Marvin Ammori

Some critics of the recent Comcast-NBC deal are not surprised by last week’s Olbermann-MSNBC breakup.

A California court of appeals recently ruled that if you are suing your employer, any email correspondence between you and your attorney sent via company email is not subject to attorney-client privilege. Wired also lays out other recent case law on electronic privacy in the workplace.

On the agenda for next month’s FCC meeting is a NPRM regarding modernization of the universal service fund for broadband purposes.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a case in which the RIAA is challenging the so-called “innocent infringer” defense, part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

Clarification of original posting above: Reader more accurately points out, “The 9th Circuit denied the innocent infringer defense.  The petitioner was the innocent infringer, not the RIAA.  The RIAA’s challenge succeeded below.”

The “Jester,” a hacker/activitist, or “hacktivist”, has taken credit for a denial-of-service attack on WikiLeaks website yesterday, which disabled it hours before the release of leaked government documents.

The FCC holds its monthly meeting tomorrow, with many spectrum-related topics on the agenda.

The Australian Senate passed a bill splitting up Telstra’s wholesale and retail operations in an effort to smooth implementation of the government’s broadband plan.

New digital “fingerprinting” software can fill in more details of cyber crimes, including tracking a hacker’s prior activity.

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team warns people of potential malware scams this holiday season.

Can a cloud-based music storage service like MP3Tunes avoid copyright violations under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s safe harbor provision?