Not only was Google’s roll out of Buzz in 2010 badly received by the user community, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a Complaint for Google’s violation of its own Privacy Policies:
…Google launched its Buzz social network through its Gmail web-based email product. Although Google led Gmail users…
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The US Supreme Court will hear argument on April 18 in the patent infringement case in which Microsoft has been enjoined from selling Word with XML features. The US Solicitor General filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court against Microsoft and endorsing the US Patent & Trademark Office who…
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My March column for eCommerceTimes discusses how Social Media has become a gold mine for eDiscovery since the volume of ESI (Electronically Stored Information) in Social Media is staggering. Today every lawsuit has ESI which is obvious to everyone, but the unprecedented proliferation of Social Media has expanded the sources of ESI so…
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Forbes released its annual list of billionaires and 6 were people involved with Facebook including Mark Zuckerberg ($13.5 billion), and Facebook co-founders Dustin Moskovitz, Eduardo Saverin and Sean Parker. Hardly a surprise rather just a confirmation of the value of Social Media innovation as portrayed in the Social Network movie.
My February 2011 Social Media video is now available so you can get my 30 minute legal perspective without having to take my Law of eCommerce class at the Dedman School of Law (which I have taught since 2000). Since 2001 I have been creating IT legal videos to training…
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