSS strategy as well.  Seems they’ve been victims of attacks (why?).  Read to the bottom of the page: “Finally, there was another attack Friday, but we seem to have done better this time. As a precaution against future attacks, I … Read more

NY Court Overrules Forum Selection Clause in AOL Contract

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In Cyberlaw and the Global Economy, a fall course at HLS, we study the issue of contracting in cyberspace — when clickwrap contracts are enforced, what provisions the courts sometimes refuse to enforce, and the like.  A New York court has just added to the relevant caselaw by refusing to enforce a forum selection clause in … Read more