Whack-A-Grokster

Mike at Techdirt spots a potential MGM v. Grokster issue within Google's music search service.

Speaking of spotting Grokster issues, can you see them peeking out from TiVo's TiVo ToGo plans? [via Digg] I knew you could.

Attendable

John Tehranian's piece in the California Lawyer on Copyright Liability After Grokster.

Declan McCullagh's report on a recent 7th Circuit decision that affirmed damages and a "thou shalt not infringe" injunction in an direct infrigement/P2P/RIAA case: Court upholds sizable file-swapping fine.

Micahel Hiltzik, Golden State Column: Who Owns Your CD/DVD Collection? "Increasingly in this modern digital world, not you."

The IBM and the Future of Banking podcast, which I thought would be heavily focused on identity but instead is heavily focused on attention. Interesting.

Act Ecardingly

Holiday greetings from Reed Smith.

Gangsta Wrap

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can apply scissors to curling ribbon and wind up with curly ribbon, and those who, try as they might, can only make the ribbon more straight. (I fall into the latter category.)

Entering "wrap presents" into craigslist seems like a fine idea about now. Or perhaps just buying plenty of Podsafe For Peace's "If Every Day Were Christmas" as stocking/inbox stuffers.

Nicicles

This holiday season Saturday has featured:

1. The rarely heard exhortation (from my yoga instructor; only yoga instructors say this) to "Take all the time you need."


2. Several long, luxurious minutes taking in the shading and contours of my sleeping child's face.

Enough of those and even wrapping becomes bearable.