Cyberbullying bill on the horizon

A cyberbullying bill introduced after a federal judge nullified the jury verdict in the MySpace suicide case has thankfully not been well received. The bill calls for up to two years in prison for electronic speech meant to “coerce, intimidate, harass or cause substantial emotional distress to a person”. One of the bill’s opponents, R-Texas [...]

Misguided Legal Theories? Come on, AP.

We ought to pay close attention to the unfolding imbroglio over proprietary news content, spearheaded by the AP’s recent initiative to rein in the reproduction of AP-produced content in search engines and the blogosphere. Though this unfolds chiefly against the backdrop of an industry in crisis, the longstanding implications may be most interesting from an [...]

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