Philadelphia to Announce Municipal Wi-Fi Plans

February 7, 2005

I wrote recently on the potential of combining wide area municipal wi-fi networks and VoIP.  The US telcos, seeing the threat, have been lobbying vigorously against these networks.  Now, news from eWeek that Philadelphia is set to announce its plans for expansion.  Money quote: Neff said Philadelphia Mayor John F. Street will announce the wireless […]

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More on Legal Outsourcing

February 7, 2005

Mercury News has a recent article exploring the market for legal outsourcing.  Money quotes: Offshoring legal work is the latest play in the rapidly changing and increasingly global theater of business, where all kinds of white-collar jobs — from software engineering to tax-preparation services — are being sent abroad. It’s still not clear how big […]

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Yet Another Thing to Do in Denver When You’re Dead

February 7, 2005

Yet another thing to do in Denver when you’re dead.  Get sued by the RIAA for file sharing.

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Controversy Over Lobbying Against Municipal Broadband Wi-Fi Plans

February 7, 2005

I’ve posted recently on the potential power of the combination of VoIP and Wi-Fi, particularly in light of efforts in the US to develop city-wide Wi-Fi networks.  Wi-Fi Networking News is writing a series of posts that expose a US lobbying group, to date highly critical of these networks, as an apparent front for the […]

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Blockbuster’s No Late Fee Campaign – the Catch

February 7, 2005

Blockbuster is making a lot of hay out of its so-called end of late fees campaign.  I wrote recently on the war with Netflix that led to this development – Netflix and the other DVD by mail providers having turned Blockbuster’s late fees against it in their business models.  Bob Bly has a post that […]

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Managing High Software Maintenance Fees

February 6, 2005

Frank Scavo of The Enterprise System Spectator has a great piece with advice to customers on managing high software maintenance fees.  Money quotes: If you are concerned about high software maintenance costs, there are several steps you can take to keep costs in line.  If you have not yet purchased the system, understand that your […]

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Industry Canada Proposes PIPEDA Exemption for Ontario “health information custodians”

February 6, 2005

David Fraser has an extensive post on Industry Canada’s proposed cabinet order exempting Ontario’s "health information custodians" from the application of Part I of PIPEDA.

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Who Owns Your Blog?

February 6, 2005

Information Week has an excellent article exploring copyright ownership and liability issues, as well as other issues, arising from blogging and the employer-employee relationship.  The Canadian legal analysis is somewhat different, but the resource is nonetheless a great overview. Via Netlawblog.

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Mozilla Releases Sunbird .2

February 6, 2005

The first release version of Sunbird, the open source calendar app, is out. Via JK on the Run.

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The Future is Not Bleak

February 6, 2005

I’ve posted recently on the topic of risk, and in particular on how the world is not as risky and dangerous as many business lawyers would have their clients believe (remember all of the doomsday predictions about Y2K?).  But of course the phenomenon is not specific to lawyers.  Everyone does it, for different reasons.  And […]

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Google Adwords Loses Two French Trademark Cases

February 6, 2005

Alice and Bill have a nice summary post on Google’s loss of two recent trademark cases arising out of its Adwords ad system.  Quotes: Both lawsuits have hinged on Google’s signature keyword-advertising system, Adwords, which pairs text ads with related search results. For example, a Nike ad appears after a search for running shoes. Through […]

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US Audit Firms Dropping Their Clients in Droves

February 6, 2005

The NYT is reporting that Sarbanes-Oxley is dramatically increasing the work and fees that auditors generate from their clients, and that for a variety of reasons, they are severely culling their client lists. Weren’t the auditors vocal opponents of Sarbanes-Oxley because of the damage the auditor independence rules would (they promised) do to their businesses?

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