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Wal-Mart is Watching You (or at Least What You’re Wearing).
But it’s not with a social-networking site like Facebook or an Internet giant like Google — it’s with our old corporate enemy: Wal-Mart. The stage is set for the next great privacy battle. Various technological measures have been tested through the years to try and keep a close watch on inventory and prevent theft.
JetLawBlog - Tuesday, July 27, 2010
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Monday Morning JETLawg…
Google tells the Federal Communications Commission that enforcing “Hot News&# will create a hot mess. In the news… Michigan woman faces murder charges from a Facebook feud that ended in tragedy. 70,000 blogs unexpected shut down by unidentified law enforcement agency.
JetLawBlog - Monday, July 26, 2010
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After tense standoff and unprecedented rebuke, China renews Google’s Internet license. In the news… William Morris Endeavor Entertainment terminates representation contract with long-time client Mel Gibson over the actor’s recent behavior.
JetLawBlog - Monday, July 12, 2010
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  • And that makes three (governments): The United States opposes the Google Books Settlement
    More on this later, but the United States opposes the Google Books settlement. Eldred , Grokster , Google Books. Tags: creepy google books creepy lawrence lessig creepy eric schmidt presently drafted, the Proposed Settlement does not meet the legal standards this Court must apply." Oopsie. They are obvious. So let's see.
    Music Technology Policy - Saturday, September 19, 2009
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  • Google Books, Unclaimed Property and Google as State
    Like the tar baby, the Google Books settlement agreement often raises more questions than it answers. Google, of course, never met a law it couldn't twist to its advantage. unclaimed funds from Google Books will be applied to cost and then distributed to the club. Take something simple--unclaimed funds. mean the Books Registry.
    Music Technology Policy - Wednesday, September 16, 2009
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  • Google Books Transcript Excerpt
    That is a deadline by which class members must claim their books in order to receive a cash payment for books that Google has already scanned. DURIE: [Daralyn Durie of Keker & Van Nest, counsel for defendant Google.] Green2 google books settlement Tags: fairness hearing google books Mr. FYI U.S. Before: HON.
    Music Technology Policy - Monday, October 12, 2009
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  • Google Books vs. Library Books?
    On Friday, the Justice Department pushed for a federal court judge to reject a settlement proposal that would allow Google to digitally scan library books and place them online. Government attorneys cited “ class action, copyright, and antitrust &# worries in asking a New York U.S. 8211; Traci Galbreath. Image Source.
    JetLawBlog - Monday, September 21, 2009
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  • Google vs. China
    After much speculation that it would pull out of China entirely, Google elected last week to lob the ball into China’s court. On Monday, March 22 Google announced on its official blog that it would stop censoring its search results in that country. Google is now re-directing visitors from Google.cn Several U.N.
    JetLawBlog - Monday, March 29, 2010
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  • Hey, Google, Get Off My Lawn!
    Even as a law student, when I look at Google’s “Street View” feature, the last thing I’m thinking about is a lawsuit. Our story begins back in 2008, when the Borings discovered that their home was depicted on Google’s street view feature. Needless to say, Google was not about to take a default judgment. Game over, right?
    JetLawBlog - Tuesday, February 2, 2010
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  • Italian Court Decides Google Executives are Criminals
    However, this scenario actually played out in Italy in 2006 when a student posted an offensive video to Google Video, and the extent of criminal liability has gone far beyond what is fathomable for many. pretty harsh result when the employees, Google executives, never even knew about the video until after it had been removed from the website.
    JetLawBlog - Monday, March 1, 2010
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  • US News & World Report: "Google May Not Be Evil, But It Sure As Hell Isn't Interested in Free Speech"
    There's a great piece on the US News & World Report blog by the well-respected author and journalist John Aloysius Farrell that must make Google count the days until it's driven all newspapers out of business. Note that this doesn't seem to happen to any independent artist who sends a DMCA notice that Google complies with.
    Music Technology Policy - Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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  • For Whom Doth the Bell Toll?: Google Books and the Heidelberg Appeal
    Last week Google got their Alamo, except it was in Germany and it was called the “ Heidelberg Appeal ”. According to Der Spiegel “German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries called Google's actions 'unacceptable.' But they know it now. And that little adobe church is still standing, against all odds. but it may as well have been.
    Music Technology Policy - Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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  • For Whom Doth the Bell Toll?: Google Books and the Heidelberg Appeal
    Last week Google got their Alamo, except it was in Germany and it was called the “ Heidelberg Appeal ”. According to Der Spiegel “German Justice Minister Brigitte Zypries called Google's actions 'unacceptable.' But they know it now. And that little adobe church is still standing, against all odds. but it may as well have been.
    Music Technology Policy - Tuesday, April 28, 2009
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