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Look Me In the i

Sunday, January 31, 2010

Starting this summer, when our clickstream data and demographic profile trigger delivery of online ads, the ad will contain a little blue <i> icon, perhaps words such as “Why did I get this ad?,” and a link to a site explaining how the advertiser uses the collected data.  Advertisers agreed to the new policy hoping [...]

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Deja Vu

Sunday, December 13, 2009

A story in yesterday’s NY Times addressed the battle between backlisted authors and book publishers, focusing on the efforts of William Styron’s heirs  (Styron wrote The Confessions of Nat Turner and Sophie’s Choice, among others) to license e-book versions of his works.  Random House, which published Styron’s earlier works, said through a spokesman “that authors [...]

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C’mon, Sox

Monday, December 7, 2009

Today I renewed my Red Sox season tickets for the 2010 season.   Always on the lookout to increase my frequent flyer mile account I was happy that the Sox said on the form I could pay by credit card directly at the Sox website.  I logged into the site, found the 2010 season ticket [...]

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‘Tis the Season for Sales Taxes

Friday, November 27, 2009

The New York Times acknowledged Black Friday (when did the Thanksgiving Day Plus One shopping extravaganza acquire that name?  Is it so named because it’s the day that puts retailers into the black for the year?  I would call it “Shopping Orgy Day”) with an editorial calling for online retail sales to be taxed.  (Yes, [...]

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Retail’s Evolution

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Here’s an interesting story by Eric Torbenson from the New York Post:  ”The monster that ate the recovery–Why the rise of Internet shopping could destroy jobs and the economy.”  [It's alternate subheadline is "could filling your iPod destroy the economic recovery?"] The premise is “online sales mean fewer employees and fewer physical storefronts.  That means [...]

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Opting Out of Opting Out

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

I just came across this provision in a web site opt-out menu:  “Please cancel my request to not recieve money saving Pet Tag discount emails.”  Spelling error, double negative, split infinitive–there’s a lot going on in this sentence.

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Recently, in Internet law . . .

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Here’s the First Commandment for the Study of Internet Law:  What the Internet was is not what the Internet shall always be.  A few more stories echoing the last post’s theme:

France’s Constitutional Council rejected the legislature’s attempt to thwart digital piracy by terminating Internet access for alleged illegal downloaders.  Under the legislative proposal “a newly [...]

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