Last week I wrote that a court in British Columbia, Canada worryingly asserted jurisdiction over the alleged libel of a Canadian man by a US based newspaper website. Now the High Court in Canada has gone against this ruling and… Continue Reading
It’s been announced that the 8th Infonortics Virtual Communities conference, originally scheduled for November 2005, has been cancelled. It’s a real shame. The conference has always drawn some pretty high caliber speakers from around the world and, most years at… Continue Reading
BBC News reports on a survey that shows 7 of 10 adults don’t know what a blog is and 9 out of 10 have never heard of podcasting. One of the authors of the report says: "When I asked the… Continue Reading
You might have noticed that over the past few weeks I’ve been experimenting with placing a few ads on this blog. This post both explains why these ads are appearing and provides links that other bloggers might find useful if… Continue Reading
A preliminary programme for Cyberspace 2005 in Brno, Czech Republic (7-8 November 2005) is now available online. It looks like registration for the two day conference is 19 euros with accomodation available for an additional 17 euros per night. That… Continue Reading
I’ve always been rather proud of the fact that my website is the #1 link for cybersex on google. I’m not sure why I stay at the top of the google page considering that I don’t have any porn here… Continue Reading
A student at Nottingham University, concerned that he was likely to be heavily in debt (his brother owed £30k plus) after he graduated from university, has come up with a money making idea – selling pixels on a web page… Continue Reading
What happens when a newspaper based in America posts on their website a potentially defamatory article about someone in another country? They get sued in that other country… GlobeandMail.com reports that the Supreme Court of British Columbia has asserted jurisdiction… Continue Reading
The fellowship is designed for recent law graduates or Ph.Ds who are interested in careers in teaching and public service in any of the following areas: Internet and telecommunications law, first amendment law, media studies, intellectual property law, access to… Continue Reading
David Kesmodel of the Wall Street Journal Online writes today about the growing number of American websites where patients post reviews, often anonymously, about the medical care they’ve received: Doctors have long accepted that their patients share opinions about the… Continue Reading