David F. McDowell, D. Reed Freeman Jr.,
and Jacob M. Harper, Morrison & Foerster LLP write:
While we have seen
a new wave of privacy class actions, the issues facing the federal
courts are the same: how to reconcile an inarticulable discomfort
with data methods asserted in privacy class actions with their
constitutional mandate to address only plaintiffs with standing: the
requirement that courts remedy only “concrete” and
“particularized” injuries.
This article
addresses how federal courts are dealing with notions of privacy harm
in the online tracking context. While courts have historically told
privacy plaintiffs to seek redress elsewhere—Congress, agencies,
the states—district judges have been increasingly
open to new notions of harm that allow them, rather than
other government bodies, to address the growing but amorphous
conception that something about the way their gadgets work does not
feel right. The U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision in Clapper v.
Amnesty Int’l USA, which held that fear of injury in context of
government surveillance does not constitute a cognizable injury,8 may
cause those courts to reverse once again and dismiss such suits.
Read their review and discussion on
Bloomberg
Law.
If the RIAA/MPAA “Voice of Doom” is
correct, they will be out of business by the end of the week.
Walking
Dead publisher drops DRM
The publisher of the Walking Dead,
Saga, Witchblade, and the Savage Dragon announced on Tuesday that
it's closing the book on digital rights management. New books from
Image Comics are now available for digital
download from its online store without DRM.
Readers can purchase new books from
ImageComics.com in several
platform-agnostic formats: PDF, EPUB, CBR, and CBZ. Previous
publishing agreements haven't changed, so people who prefer to buy
from proprietary apps such as Comixology, Amazon, and Apple will
still be able to do so.
Ron Richards, Image Comics' marketing
honcho, told the comics news site ComicBookResources
that the DRM-free books would benefit comics creators
the most. "There's no cut for Comixology or Apple or
any other piece getting taken out," he said. "Ideally for
a creator, sales through the Image Web site gets them the most money
per sale."
For all my students: Being able to
touch type makes everything else easier...
I’ve found a Chrome typing extension
that makes the progression feel easier and more natural. It’s
called Type Fu.
… Type Fu has a feature called
auto-adjust difficulty level, which analyzes your performance
over the course of multiple type lessons and automatically graduates
you to the next level when you meet the criteria. This criteria is
based on words-per-minute and typing accuracy.
You can always view your progress with
speed charts, accuracy charts, as well as most typed keys and most
mistyped keys charts.
… I’m having a blast with Type Fu
and it’s the best free typing tutor that
I’ve encountered.
New Shakespeare discovered! For the
intellectual improvement of my students. I alread have this one on
hold at my local library.
Need I say more?
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