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STLR Link Roundup – April 24, 2010

The latest on the STLR radar:

Authorities in San Mateo, California, contemplate filing criminal charges in connection with the sale of an Apple prototype (of a new iPhone), lost by and possibly stolen from an Apple software engineer and bought for $5,000 by the website Gizmodo.com, the New York Times reports.

From the [...]

STLR Link Roundup – December 18, 2009

The latest on the STLR radar:

The New York Times discusses the increasingly complex battle over e-book publishing rights.

True/Slant reports on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s glitch with his social network’s new privacy settings, and asks whether the changes might violate FTC regulations.

Misbehaving in the jury box: jurors researching on Wikipedia led to an overturned murder conviction, [...]

STLR Link Roundup – December 11, 2009

The latest on the STLR radar:

Judges and Facebook – Is it ok to be FB friends with lawyers?  The Florida Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee says no, reports the New York Times.

Michael Arrington and Crunchpad sues JooJoo for the joint tablet venture that so publicly went wrong, says Gizmodo.

The Environmental Protection Agency announces that greenhouse gases [...]

John McCain and the Music Makers

Senator John McCain’s presidential campaign recently raised the hackles of a number of prominent recording artists for using their music in TV ads and at rallies.1 The all-star lineup of affronted artists included Van Halen (for use of “Right Now;” they also objected to George W. Bush’s use in 2004), Foo Fighters (for use of [...]