Just a quick note to mention that journalism student Daniel Fish wrote a piece for his student newspaper at Carleton, The Charlatan, on a recent court case involving York University and anonymous emails…”Online communication not as anonymous as it seems”. I provided Daniel with some thoughts on the subject. Always glad to help students out….
Tag: Internet casino
Remember "Convergence"? It was the concept where all modes of communications were to become unified...., or alternatively, "media convergence is a concept in which old and new media intersect".
Well, nobody announced it, but we are already there and have been for some time....
I realized this when I heard that the police are being trained by consultants about how to use social networking utilities and sites to obtain evidence and investigate people, and related it to how anonymous bloggers and web site posters are being exposed by court orders.
So, there is no difference any longer between the "bricks and mortar" and "cyberspace"; they are both now part of the "real world". The same rules apply, the same laws apply, the same degree of anonymity or lack thereof applies - cyberspace has converged into the "real world". There was a time where many thought that the Internet was a safe haven. That time has long since passed.
A blogger has the same degree of free speech and anonymity (or lack thereof) as someone who posts an index card on a grocery store bullietin board....Welcome to the new Internet world, same as the old world.
The State of Kentucky is still apparently vigourously pursuing its attempt to seize the domain names of various out of state internet casino operators. I was stunned to see that the Governor had actually retained private attorneys on a contingency fee basis to pursue the claim, thereby avoiding paying legal fees out of government coffers. This type of manoeuvre inserts a rare dynamic into government cases, as the private lawyers will have a degree of zeal that one normally wouldnt encounter because the case does not involve state-employed attorneys who are merely attempting to represent the government’s interests. Now law firm’s interests are paramount. That means money is driving this case. Scary stuff in domain name law…