In just one year, the number of DMCA takedown notices Google received grew from 202,297 in January 2012 to 2,857,808 in January 2013. The numbers says it all: copyright holders are increasingly sending takedown notices, not just to Google, but to bloggers, hosts, and webmasters. If you are hosting any third party content on [...]

Even if you’re not one of the “crazy people” Danan talks about in his post, you should know why privacy agreements are important and why you should at least glance through them. Given that EULAs, TOUs, and Privacy Statements are completely one-sided, yet routinely enforced, why should you even read them? After all, if I [...]

The Legal Problem (An Unduly Burden):Can the Federal Government tell the states what they can and cannot tax? This is always a fun thing to think about around tax season. You bet! The “Dormant Commerce Clause” of the U.S. Constitution has been read to say that states cannot “unduly burden” interstate commerce. The Supreme Court [...]

The New York Times reports that law schools have seen an enormous decline in applicants over the past three years. For example, As of this month, there were 30,000 applicants to law schools for the fall, a 20 percent decrease from the same time last year and a 38 percent decline from 2010. . . [...]

The internet is awesome for a lot of things, like watching cat videos, stalking people on Facebook and buying things on Amazon from the comfort of your own toilet.  Turns out it’s also an incredibly powerful tool for dragging people through the mud and extorting companies.  One really annoying problem successful companies increasingly face is [...]

By now you’ve no doubt heard of “graph-search,” Facebook’s new search tool. It allows you to do some rather intrusive things, as Kashmir Hill discovered in her quest to know all things Mark Zuckerburg. You can, for example, search for “nearby restaurants that my friends like,” or “single friends in Seattle who are up past [...]

My Personal History with Facebook and My Prediction for its Downfall By Danan Margason My personal views about Facebook—and privacy generally—have gone through a radical transformation over the past 10 years. When I first joined Facebook in 2004 I was in college and highly skeptical of many things. Facebook was a very new company and, [...]

By Danan G. Margason I recently questioned why people are so uptight about privacy issues. History suggests that society finds ways to adjust to new technology, so what may be a constant worry today could just as easily be regulated or counteracted tomorrow. Of course there are legitimate privacy concerns–and privacy should always remain a [...]