Over the past few months, I’ve recorded a number of interviews for BBC 5 Live’s Pods and Blogs. For those who have never dabbled in conducting an audio interview, it really is quite fun to walk up to people and… Continue Reading
A Canadian court case [R. v. LeBlanc, 2006 NBPC 37 (CanLII)] appears to have created two important legal precedents: that blogging can be an occupation and that bloggers are reporters (and have the same responsibility to follow the law as… Continue Reading
The American mid-term elections are today (Tuesday 07 Nov) and lots of bloggers – and I’m not just talking about the BBC, Daily Kos and Instapundit – are likely to be providing coverage of the elections, last minute campaigning and… Continue Reading
Regular readers of cybersoc.com will recall that back in August I got kicked out of Google Adsense. I appealed to Google, asking for them to spefically disclose what, if any, evidence they had that I had broken their terms and… Continue Reading
This week I’ve spotted two instances of legal claims being filed not against the websites hosting content but against the person(s) actually posting the content. In one instance, a copyright infrindgement claim was made against a blog posting premiership football… Continue Reading
Last night I was out for a meal and drinks with some friends and started explaining how I’d recently installed some code on my blog that allows me to track visitors like I’ve never been able to before. A few… Continue Reading
Regular readers will know that, for the past two years, I’ve been working on a part-time post-graduate law degree in law at the University of Hertfordshire. Word arrived today that I’ve now successfully completed the Common Practical Exam which is… Continue Reading
India’s e-tutors give UK children homework help: Call centres charge £50 a month for unlimited individual help to pupils thousands of miles away Fifth Circuit Affirms Lower Court Dismissal in Defamation Case; Lack of Personal Jurisdiction: In Ouazzani-Chahdi v. Greensboro… Continue Reading
A social networking site, xanga, will reportedly pay a fine of US $1 million after the Federal Trade Commission found they’d violated the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) by “collecting, using and disclosing personal information collected from children under… Continue Reading
Yesterday I received an email from Google Adsense telling me that I had been kicked out of the programme. I’ve been using Adsense to monetize my blog and other websites for about a year now and have been pleased with… Continue Reading