Monday, June 27, 2005 at 8:52AM Here's the link to the Wall Street Journal Grokster Roundtable, where I'll be chiming in throughout the day with an otherwise formidable group of scholars and experts, including Ernie Miller, John Palfrey, and Michael Geist.
Monday, June 27, 2005 at 7:55AM SCOTUSblog: "The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that developers of software violate federal copyright law when they provide computer users with the means to share music and movie files downloaded from the internet."
[Update 8:20 a.m. PDT:] Ongoing updates, and links to the opinion by Justice Souter and concurrences by Justices Ginsberg and Breyer, from Ernie Miller.
Sunday, June 26, 2005 at 9:05PM I talked about "participatory law" at Gnomedex. In discussing Implications of the Power Law for Grokster 'Punditry', Ernie Miller talks about how we'll see a living, breathing example of a species of this when the Grokster decision comes out tomorrow:
What is going to happen on Monday is that there is going to be dialog and discussion. It's not going to be a bunch of specialists in isolated cells writing about what they think is important. There is going to be a lot of back and forth. Statements will be put forth, challenged, refined, and expanded. That sort of thing doesn't happen too much in the old media world. Despite these specialists' expertise, there remain gaps in their knowledge. Some writers (specialists and non-specialists) may only provide slight additions, but they will contribute nonetheless, and even specialists will be better off for it. Process is important. Open dialog is far superior in generating knowledge.
Put another way, the ability to triangulate is going to be tremendous and powerful. I for one wish I'd always had the opportunity to take in crucial new legal developments in this way. But, why cry over spilled brain cells? Enjoy what we've got! And rather than trying to point you to all the blogs I'm going to be checking out tomorrow (though I'll join Ernie in a big YeeHaw! that two three of them will be the Picker MobBlog, and The SCOTUSblog's Grokster metablog, and William Patry), I'll point you instead to these searches in Technorati, PubSub, and Feedster. You could spend the whole day just hitting refresh on those and come away very well informed.
Saturday, June 25, 2005 at 11:20AM I've been aggregating some links related to our talk this afternoon at del.icio.us tag lawnow. And you'll be able to get a copy of our mind map presentation from Buzz.
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Saturday, June 25, 2005 at 10:41AM Julie Leung's wide ranging talk on the impact of connected technologies on our lives has been a glorious high point here at Gnomedex. Julie shows the social implications and butterfly effects of the technology that increasingly is becoming integrated with our lives. Please see her bibliography and blog (Seedlings and Sprouts) for more.
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