2006

You Have To Give Email Recipients A Chance To Opt Out

By Marty Schwimmer on May 12, 2006

News.com: Kodak pays $26k to settle charges that it sent out 2 million unsolicited emails that did not provide recipients with a method of opting out of future emails.

Gowlings Portal On Domain Names

By Marty Schwimmer on May 12, 2006

Posted in Domain Names

The Gowlings firm has created a portal for various domain name news and tools, including a summary of all dot-ca arbitrations.

New Information Law Blog

By Marty Schwimmer on May 12, 2006

Posted in Miscellany

Info / Law , written by Fellows from the Berkman Center, soon to be law professors.

On Unconscious Plagiarism

By Marty Schwimmer on May 11, 2006

Posted in Copyright

Design Observer: “I am a Plagiarist.”

Text of Decision in Apple Corp v Apple Computer

By Marty Schwimmer on May 11, 2006

Posted in Contracts

This case is a must-read, and I would venture that it is a must-teach, in contract drafting classes, from now on.
Read the whole thing, but if you are in a rush, reading the portion of the original agreement between Apple Corp and Apple Computers, particularly clause 4.3, and then read paragraphs 81 to 105…

Fill In Your Funny Title Here About The End Of .XXX

By Marty Schwimmer on May 11, 2006

Posted in Domain Names

Icann has rejected .XXX as a new top level domain. Possible titles for this post include:
.XXX Gets X’ed Out
No Sex Please, We’re ICANN
.XXX To Be Ex-TLD
No Happy Ending For .XXX
As I have mentioned previously, I think that .XXX was plausible as a harm-reduction approach It was misunderstood as…

Trying Out Domain Names For 5 Days

By Marty Schwimmer on May 11, 2006

Posted in Domain Names

CircleID discussion of the practice of domain name speculators taking advantage of the 5 day trial period to test out domain names, to determine whether they have sufficient ‘type-in’ traffic to make them worthy of being yet another parked-domain displaying keyword ads.