Category Archives: Copyright

Fine, I’ll Say It: Shyftr Crosses The Line

Well, I can already tell what the headlining post this weekend is going to be on Techmeme (or bitchmeme, a la MG), and its going to probably revolve around Shyftr, a relatively new service in the RSS aggregating category (and lo, since I started writing, it has begun!)
Or, should I say “scraping” category?
No, you’re right [...]

Can You Really Copyright “Social Networking … But For College Students”?

When something in the social mediasphere reaches people like my own *mother*, you know its penetrated the public consciousness.  Of sorts.  Yes, I am referring to the lawsuit leveled against Marc “I turned down a billion dollars” Zuckerburg for allegedly stealing the idea for Facebook, while he was doing some contract coding at Harvard for [...]