Facebook vs ConnectU

I’ve been following the ConnectU versus Facebook lawsuit. The Inside Facebook blog has been helpful. Here’s an earlier article on the case.
When will the judgement come down? While waiting, here are some other links on the subject.

Meet Internet Billionaire Kevin Ham

What could be more lucrative and rewarding for an individual than a career in medicine? Kevin Ham found the answer. He switched from being a general practitioner to purchasing old domain names on auction and is now “the man who owns the internet“, according to Paul Sloan, Business Magazine editor-at-large. Some of [...]

If I forget thee, O Pandora

It’s old news now that Pandora has been disabled by Canadian law in providing the sweet sounds of the Music Genome Project over the net, but my heart still aches for it. For those of you who weren’t subscribed, the service interruption message ran as follows:
Dear Pandora listener,
Today we have some extremely [...]

Copyright (US)

Here’s an interesting piece from YouTube – a masterpiece in editing dedicated to teaching everyday users about American copyright laws using clips from Disney films. Watch it all the way to the end to see why he uses Disney’s clips.
I’m posting this because Access Copyright is an issue in my school; getting instructors to [...]