apophenia:: making connections where none previously existedFISA, Obama, and the Internet People- July 9, 2008 FISA (the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) is a thorny piece of legislation. It started out relatively sane back in the 70s, but in a post-911 culture, it got all FUBARed. It was amended by the PATRIOT Act and then there was a revision done called the Protect America Act (gotta love the naming here, right) Well, this last bit expired and there's a new amendment act that's pending in Congress (and likely to pass today). The biggest problem with this piece of legislation is that it...http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/07/09/fisa_obama_and.html Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Videos- July 7, 2008 Fair use is an uber tricky legal issue. It is meant to provide protection for people to use copyright material in limited ways without seeking permission. (For example, fair use allows academics to comment on copyrighted content as part of their work.) The problem with fair use as a legal doctrine is that it's defense-only. Anyone can sue you for violating their copyright and you can declare fair use, but you will still have to pay onerous legal bills to defend that claim. Given the typical.http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2008/07/07/code_of_best_pr.html |