cte | Kris Smith has read these articles about "cte" | www.croncast.comThis is the keyword feed for "cte" from my read items in Google Reader. If you would like to search or subscribe to category/keyword rss feeds for items that I have shared with Google Reader visit http://www.croncast.com/c4_reading.phpSparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit- March 31, 2008 The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel (pictured from left to right) consisted of Patrick Ross (Executive Director, Copyright Alliance), Fred von Lohmann (Senior Staff Attorney, EFF), Matt Zinn (VP and general counsel, TiVo), and moderator Doug Lichtman of UCLA Law School. I. Copyright...http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/zdnet/Howell/~3/261113641/ Adwords Ad Creates Initial Interest Confusion--Storus v. Aroa- March 24, 2008 By Eric Goldman Storus Corp. v. Aroa Marketing Inc., No. C-06-2454 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 15, 2008). (Sorry for my delay blogging this one). A federal district court has held that displaying a competitor's trademark in Adwords ad copy constitutes impermissible initial interest confusion, leading to a summary judgment win for the trademark owner. This is one of the first competitor-vs.-competitor search advertising cases where the plaintiff has won the trademark claims. This case also has an...http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/03/adwords_ad_crea.htm Anonymous Bloggers Carry on Tradition of the Federalist Papers- March 17, 2008 There has been a lot of coverage of Troll Tracker's recently disclosed identity. Troll Tracker ended his anonymity a few weeks ago and now faces a libel law suit along with his employer, Cisco, based upon statements he made about a case involving Cisco -- this is one of the many reasons I do not write about cases that my firm or I are involved in. I did not intend to weigh in on this story because there was not much to add (see below for links to some of the best coverage). But...http://feeds.lexblog.com/~r/ChicagoIpLitigationBlog/~3/252924953/ Lou Reed Upset By MP3 Quality; Has He Ever Listened To Velvet Underground Recordings- March 15, 2008 Since when is Lou Reed an audiophile Down at SXSW Reed gave a talk where he complained about the sound quality of MP3 technology and the fact that people didn't realize how awful they sounded. This is a complaint made by quite a few other people as well, who seem to ignore the fact that for most people and most music, MP3 technology is perfectly good enough, and the convenience of being able to carry around more, is a lot more important than a barely (if at all) noticeable change in audio...http://techdirt.com/articles/20080314/085701541.shtml Confusion Regarding iPhone Developer Beta Program- March 14, 2008 Earlier today developers who've applied for entry in the iPhone SDK beta program were sent the following message from Apple: Dear Registered iPhone Developer, Thank you for expressing interest in the iPhone Developer Program. We have received your enrollment request. As this time, the iPhone Developer Program is available to a limited number of developers and we plan to expand during the beta period. We will contact you again regarding your enrollment status at the ...http://daringfireball.net/2008/03/iphone_sdk_confusion eBay Denied 230 Defense for Its Marketing Representations--Mazur v. eBay- March 13, 2008 By Eric Goldman Mazur v. eBay Inc., 2008 WL 618988 (N.D. Cal. March 4, 2008) I declared Monday "47 USC 230 Day" here at the Technology & Marketing Law Blog, but with this new case, I&39;m declaring it 47 USC 230 Week. This case explores one of the frontiers of 47 USC 230 jurisprudence--when can 230 preempt a claim that a website made false marketing representations This issue has been lurking in numerous recent 47 USC 230, but it arises squarely here. Unfortunately, the legal...http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/03/ebay_denied_230.htm Urban word of the day: "Collateral misinformation"- March 10, 2008 Urban word of the day: "Collateral misinformation"Definition: When someone alters a Wikipedia article to win a specific argument, anyone who reads the false article before the "error" is corrected suffers from collateral misinformation.Example: "I changed the scientific classification of red foxes last night in order to win an argument with Judy. I hope some stupid High School student didn't suffer from collateral misinformation."Tags: misinformation collateral urban argument winhttp://www.geekpress.com/2008/03/urban-word-of-day-collateral.html Affiliate Marketing Guidelines- March 9, 2008 Around this time last year, the FTC argued that CAN-SPAM imposed strict liability on marketers for the emailing activities of their affiliates. A federal judge in Arizona disagreed, and handed what at the time seemed like a loss to the FTC. Now the FTC has settled with the advertiser. As Reasonable Basis notes, the advertiser has to pay around 400K, but more importantly it agreed to enter into a stipulation which requires the advertiser to take certain precautions with respect to its...http://spamnotes.com/2008/03/08/affiliate-marketing-guidelines.aspx Social Networking Meets Savings Accounts: SmartyPig Launches this Week- March 4, 2008 How about this recipe Take a basic FDIC-insured savings account, spice it up with automated electronic transfers and email communications, mix in giftdebit cards, wrap the whole thing up in a social network, and top it with a memorable name. What do you have SmartyPig, the most innovative financial service we&39;ve seen since Prosper launched two years ago. The site is in the final week of private beta. To register, you still need an invitation code. The company asked me not to publish it, but.http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/netbanker/~3/245361461/social_networking_meets_savings_acco... |