Domain Name Decision

Recent domain name decision regarding bad faith.

Prime Pictures v. DigiMedia

The Law Firm of the Future

An interesting article about legal services.

Also, an article about Twitter and law firms.

Internet Law Resource Centre

BNA has launched its Internet Law Resource Centre. It costs a heap of money, but there is a 15 day free trial.

Manipulating Google Search Results

The NY Times has a very good story about how JC Penney manipulated Google search engine results. Google did not catch this until the NYT pointed this out. Once Google decided to act, Google manually changed the results. For many searches, JC Penny went from 1st place to about 75th place.

See Search Optimisation and Its Dirty Little Secrets.

See also Search Engine Optimisation to Lure Readers

Google and Charity

Google Finds It Hard to Reinvent Philanthropy. See NY Times story.

LWN117 Offered in Semester 1, 2011

Cyberlaw and Policy LWN117 will be offered in first semester 2011 at QUT. See course details.

Is Law School A Losing Game?

See this story from the U.S. To what extent is the situation the same in Australia?

Online Surveys

See SMH

Google and Privacy

On Wednesday, the FTC closed its investigation of Google for its collection of data from unsecured wireless networks that may have violated privacy rules.  Google’s changes to its procedures and policies address the FTC’s concerns according to a letter from the FTC to Google:  http://www.ftc.gov/os/closings/101027googleletter.pdf 

No Copyright In This Headline

The Federal Court of Australia decided today that newspaper headlines are not protected by copyright. How will this impact Google News?

Fairfax Media Publications Pty Ltd v Reed International Books Australia Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 984 (7 September 2010)

See Mallesons Alert

The Australian

BusinessWeek