From PC Magazine: The Copyright Office within the LOC on Monday ruled that jailbreaking a smartphone – particularly Apple’s iPhone – is permissible under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s (DMCA) fair use provisions. From Search …
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WisBlawg Twitter Feed
I’ve created a Twitter feed for WisBlawg. All WisBlawg blog posts will appear there as well as some additional shorter tweets.
Avoiding Ethical Pitfalls with E-documents: Metadata
Metadata is a topic of increasing importance to legal practitioners in sending and receiving electronic documents. The latest issue of InsideTrack from the State Bar of Wisconsin has a good article outlining the basics of …
Minnesota's Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board Addresses Ethical Obligations regarding Metadata
From ABA Site-tation: At the end of March, Minnesota’s Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board approved a new ethics opinion addressing lawyers’ ethical obligations regarding metadata. Opinion No. 22, available in PDF format on the LPRB’s website, …
UW Law School Twitter Feed
The UW Law School now has a Twitter feed. Marquette University Law School has a feed as well. For a list of other law schools on Twitter, see the Social Media Law Student.
Opinion Rules Third Party Facebook "Friending" Unethical
The Philadelphia Bar Association recently issued an advisory opinion stating that it is unethical to have a third party “friend” a witness on Facebook for the purpose of gaining information about that person. From the …
LRB Twitter Feed
Steve Miller of the Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau informs me that the LRB now has a Twitter feed. They’ll be tweeting about recent acquisitions and new publications from the LRB.
100 Law Related Twitter Feeds
Online Best Colleges has compiled a list of the Top 100 Twitter Feeds for Law Students. It is an interesting list of feeds from various legal folks and organizations, including law students, firms, attorneys, academics, …
Wisconsin to Tax Internet Downloads
Beginning on October 1st, Wisconsin will begin collecting a 5% sales taxes on Internet downloads of music, games, books, ring tones and other video entertainment. The District of Columbia and 15 states have similar laws. …
Woman Arrested for Killing Virtual Husband
From Yahoo News: A 43-year-old Japanese woman whose sudden divorce in a virtual game world made her so angry that she killed her online husband’s digital persona has been arrested on suspicion of hacking, police …