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Quon and SMS Privacy, AT&T Security Breaches, and FTC Wants to Save the Newspaper

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Quon and SMS Privacy

Analysis: Hints on texting privacy
The Opinion

AT&T Security Breaches

iPhone 4 Order Security Breach Exposes Personal Information
FBI Investigates iPad Data Breach
AT&T Explains iPad Security Breach

FTC Wants to Save Newspaper

Potential Policy Recommendations To Support The Reinvention Of Journalism

1 Comment Posted in: Podcast on June 21, 2010

Apple revises their advertising policy, Traffic Cam Gripe Site, New York Times Demands Apple Takedown a RSS Reader App

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Apple Revises Rules for in App Advertising

Apple revises iOS rules on outside advertisers, cuts out Google, Adobe by implication
FTC Preps Investigation Against Apple’s Ad Tactics
Apple’s Mobile Rules To Get FTC Scrutiny

Traffic Cam Gripe Site

Anti-speed camera activist nabs Bluff City PD’s expiring web domain
Bluff City, TN Speed Camera information
UDRP Policy

NY Times Demands App Takedown

New York Times to iPad App Developers: Hands Off Our RSS
NYT demands Pulse app be pulled from App Store
Pulse app cheered, then pulled, now back
The Takedown Notices

Comments Off Posted in: Podcast on June 14, 2010

The FTC announced today that it had approved Google’s acquisition of AdMob, an advertising service for mobile devices. From the FTC’s press release:

[A]lthough the combination of the two leading mobile advertising networks raised serious antitrust issues, the agency’s concerns ultimately were overshadowed by recent developments in the market, most notably a move by Apple Computer Inc. – the maker of the iPhone – to launch its own, competing mobile ad network. In addition, a number of firms appear to be developing or acquiring smartphone platforms to better compete against Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android, and these firms would have a strong incentive to facilitate competition among mobile advertising networks.

I can’t recall a time when an announced, but yet unreleased, product or service has stopped the FTC from trying to block an acquisition. But, in reality, by the time this would have been litigated, the market probably would have changed enough to make the antitrust concerns moot.

Comments Off Posted in: Links on May 21, 2010

What damages for false DMCA takedown notices, employer liability for employee statements, Facebook Patents the newsfeed.

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Damages in False DMCA takedown

Rare Ruling on Damages for Sending Bogus Copyright Takedown Notice–Lenz v. Universal
Rossi Case

FTC Guidelines on Employer Liability for Employee Blog Posts

Potential Employer Liability for Employee Online Statements: New Guidelines by the Federal Trade Commission

Facebook Patents the Newsfeed

Facebook’s news-feed patent could mean lawsuits
Facebook Patents The News Feed (Updated)
The Patent

UPDATE: There seems to have been a glitch with the first post. Hopefully this will fix it.

Comments Off Posted in: Podcast on March 3, 2010