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OMG LAT is *hiring* | Ford Foundation to fund new @LATimes reporters with $1 million, two-year grant. http://t.co/lcOwDQzN (via @Romenesko)— 3h ago via Twitter
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Category Archives: law
Think LinkedIn is Free? You Got Sold!
It seems every social network overextends its privileges with users once a year if not more. In the past the culprit has most often been Facebook, changing its Terms of Service and upgrading its platform to create just a bit more vulnerability for its users. It’s become an almost humorous pattern of overreaching only to retreat slightly in reaction to inevitable user outrage. Continue reading
Posted in internet, law
Tagged ads, advertising, facebook, online, opt-out, privacy, social networks, user
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Amazon.com Terminates Contracts of California-Based Associates in Light of New Tax
TweetAnd I never got a dime after all these years…. Amazon just sent this notice indicating that they’ll terminate my contract as a long-time associate/affiliate in light of the passage of the Internet sales tax clause of the state budget … Continue reading
Posted in law, tech
Tagged affiliate, amazon, amazon associates, amazon.com, california, jerry brown, law, taxes
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Legislating Sexting: Another Rant Against the State
What our children can and cannot do with their mobile devices while in class may be determined not on a case-by-case basis or by school principals but in Sacramento — by the California State Legislature. Continue reading
Posted in law, syndicated
Tagged expel, expulsion, government, laist, mobile, politics, school, senate, sext, sexting, sms, technology, ted lieu, texting
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State of California takes aim at ‘risks’ of Twitter, bans Facebook friends
Posted in internet, law, video
Tagged california, facebook, gov2.0, government, internet, schwarzenegger, social media, standards, twitter
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Facebook’s Walled Garden a Gulag?
Posted in internet, law, Uncategorized
Tagged content, facebook, privacy, sharing, social networks, terms, tos, web 2.0
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Internet Radio Bill Passes House Unanimously, Senate Next
TweetGreat news for WOOZradio, Pandora and all other net radio broadcasters. Though this bill doesn’t entirely spell things out re: the future of net radio (at least in terms of WOOZ and our streaming via Live365) it is a positive … Continue reading
Posted in internet, law, musica, Uncategorized
Tagged broadcasters, internet radio, law, live365, pandora, radio, riaa, soundexchange, woozradio
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