Singularity Law

The Information Technology Law Blog and Podcast by Professor Michael Scott

Archive for May, 2007

Online Anarchy

What’s a lawyer to do? Your client tells you to send a nasty letter to Digg.com, demanding that it immediately take down an encryption key that can unlock the digital right management on HD-DVDs. You send the letter. Digg, “acting on advice of its lawyers,” complies. The CEO posts a notice on the [...]

Sleeping With the Enemy?

Accepting the old adage, “if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em,” some record labels are posting their own video clips on some of the very same P2P networks they claim are violating their copyrights. Suretone Records, a label of the Universal Music Group, with popular groups like Weezer and Drop Dead Gorgeous, is reported [...]