I write today on CNET News.com (see "FTC's new strategy: kick 'em when they're down") that the FTC’s decision yesterday to attack Intel seems oddly-timed. Regular readers of this blog will recall that only a month ago, I wrote that Intel’s...

Security expert Bruce Schneier today posts about the taxonomy of social networking data. He describes five types of data: "1. Service data. Service data is the data you need to give to a social networking site in order to use it. It might include...

I write today on CNET about several recent privacy gaffes and missteps, notably the damp squib that was Facebook's new privacy policy and tools. I have some sympathy for social networking sites that, in order to become profitable businesses, must...

It’s nothing new for media organizations to employ lofty rhetoric about the role of the press in democracy to advocate special legal privileges. Likewise, it’s nothing new for content creators to try to limit the speech rights of others in order...

I have seen several posts (here, here, and also here) that discuss a recent patent infringement lawsuit filed late November to the DC District Court. Bloggers find this infringement action quite unusual, and I agree on that. The case of Global...