LawLawLaw 2007-10-17
Posted October 17, 2007, in Apple, Baseball, Business, Clients, Clock Tower Law Group, Copyright Law, Domain Names, Google, IP Law, LawLawLaw Newsletter, Marketing, MIT, Music, Patent Law, Random, Social Networking, Startups, Technology, Trademark Law, Videos, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/923.html)
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The opinions expressed in LawLawLaw do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Clock Tower Law Group, its employees… [read full post]
Social Radio: Ezmo Lets Friends Listen To Each Other's Music
Posted October 09, 2007, in Copyright Law, International Law, Marketing, Music, Social Networking, Technology by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/902.html)
Upload all your music, play your music anywhere, share with your friends.
Norway-based Ezmo hopes to change the way music fans share music. Unlike the original Napster, which used a central server where users uploaded music to and downloaded music from, Ezmo only allows users to listen to (not download) each other’s music. So it’s kind of like social radio… [read full post]
The New York Times Is A Copyjacker
Posted September 26, 2007, in Copyjacking, Copyright Law, Freakonomics, Internet Law, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/877.html)
The Times is hotlinking images on its website.
The New York Times is hotlinking images on its website. That makes the Times a copyjacker. Copyjacking is a violation of netiquette. Is it a violation of the law? You decide.
Here’s the proof.
Shameful.
See also:… [read full post]
Holy CD-Quality Audio, Batman! AmazonMP3.com MP3 Downloads Are 256 Kbps VBR!
Posted September 25, 2007, in Apple, Baseball, Best Practices, Copyright Law, Domain Names, Marketing, Music, Technology, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/876.html)
Following Apple’s lead, Amazon now offers DRM-free MP3 downloads.
When I heard that Amazon launched MP3 downloads without annoying so-called Digital Rights Management (DRM) copy-protection nonsense, I was skeptical. (It’s my nature.) Not all MP3s are created equal. A 56 Kbps MP3 can sound as bad as an AM radio station in a 1966 VW Beetle car radio. And a… [read full post]
Pirate Nondisclosure Agreement
Posted September 19, 2007, in Copyright Law, Erik's Favorites, How To, International Law, Milestones, Patent Law, Random, Trade Secret Law by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/869.html)
Come show me how ye bury yer treasure, lad!
[September 19 is International Talk Like Pirate Day. All good pirates know that their trade secrets need to be kept secret to be protected, unless they prefer patent protection. (See also my discussion on patents vs. trade
Illegal Feeds And Betting Against The Internet
Posted September 14, 2007, in Apple, Best Practices, Business, Copyright Law, Erik's Favorites, Freakonomics, Google, How To, Internet Law, Marketing, Music, Technology, The Legal List, TV, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/853.html)
The clue train has left the station, and most publishers aren’t on board.
Worst Practices: Betting Against The Net
Ease-of-copying is a feature, not a bug. Learn to harness that feature, and you’ll have a bright future. Try to fight that feature, and you’ll be fighting gravity.
Since the phrase “the… [read full post]
FreakonomicsSucks.com
Posted August 09, 2007, in Book Reviews, Clock Tower Law Group, Copyjacking, Copyright Law, Domain Names, Freakonomics, Internet Law, IP Law, Marketing, MIT, Parody Law, Patent Law, Security, Social Networking, Technology, Trademark Law, TV, Weblogs, Worst Practices by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/838.html)
In which Erik Heels demonstrates that domain names – not diamonds – are forever.
I am an engineer (BSEE from MIT). I have worked with engineers. Engineers share a common feature/bug: they like to be right. And they will go to great lengths to prove that they are right.
I am also a lawyer. I have worked with lawyers. Lawyers, like… [read full post]
Book Review: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Posted August 01, 2007, in Book Reviews, Copyjacking, Copyright Law, Freakonomics, Marketing, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/832.html)
By George Orwell.
In George Orwell’s classic book Nineteen Eighty-Four
“Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.”… [read full post]
Help Save Freakonomics
Posted August 01, 2007, in Air Force, Copyjacking, Copyright Law, Freakonomics, Google, Marketing, Social Networking, Weblogs by Erik J. Heels (permalink: http://www.erikjheels.com/831.html)
Ironically, the Freakonomics blog about economics appears to be having economic difficulty.
Freakonomics Needs Money!
Help save Freakonomics. They need money and can no longer afford to purchase stock photography. At least this is what I conclude based on today’s post, which appears to have borrowed a copyrighted image from another site without attribution or purchase. (I called the vendor… [read full post]
