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a. History of software copyright statute
b. Assembling the pieces of the software-copyright jigsaw puzzle
     1. Two types of source code: declaring and implementing
     2. Originality requirement
     3. Merger doctrine
     4. Abstraction-filtration-comparison test
     5. Short phrases
     6. Scenes a faire doctrine
     7. Structure, sequence, and organization of the Java APIs
     8. Interoperability as it relates to copyrightability
     9. Fair use
   10. Copyright protections v. patent protections for software
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      • Excuse me while I duck and cover, March 1, 2018
      • We're running out of words, February 7, 2018
      • Help fight information pollution, January 31, 2018
      • Privacy infographic-palooza, January 24, 2018
      • Another great reason to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr., January 17, 2018
      • Bye-bye, Fourth Amendment: Spy agencies feed tips to law enforcement, January 10, 2018
      • Bring virtue to the internet by keeping trackers at bay, January 3, 2018
      • Could artificial intelligence give the tech industry a heart and save us from capitalism run amok? December 21, 2017
      • Your email use is being tracked, and not just by marketers and spammers, December 13, 2017
      • Time to let others do the talking, December 6, 2017
      • Our front-row seat for the crashing and burning of the internet, November 29, 2017
      • Your location location location means money money money for trackers, November 16, 2017
      • YouTube: Unsafe for all ages, November 8, 2017
      • Birthday wishes, November 2, 2017
      • That Weekly when everything was pretty good, or at least not so bad, October 25, 2017
      • Addiction by design: Don't let tech products run your life, October 19, 2017
      • Essential internet privacy tips, 2017 edition
      • Unreported news story: 'Algorithmic takeover' of journalism, September 27, 2017
      • The door slams shut on the open internet, September 22, 2017
      • The best response to the Equifax breach: Don't deal with Equifax, September 13, 2017
      • In business and government, the bullies are calling the shots, September 6, 2017
      • There's no stopping tech giants' surveillance for profit, August 30, 2017
      • How to deter 'fingerprint' trackers from identifying your computers and devices, August 23, 2017
      • That was the week that was, 2017 revival, August 16, 2017
      • Find the internet security level that's right for your needs, August 9, 2017
      • Internet Media 101: The bigger the lie, the greater the profit, August 3, 2017
      • Cyber-crimestoppers: How individuals and companies help nab internet crooks, July 26, 2017
      • A free press: The antidote to authoritarianism, July 19, 2017
      • A novel concept: Let consumers decide which personal data to share with trackers, July 12, 2017
      • We're in the midst of the third American Civil War, and democracy is losing, July 5, 2017
      • Keep online trackers at bay without breaking a sweat, June 28, 2017
      • Pleas for civility meet with... incivility, but that's okay, June 21, 2017
      • The price we pay for unbridled digital surveillance, June 14, 2017
      • Privacy protections may form the basis of antitrust actions against internet giants, June 7, 2017
      • Privacy tips for the most vulnerable: Children and seniors, May 31, 2017
      • Applying Fourth Amendment search protections to data in the cloud, May 24, 2017
      • Just when you thought you couldn't be tracked any closer..., May 17, 2017
      • Facebook addiction turns users into marketing guinea pigs, May 10, 2017
      • America: A tale of two countries, May 3, 2017
      • The internet: Destroyer of truth, justice, and the American Way, April 26, 2017
      • The death and ultimate rebirth of the public internet, April 19, 2017
      • An internet dinosaur spits in extinction's eye, April 12, 2017
      • Trust Busters 2.0: Dismantling modern monopolies, April 5, 2017
      • Simple, free ways to lock down your private data, March 29, 2017
      • Let big data benefit consumers, not marketers, March 22, 2017t
      • Gig economy changes what it means to be an 'employee,' March 8, 2017
      • Privacy: There's just no percentage in it, March 1, 2017
      • Practical security preparations for the worst-case scenario, December 13, 2016
      • The Rough Beast's lies indicate his intentions - Just like the Nazis, December 6, 2016
      • Government phone searches: Return of the 'general warrant', November 29, 2016
      • Before the deluge: Spend your attention wisely, November 23, 2016
      • You can't hide from facial-recognition systems - Or can you? November 16, 2016
      • The 'consumer boycott' of web advertising is gaining momentum, November 8, 2016
      • Encryption: It's not just for banking anymore, November 1, 2016
      • A call to action: Stop the surveillance - by web services, apps, October 25, 2016
      • Web ad networks are malware authors' best friends, October 18, 2016
      • Privacy is becoming fashionable - Yippee! October 11, 2016
      • How do we bridge the growing media and political divides? October 4, 2016
      • Safety essentials: 10-step security revisited, 11 years later
      • Simple ways to limit the private information you surrender on the web, September 20, 2016
      • Top 10 reasons why people hate listicles - and yes, this is a joke headline, September 13, 2016
      • Why internet voting is a terrible idea, September 6, 2016
      • No consent needed for ISPs to scan email and create ad-targeting profiles of non-customers, August 30, 2016
      • The web is broken - Guess who's trying to fix it? August 23, 2016
      • Supreme Court throws 'fruit of the poisonous tree' doctrine under the bus, August 16, 2016
      • Dragging the online trackers - kicking and screaming - into the light of day, August 9, 2016
      • Silly questions: Who 'owns' video captured by police? And is Facebook really 'privacy-enhancing'? August 2, 2016
      • It's official: No expectation of privacy on the internet, June 28, 2016
      • How to wrest control of our government away from corporations, June 21, 2016
      • The fight against privacy smashers continues, June 14, 2016
      • Publishers are losing the battle against their ad-blocking visitors - so what's next? May 31, 2016
      • Tech companies resist government attempts to broaden definition of 'personal information', May 25, 2016
      • Privacy threats on parade, May 17, 2016
      • Government goes dark as private lives are exposed, May 10, 2016
      • The great online-advertising swindle, May 3, 2016
      • Modern news media: Too big not to fail? April 26, 2016
      • Internet Confidential: How to establish a privacy right on the public Internet, April 20, 2016
      • The new browser wars: Thou shalt not block our ads and trackers, April 13, 2016
      • FCC to regulate ISP data collection, but Google, Facebook off the hook, April 6, 2016
      • Five questions, no answers, March 29, 2016
      • How to fix the Internet: Ratchet down the anonymity, lose the ads, March 23, 2016
      • How we lose ourselves in private data collection, March 15, 2016
      • People tracking is about to get even creepier, March 8, 2016
      • Silicon Valley's long-standing connections to the U.S. government, March 2, 2016
      • 2016: The first social-media election, March 2, 2016
      • How to build the future of work, February 24, 2016
      • Why it's a bad idea to trust private companies with the job of protecting our rights, February 16, 2016
      • Your Internet life is an open book: The dark side of online-ad profiling, February 9, 2016
      • Why don't Americans care as much about their privacy as Europeans do? February 2, 2016
      • New fronts open in the battle against privacy-invading online ads, January 26, 2016
      • Fifteen ways to stay safe on the Internet, January 19, 2016
      • Prepare for the inevitable theft of your personal information, January 13, 2016
      • 'Hey, gang, let's put on a government!', January 5, 2016
      • The appropriate response to living in a surveillance state: Ignore it, December 22, 2015 >
        • Legal shorts for December 22, 2015
      • Separating the bitcoin hype from the blockchain substance, December 17, 2015 >
        • Shorts for December 17, 2015: Trump's legal ineptitude, and eight ways the world is getting better
      • Re-reinterpreting our constitutional right to bear arms, December 10, 2015
      • How open data can help save the world, December 2, 2015
      • Consumers may be ready to pay for an ad-free, tracking-free Internet, November 18, 2015
      • Fair use stages a comeback: New protections against copyright abuse, November 10, 2015
      • Welcome to the Age of 'Existential Despair', November 10, 2015
      • Get ready for the Attention Economy, November 4, 2015
      • O'Jitterys Catch a Movie, October 27, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, October 27, 2015
      • Do we have a right to know what they know about us?, October 20, 2015
      • Facial recognition ushers in the Age of Surveillance, October 13, 2015 >
        • Tech Short, October 13, 2015: ID by face + social profile
        • Legal Short, October 13, 2015: GOP mega-donor sues Mother Jones, loses, sort of
      • Fantasy sports gambling finally gets scrutinized, October 6, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, October 6, 2015
      • Google, Android, ads, and a tech titan's revenge, September 29, 2015 >
        • Legal shorts, September 29, 2015
      • How to fix problems caused by Apple's flaky iTunes updates, September 23, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, September 22, 2015
      • Campaign 2016: Where's the love? September 15, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, September 15, 2015
        • Legal shorts, September 15, 2015
      • Three simple ways to improve your privacy, September 8, 2015
      • Use your free Google Voice number to make and receive phone calls, September 1, 2015
      • Reclaiming our government starts with universal Internet access, August 25, 2015
      • Upon further review, times three, August 4, 2015 >
        • Shorts for August 4, 2015
      • Coming soon: A more trustworthy form of encryption, July 28, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, July 28, 2015
      • Protect yourself while browsing by enabling click to play, July 21, 2015 >
        • Tech short, July 21, 2015: Computers now tie emotions to facial expressions
      • The connection between poverty, hunger, and obesity, July 14, 2015 >
        • Shorts for July 14, 2015
      • A long-overdue turning of the political tide, July 7, 2015
      • Obamacare: A misstep in the right direction, July 7, 2015
      • Everyday Windows 10 users become beta testers for the Enterprise Edition, June 30, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, June 30, 2015
      • Obamacare decision imposes limits on executive power, June 30, 2015
      • It's time to get serious about prosecuting Internet threats, June 23, 2015
      • Worst. Supreme. Court. Ever. June 16, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, June 16, 2015
      • Five indications that we are currently between regimes, June 9, 2015
      • The five-minute Facebook security checkup, June 2, 2015 >
        • Legal shorts, June 2, 2015
      • When ads attack: Web ad networks battle the blockers, May 26, 2015
      • Flying the furious skies: How to stay sane on a commercial flight, May 19, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, May 19, 2015
      • Online shopping tips: Put differential pricing to work for you, May 12, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, May 12, 2015
        • Legal shorts, May 12, 2015
      • We're sitting on a big-data gold mine, May 5, 2015 >
        • Legal shorts, May 5, 2015
      • The case against web encryption, Title II designation for ISPs, April 28, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, April 28, 2015
        • Legal shorts, April 28, 2015
      • More examples of judges clueless about technology... and one that gets it, April 21, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, April 21, 2015
      • Should all web traffic be encrypted? April 14, 2015 >
        • Anonymous Internet Map, April 14, 2015
      • More reasons why you need to block web ads, April 7, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts: April 7, 2015
        • Legal shorts: April 7, 2015
      • Web 3.0 returns control of personal information to users, March 31, 2015
      • Passwords are about to get some much-needed assistance -- from your body, March 24, 2015
      • An unexpected visit from the Karma Police, March 17, 2015
      • Three views of the future that are certain to curl your hair, March 10, 2015
      • Privacy, Inc.: Welcome to the personal-information marketplace, March 3, 2015
      • The tricks of the malware trade: Don't take the bait! February 24, 2015
      • How to ruin your life in 140 characters or fewer, February 17, 2015
      • Browse better with these three essential freebies (plus one valuable cheapie), February 10, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts: February 10, 2015
      • What's the best way to fix the broken U.S. political system? February 3, 2015
      • Why you should care about your loss of privacy, January 27, 2015
      • The battle against data thieves heats up, January 20, 2015
      • How to combat hate and harassment on the Internet, January 13, 2015
      • Beat ransomware by saving your files to the cloud, January 6, 2015
      • 'The Interview' and 'I Can't Breathe': Connecting the dots, December 29, 2014
      • Cyberwar? Fuhgeddabouddit! There are plenty more serious threats to fret over, December 16, 2014
      • Five fantastic Web freebies, December 9, 2014
      • How Google, Facebook, and Twitter make billions by offering 'free' services, December 2, 2014
      • Telephone tech-support scams are on the rise, November 24, 2014
      • Trading privacy for the public good, November 18, 2014
      • Tor breach shows there's no such thing as Internet anonymity, November 11, 2014 >
        • Hackers owned Home Depot's networks for five months, November 11, 2014
        • Another call for a nationwide breach-notification law, November 11, 2014
      • Comcast battles Netflix, and everybody loses, November 4, 2014
      • Sexting has become part of growing up (gulp!), October 28, 2014
      • Quick, simple fixes for everyday tech glitches, October 21, 2014
      • Battle of the behemoths: Facebook ad network takes on Google, October 14, 2014
      • Instant access to all your recent files, October 6, 2014
      • iPhone's new Medical ID feature could save your life, September 29, 2014
      • Now you can really lock your phone, September 22, 2014
      • Facebook auto-play videos eat up mobile data allotments, September 15, 2014
      • Three free browser add-ons protect against cyber-crime, September 9, 2014
      • Manslaughter conviction expunged after worker dies in baling machine, August 25, 2014 >
        • Google patent infringement: The proof's in the Post-its?, August 25, 2014
        • Control which iPhone apps are allowed to stay 'active' when they're off, August 25, 2014
        • Weekly What? August 25, 2014 >
          • No more 'Like' gates to view content, get rewards, August 25, 2014
          • FTC goes after a company that lost customer data, company cries 'Foul!', August 25, 2014
          • A mobile phone company releases customer data -- and it's a good thing, August 25, 2014
          • Clickless approvals don't qualify as 'reasonable notice' for terms of service, August 25, 2014
          • Baby steps closer to authentication that doesn't rely on passwords, August 25, 2014
      • Most data breaches are the result of weak or stolen credentials, August 18, 2014
      • The best government money -- lots and lots of money -- can buy, August 11, 2014
      • The best browser you're probably not using, August 4, 2014
      • It all depends on who's doing the surveilling -- and why, July 28, 2014
      • Be careful what you comment -- it might get you sued, July 19, 2014
      • Never pay for software again (almost) Plus: The pros and cons of cloud computing, July 14, 2014
      • Mind that download! Free phone apps deliver malware, July 7, 2014
      • How to build the future of work, February 24, 2016
      • The end is near for passwords (not really), February 24, 2016
      • Facebook's latest shenanigans, July 1, 2014
    • Privacy Weeklies >
      • The Weeklies >
        • Excuse me while I duck and cover, March 1, 2018
        • We're running out of words, February 7, 2018
        • Help fight information pollution, January 31, 2018
        • Another great reason to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr., January 17, 2018
        • Bye-bye, Fourth Amendment: Spy agencies feed tips to law enforcement, January 10, 2018
        • Bring virtue to the internet by keeping trackers at bay, January 3, 2018
        • Time to let others do the talking, December 6, 2017
        • Our front-row seat for the crashing and burning of the internet, November 29, 2017
        • YouTube: Unsafe for all ages, November 8, 2017
        • Birthday wishes, November 2, 2017
        • That Weekly when everything was pretty good, or at least not so bad, October 25, 2017
        • Unreported news story: 'Algorithmic takeover' of journalism, September 27, 2017
        • The door slams shut on the open internet, September 22, 2017
        • In business and government, the bullies are calling the shots, September 6, 2017
        • There's no stopping tech giants' surveillance for profit, August 30, 2017
        • That was the week that was, 2017 revival, August 16, 2017
        • Internet Media 101: The bigger the lie, the greater the profit, August 3, 2017
        • Cyber-crimestoppers: How individuals and companies help nab internet crooks, July 26, 2017
        • A free press: The antidote to authoritarianism, July 19, 2017
        • We're in the midst of the third American Civil War, and democracy is losing, July 5, 2017
        • Pleas for civility meet with... incivility, but that's okay, June 21, 2017
        • The price we pay for unbridled digital surveillance, June 14, 2017
        • Privacy protections may form the basis of antitrust actions against internet giants, June 7, 2017
        • Applying Fourth Amendment search protections to data in the cloud, May 24, 2017
        • Just when you thought you couldn't be tracked any closer..., May 17, 2017
        • Facebook addiction turns users into marketing guinea pigs, May 10, 2017
        • America: A tale of two countries, May 3, 2017
        • The internet: Destroyer of truth, justice, and the American Way, April 26, 2017
        • The death and ultimate rebirth of the public internet, April 19, 2017
        • An internet dinosaur spits in extinction's eye, April 12, 2017
        • Trust Busters 2.0: Dismantling modern monopolies, April 5, 2017
        • Gig economy changes what it means to be an 'employee,' March 8, 2017
        • Privacy: There's just no percentage in it, March 1, 2017
        • The Rough Beast's lies indicate his intentions - Just like the Nazis, December 6, 2016
        • Government phone searches: Return of the 'general warrant', November 29, 2016
        • You can't hide from facial-recognition systems - Or can you? November 16, 2016
        • No consent needed for ISPs to scan email and create ad-targeting profiles of non-customers, August 30, 2016
        • Supreme Court throws 'fruit of the poisonous tree' doctrine under the bus, August 16, 2016
        • Silly questions: Who 'owns' video captured by police? And is Facebook really 'privacy-enhancing'? August 2, 2016
        • It's official: No expectation of privacy on the internet, June 28, 2016
        • How to wrest control of our government away from corporations, June 21, 2016
        • The fight against privacy smashers continues, June 14, 2016
        • Publishers are losing the battle against their ad-blocking visitors - so what's next? May 31, 2016
        • Tech companies resist government attempts to broaden definition of 'personal information', May 25, 2016
        • Privacy threats on parade, May 17, 2016
        • Government goes dark as private lives are exposed, May 10, 2016
        • The great online-advertising swindle, May 3, 2016
        • Modern news media: Too big not to fail? April 26, 2016
        • Internet Confidential: How to establish a privacy right on the public Internet, April 20, 2016
        • The new browser wars: Thou shalt not block our ads and trackers, April 13, 2016
        • FCC to regulate ISP data collection, but Google, Facebook off the hook, April 6, 2016
        • How we lose ourselves in private data collection, March 15, 2016
        • People tracking is about to get even creepier, March 8, 2016
        • Silicon Valley's long-standing connections to the U.S. government, March 2, 2016
        • How to build the future of work, February 24, 2016
        • Why it's a bad idea to trust private companies with the job of protecting our rights, February 16, 2016
        • Your Internet life is an open book: The dark side of online-ad profiling, February 9, 2016
        • Why don't Americans care as much about their privacy as Europeans do? February 2, 2016
        • 'Hey, gang, let's put on a government!', January 5, 2016
        • The appropriate response to living in a surveillance state: Ignore it, December 22, 2015 >
          • Legal shorts for December 22, 2015
        • Re-reinterpreting our constitutional right to bear arms, December 10, 2015
        • How open data can help save the world, December 2, 2015
        • Fair use stages a comeback: New protections against copyright abuse, November 10, 2015 >
          • Welcome to the Age of 'Existential Despair', November 10, 2015
        • Do we have a right to know what they know about us?, October 20, 2015
        • Legal shorts, September 29, 2015
        • Campaign 2016: Where's the love? September 15, 2015 >
          • Legal shorts, September 15, 2015
        • Reclaiming our government starts with universal Internet access, August 25, 2015
        • Upon further review, times three, August 4, 2015 >
          • Shorts for August 4, 2015
        • The connection between poverty, hunger, and obesity, July 14, 2015 >
          • Shorts for July 14, 2015
        • A long-overdue turning of the political tide, July 7, 2015
        • Obamacare: A misstep in the right direction, July 7, 2015
        • Obamacare decision imposes limits on executive power, June 30, 2015
        • It's time to get serious about prosecuting Internet threats, June 23, 2015
        • Worst. Supreme. Court. Ever. June 16, 2015
        • Five indications that we are currently between regimes, June 9, 2015
        • Legal shorts, June 2, 2015
        • Legal shorts, May 12, 2015
        • Legal shorts, May 5, 2015
        • Legal shorts, April 28, 2015
        • More examples of judges clueless about technology... and one that gets it, April 21, 2015
        • Legal shorts: April 7, 2015
        • Legal shorts, March 31, 2015
        • Legal shorts: March 24, 2015
        • Privacy, Inc.: Welcome to the personal-information marketplace, March 3, 2015
        • Legal shorts: February 24, 2015
        • What would George Washington think of his country now? February 16, 2015 >
          • Lobbyists thrive by building relationships with lawmakers, February 17, 2015
          • On the fast track to American fascism, February 17, 2015
          • The one Senator who's speaking truth to power, February 17, 2015
          • Fight terrorism by fighting its source: Corruption, February 17, 2015
          • Anonymous users: Your ISP may ID you on demand -- and not even tell you, February 17, 2015
        • Legal shorts: February 10, 2015
        • What's the best way to fix the broken U.S. political system? February 3, 2015
        • The battle against data thieves heats up, January 20, 2015
        • 'The Interview' and 'I Can't Breathe': Connecting the dots, December 29, 2014
        • Cyberwar? Fuhgeddabouddit! There are plenty more serious threats to fret over, December 16, 2014
        • Trading privacy for the public good, November 18, 2014
        • Deregulating the legal profession: Only a matter of time, October 6, 2014
        • Internet companies' transparency reports indicate trademark abuse is on the rise, September 25, 2014
        • Google patent infringement: The proof's in the Post-its?, August 25, 2014
        • Most data breaches are the result of weak or stolen credentials, August 18, 2014
        • The best government money -- lots and lots of money -- can buy, August 11, 2014
        • Have 'money addicts' taken over our political system?, August 11, 2014 >
          • Part 2: Money and political power, August 11, 2014
          • Part 3: A contrived distinction between 'venal' and 'systematic' corruption, August 11, 2014
          • Part 4: Fear of political corruption trumps government economic regulation, August 11, 2014
          • Part 5: Investment-oriented political contributions boost the bottom line, August 11, 2014
          • Part 6: Case study: Corporate political corruption, 19th-century style, August 11, 2014
        • Corporate ownership of the U.S. political process, August 11, 2014 >
          • Part 2: Party perpetuation trumps service to the constituency, August 11, 2014
          • Part 3: Party loyalty trumps independent thought, August 11, 2014
          • Part 4: The roots of corporate 'personhood,' August 11, 2014
          • Part 5: Is political corruption actually on the rise? Who knows?, August 11, 2014
        • It all depends on who's doing the surveilling -- and why, July 28, 2014
        • Be careful what you comment -- it might get you sued, July 19, 2014
        • Supreme Court: You can patent software, but only if it's 'transformative,' June 21, 2014
        • Privacy Manifesto
      • Privacy Tips >
        • Privacy infographic-palooza, January 24, 2018 >
          • Data Collection on Consumers infographic
          • How Companies Identify People
          • PayPal Data Sharing
          • Data Collection Guidelines for Businesses
          • What Does It Mean to Be a Success?
        • Could artificial intelligence give the tech industry a heart and save us from capitalism run amok? December 21, 2017
        • Your email use is being tracked, and not just by marketers and spammers, December 13, 2017
        • Your location location location means money money money for trackers, November 16, 2017
        • Addiction by design: Don't let tech products run your life, October 19, 2017
        • Essential internet privacy tips, 2017 edition
        • The best response to the Equifax breach: Don't deal with Equifax, September 13, 2017
        • How to deter 'fingerprint' trackers from identifying your computers and devices, August 23, 2017
        • Find the internet security level that's right for your needs, August 9, 2017
        • A novel concept: Let consumers decide which personal data to share with trackers, July 12, 2017
        • Keep online trackers at bay without breaking a sweat, June 28, 2017
        • Privacy tips for the most vulnerable: Children and seniors, May 31, 2017
        • Simple, free ways to lock down your private data, March 29, 2017
        • Let big data benefit consumers, not marketers, March 22, 2017t
        • Practical security preparations for the worst-case scenario, December 13, 2016
        • Before the deluge: Spend your attention wisely, November 23, 2016
        • The 'consumer boycott' of web advertising is gaining momentum, November 8, 2016
        • Encryption: It's not just for banking anymore, November 1, 2016
        • A call to action: Stop the surveillance - by web services, apps, October 25, 2016
        • Web ad networks are malware authors' best friends, October 18, 2016
        • Privacy is becoming fashionable - Yippee! October 11, 2016
        • How do we bridge the growing media and political divides? October 4, 2016 >
          • Pew Center Research chart: Political bias of news organizations
        • Safety essentials: 10-step security revisited, 11 years later
        • Simple ways to limit the private information you surrender on the web, September 20, 2016
        • Top 10 reasons why people hate listicles - and yes, this is a joke headline, September 13, 2016
        • Why internet voting is a terrible idea, September 6, 2016
        • The web is broken - Guess who's trying to fix it? August 23, 2016
        • Dragging the online trackers - kicking and screaming - into the light of day, August 9, 2016
        • Five questions, no answers, March 29, 2016
        • How to fix the Internet: Ratchet down the anonymity, lose the ads, March 23, 2016
        • 2016: The first social-media election, March 2, 2016
        • The end is near for passwords (not really), February 24, 2016
        • New fronts open in the battle against privacy-invading online ads, January 26, 2016
        • Fifteen ways to stay safe on the Internet, January 19, 2016
        • Prepare for the inevitable theft of your personal information, January 13, 2016
        • Separating the bitcoin hype from the blockchain substance, December 17, 2015 >
          • Shorts for December 17, 2015: Trump's legal ineptitude, and eight ways the world is getting better
        • Consumers may be ready to pay for an ad-free, tracking-free Internet, November 18, 2015
        • Get ready for the Attention Economy, November 4, 2015
        • Tech shorts, October 27, 2015
        • How to find a reliable network speed test, May 2, 2014
        • Facial recognition ushers in the Age of Surveillance, October 13, 2015 >
          • Tech Short for October 13, 2015: ID by face + social profile
        • Fantasy sports gambling finally gets scrutinized, October 6, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, October 6, 2015
        • Google, Android, ads, and a tech titan's revenge, September 29, 2015
        • How to fix problems caused by Apple's flaky iTunes updates, September 23, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, September 22, 2015
        • Tech shorts, September 15, 2015
        • Three simple ways to improve your privacy, September 8, 2015
        • Use your free Google Voice number to make and receive phone calls, September 1, 2015
        • Coming soon: A more trustworthy form of encryption, July 28, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, July 28, 2015
        • Protect yourself while browsing by enabling click to play, July 21, 2015 >
          • Tech short, July 21, 2015: Computers now tie emotions to facial expressions
        • Everyday Windows 10 users become beta testers for the Enterprise Edition, June 30, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, June 30, 2015
        • Tech shorts, June 16, 2015
        • The five-minute Facebook security checkup, June 2, 2015
        • When ads attack: Web ad networks battle the blockers, May 26, 2015
        • Flying the furious skies: How to stay sane on a commercial flight, May 19, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, May 19, 2015
        • Online shopping tips: Put differential pricing to work for you, May 12, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, May 12, 2015
        • We're sitting on a big-data gold mine, May 5, 2015
        • The case against web encryption, Title II designation for ISPs, April 28, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, April 28, 2015
        • Tech shorts, April 21, 2015
        • Should all web traffic be encrypted? April 14, 2015 >
          • Anonymous Internet Map, April 14, 2015
        • More reasons why you need to block web ads, April 7, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts: April 7, 2015
        • Web 3.0 returns control of personal information to users, March 31, 2015
        • Passwords are about to get some much-needed assistance -- from your body, March 24, 2015
        • An unexpected visit from the Karma Police, March 17, 2015
        • Three views of the future that are certain to curl your hair, March 10, 2015
        • The tricks of the malware trade: Don't take the bait! February 24, 2015
        • How to ruin your life in 140 characters or fewer, February 17, 2015
        • Browse better with these three essential freebies (plus one valuable cheapie), February 10, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts: February 10, 2015
        • Why you should care about your loss of privacy, January 27, 2015
        • How to combat hate and harassment on the Internet, January 13, 2015
        • Beat ransomware by saving your files to the cloud, January 6, 2015
        • Five fantastic Web freebies, December 9, 2014
        • How Google, Facebook, and Twitter make billions by offering 'free' services, December 2, 2014
        • Telephone tech-support scams are on the rise, November 24, 2014
        • Tor breach shows there's no such thing as Internet anonymity, November 11, 2014 >
          • Hackers owned Home Depot's networks for five months, November 11, 2014
          • Another call for a nationwide breach-notification law, November 11, 2014
        • Comcast battles Netflix, and everybody loses, November 4, 2014
        • Sexting has become part of growing up (gulp!), October 28, 2014
        • Quick, simple fixes for everyday tech glitches, October 21, 2014
        • Battle of the behemoths: Facebook ad network takes on Google, October 14, 2014
        • Instant access to all your recent files, October 6, 2014
        • iPhone's new Medical ID feature could save your life, September 29, 2014
        • Now you can really lock your phone, September 22, 2014
        • Facebook auto-play videos eat up mobile data allotments, September 15, 2014
        • Three free browser add-ons protect against cyber-crime, September 9, 2014
        • Control which iPhone apps are allowed to stay 'active' when they're off, August 25, 2014
        • The best browser you're probably not using, August 4, 2014
        • Never pay for software again (almost), July 14, 2014 >
          • Best free alternatives to top-selling software, July 11, 2011
        • The pros and cons of cloud computing, July 14, 2014 >
          • Three approaches to free encrypted online storage, June 23, 2009
          • Future-proof your data archive, December 30, 2010
          • Ten simple, common-sense security tips, October 9, 2012
        • Browser security settings you gotta change, June 24, 2014 >
          • Beef up Chrome's security, June 24, 2014
          • Batten down the hatches in Firefox, June 24, 2014
          • Enable Internet Explorer's privacy and security features, June 24, 2014
        • Online advertising dangers, June 10, 2014 >
          • U.S. Senate: Self-regulation of online ad networks isn't working, June 10, 2014
          • Free browser extensions give ads the boot, June 10, 2014
          • Claim a property interest in your personal information, June 10, 2014
          • A micropayment alternative to privacy-sucking ads, June 10, 2014
        • Great people make great sites, May 30, 2014
        • Three free privacy add-ons for Firefox and Chrome, May 20, 2014 >
          • Three essential security add-ons for Firefox, Chrome, and IE, May 7, 2013 >
            • How to improve security in Firefox, Chrome, and IE, May 6, 2013
          • Disable third-party cookies in IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome, March 14, 2011 >
            • Add 'do not track' to Firefox, IE, Google Chrome, December 7, 2010
            • Five great Firefox privacy add-ons, July 14, 2010
        • Remove metadata from Office files, PDFs, and images, May 16, 2014
        • Make folders private in Windows 8.1, May 9, 2014 >
          • Enable Vista's hidden administrator, and password-protect its XP equivalent, February 13, 2008
          • How to secure your PC in 10 easy steps, November 15, 2011 >
            • Three approaches to free encrypted online storage, June 23, 2009
            • Amazon Cloud Drive and Box.net go toe-to-toe, April 5, 2011
            • Free VPN service helps keep public Wi-Fi safe, February 14, 2011
            • How to prevent identity theft, September 13, 2011
          • Free utility finds unwanted programs uninstallers miss, February 24, 2014
        • Malware authors target Android phones, May 13, 2014
        • Secure your Facebook account in six easy steps, September 23, 2013
        • How to find the positive in negative comments, April 30, 2014
        • The 'I hate passwords' guide, April 29, 2014
        • Protect your device from malicious ads, April 10, 2014
        • Five ways to save a Web page, September 26, 2011
        • Five essential Windows 8.1 time-saving tweaks, February 3, 2014
        • Best free sites for learning how to write code, December 12, 2013
      • Software Intellectual Property Protections, August 16, 2014 >
        • Introduction: It's a Software World
        • 1. Trademark >
          • a. Registration
          • b. Trademark requirements
          • c. Lanham Act: 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1053 and 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (a.k.a. § 43(a)) >
            • 1. Distinguish from patent protection
            • 2. Distinguish from copyright protection
            • 3. Trademark-infringement elements >
              • A. Confusion
              • B. Designation of origin
              • C. Famous and distinctive
          • d. Infringement criteria
        • 2. Trade Secrets >
          • a. Uniform Trade Secrets Act
          • b. Software protected by trade secrets
          • c. Limitations on trade-secret protections >
            • 1. Secret and valuable
            • 2. Described with particularity
            • 3. Software trade secrets and patents: Conflicting or complementary?
        • 3. Copyright >
          • a. History of software copyright statute
          • b. Assembling the pieces of the software-copyright jigsaw puzzle >
            • 1. Two types of source code: Declaring and implementing
            • 2. Originality requirement
            • 3. Merger doctrine
            • 4. Abstraction-filtration-comparison test
            • 5. Short phrases
            • 6. Scenes a faire doctrine
            • 7. Structure, sequence, and organization of the Java APIs
            • 8. Interoperability as it relates to copyrightability
            • 9. Fair use
            • 10. Copyright protections vs. patent protections for software
        • 4. Patent >
          • a. U.S. Constitution Article 1 § 8 >
            • 1. In terms of patent law, software is special
            • 2. Software innovations are clearly patentable
          • b. 35 U.S. Code § 101 >
            • 1. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International: Procedural history
            • 2. Test for patentability of abstract ideas: Implicit exception to exclusion
          • c. 35 U.S. Code § 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty, prior art >
            • 1. Section 102(a)'s "known or used" determination (prior art)
            • 2. Section 102(b)'s "on sale" and "disclosure" determinations
            • 3. Section 102(g)'s "abandoned, suppressed, or concealed" determination
          • d. 35 U.S. Code § 103 Conditions for patentability: non-obvious subject matter
          • e. 35 U.S. Code § 112: Specification >
            • 1. Claim construction
            • 2. Doctrine of equivalents and rule of prosecution history estoppel
        • Conclusion
        • Table of Cases
      • Reclaim your personal information
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    • Mastering the art of container management
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    • Ultimate virtualization: The end of infrastructure
    • 21 best orchestration tools for MSPs
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      • We're running out of words, February 7, 2018
      • Help fight information pollution, January 31, 2018
      • Privacy infographic-palooza, January 24, 2018
      • Another great reason to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr., January 17, 2018
      • Bye-bye, Fourth Amendment: Spy agencies feed tips to law enforcement, January 10, 2018
      • Bring virtue to the internet by keeping trackers at bay, January 3, 2018
      • Could artificial intelligence give the tech industry a heart and save us from capitalism run amok? December 21, 2017
      • Your email use is being tracked, and not just by marketers and spammers, December 13, 2017
      • Time to let others do the talking, December 6, 2017
      • Our front-row seat for the crashing and burning of the internet, November 29, 2017
      • Your location location location means money money money for trackers, November 16, 2017
      • YouTube: Unsafe for all ages, November 8, 2017
      • Birthday wishes, November 2, 2017
      • That Weekly when everything was pretty good, or at least not so bad, October 25, 2017
      • Addiction by design: Don't let tech products run your life, October 19, 2017
      • Essential internet privacy tips, 2017 edition
      • Unreported news story: 'Algorithmic takeover' of journalism, September 27, 2017
      • The door slams shut on the open internet, September 22, 2017
      • The best response to the Equifax breach: Don't deal with Equifax, September 13, 2017
      • In business and government, the bullies are calling the shots, September 6, 2017
      • There's no stopping tech giants' surveillance for profit, August 30, 2017
      • How to deter 'fingerprint' trackers from identifying your computers and devices, August 23, 2017
      • That was the week that was, 2017 revival, August 16, 2017
      • Find the internet security level that's right for your needs, August 9, 2017
      • Internet Media 101: The bigger the lie, the greater the profit, August 3, 2017
      • Cyber-crimestoppers: How individuals and companies help nab internet crooks, July 26, 2017
      • A free press: The antidote to authoritarianism, July 19, 2017
      • A novel concept: Let consumers decide which personal data to share with trackers, July 12, 2017
      • We're in the midst of the third American Civil War, and democracy is losing, July 5, 2017
      • Keep online trackers at bay without breaking a sweat, June 28, 2017
      • Pleas for civility meet with... incivility, but that's okay, June 21, 2017
      • The price we pay for unbridled digital surveillance, June 14, 2017
      • Privacy protections may form the basis of antitrust actions against internet giants, June 7, 2017
      • Privacy tips for the most vulnerable: Children and seniors, May 31, 2017
      • Applying Fourth Amendment search protections to data in the cloud, May 24, 2017
      • Just when you thought you couldn't be tracked any closer..., May 17, 2017
      • Facebook addiction turns users into marketing guinea pigs, May 10, 2017
      • America: A tale of two countries, May 3, 2017
      • The internet: Destroyer of truth, justice, and the American Way, April 26, 2017
      • The death and ultimate rebirth of the public internet, April 19, 2017
      • An internet dinosaur spits in extinction's eye, April 12, 2017
      • Trust Busters 2.0: Dismantling modern monopolies, April 5, 2017
      • Simple, free ways to lock down your private data, March 29, 2017
      • Let big data benefit consumers, not marketers, March 22, 2017t
      • Gig economy changes what it means to be an 'employee,' March 8, 2017
      • Privacy: There's just no percentage in it, March 1, 2017
      • Practical security preparations for the worst-case scenario, December 13, 2016
      • The Rough Beast's lies indicate his intentions - Just like the Nazis, December 6, 2016
      • Government phone searches: Return of the 'general warrant', November 29, 2016
      • Before the deluge: Spend your attention wisely, November 23, 2016
      • You can't hide from facial-recognition systems - Or can you? November 16, 2016
      • The 'consumer boycott' of web advertising is gaining momentum, November 8, 2016
      • Encryption: It's not just for banking anymore, November 1, 2016
      • A call to action: Stop the surveillance - by web services, apps, October 25, 2016
      • Web ad networks are malware authors' best friends, October 18, 2016
      • Privacy is becoming fashionable - Yippee! October 11, 2016
      • How do we bridge the growing media and political divides? October 4, 2016
      • Safety essentials: 10-step security revisited, 11 years later
      • Simple ways to limit the private information you surrender on the web, September 20, 2016
      • Top 10 reasons why people hate listicles - and yes, this is a joke headline, September 13, 2016
      • Why internet voting is a terrible idea, September 6, 2016
      • No consent needed for ISPs to scan email and create ad-targeting profiles of non-customers, August 30, 2016
      • The web is broken - Guess who's trying to fix it? August 23, 2016
      • Supreme Court throws 'fruit of the poisonous tree' doctrine under the bus, August 16, 2016
      • Dragging the online trackers - kicking and screaming - into the light of day, August 9, 2016
      • Silly questions: Who 'owns' video captured by police? And is Facebook really 'privacy-enhancing'? August 2, 2016
      • It's official: No expectation of privacy on the internet, June 28, 2016
      • How to wrest control of our government away from corporations, June 21, 2016
      • The fight against privacy smashers continues, June 14, 2016
      • Publishers are losing the battle against their ad-blocking visitors - so what's next? May 31, 2016
      • Tech companies resist government attempts to broaden definition of 'personal information', May 25, 2016
      • Privacy threats on parade, May 17, 2016
      • Government goes dark as private lives are exposed, May 10, 2016
      • The great online-advertising swindle, May 3, 2016
      • Modern news media: Too big not to fail? April 26, 2016
      • Internet Confidential: How to establish a privacy right on the public Internet, April 20, 2016
      • The new browser wars: Thou shalt not block our ads and trackers, April 13, 2016
      • FCC to regulate ISP data collection, but Google, Facebook off the hook, April 6, 2016
      • Five questions, no answers, March 29, 2016
      • How to fix the Internet: Ratchet down the anonymity, lose the ads, March 23, 2016
      • How we lose ourselves in private data collection, March 15, 2016
      • People tracking is about to get even creepier, March 8, 2016
      • Silicon Valley's long-standing connections to the U.S. government, March 2, 2016
      • 2016: The first social-media election, March 2, 2016
      • How to build the future of work, February 24, 2016
      • Why it's a bad idea to trust private companies with the job of protecting our rights, February 16, 2016
      • Your Internet life is an open book: The dark side of online-ad profiling, February 9, 2016
      • Why don't Americans care as much about their privacy as Europeans do? February 2, 2016
      • New fronts open in the battle against privacy-invading online ads, January 26, 2016
      • Fifteen ways to stay safe on the Internet, January 19, 2016
      • Prepare for the inevitable theft of your personal information, January 13, 2016
      • 'Hey, gang, let's put on a government!', January 5, 2016
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      • Separating the bitcoin hype from the blockchain substance, December 17, 2015 >
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      • How open data can help save the world, December 2, 2015
      • Consumers may be ready to pay for an ad-free, tracking-free Internet, November 18, 2015
      • Fair use stages a comeback: New protections against copyright abuse, November 10, 2015
      • Welcome to the Age of 'Existential Despair', November 10, 2015
      • Get ready for the Attention Economy, November 4, 2015
      • O'Jitterys Catch a Movie, October 27, 2015 >
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      • Do we have a right to know what they know about us?, October 20, 2015
      • Facial recognition ushers in the Age of Surveillance, October 13, 2015 >
        • Tech Short, October 13, 2015: ID by face + social profile
        • Legal Short, October 13, 2015: GOP mega-donor sues Mother Jones, loses, sort of
      • Fantasy sports gambling finally gets scrutinized, October 6, 2015 >
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        • Legal shorts, September 29, 2015
      • How to fix problems caused by Apple's flaky iTunes updates, September 23, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, September 22, 2015
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        • Legal shorts, September 15, 2015
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      • Coming soon: A more trustworthy form of encryption, July 28, 2015 >
        • Tech shorts, July 28, 2015
      • Protect yourself while browsing by enabling click to play, July 21, 2015 >
        • Tech short, July 21, 2015: Computers now tie emotions to facial expressions
      • The connection between poverty, hunger, and obesity, July 14, 2015 >
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      • The case against web encryption, Title II designation for ISPs, April 28, 2015 >
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      • More examples of judges clueless about technology... and one that gets it, April 21, 2015 >
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        • Anonymous Internet Map, April 14, 2015
      • More reasons why you need to block web ads, April 7, 2015 >
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        • Legal shorts: April 7, 2015
      • Web 3.0 returns control of personal information to users, March 31, 2015
      • Passwords are about to get some much-needed assistance -- from your body, March 24, 2015
      • An unexpected visit from the Karma Police, March 17, 2015
      • Three views of the future that are certain to curl your hair, March 10, 2015
      • Privacy, Inc.: Welcome to the personal-information marketplace, March 3, 2015
      • The tricks of the malware trade: Don't take the bait! February 24, 2015
      • How to ruin your life in 140 characters or fewer, February 17, 2015
      • Browse better with these three essential freebies (plus one valuable cheapie), February 10, 2015 >
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      • Why you should care about your loss of privacy, January 27, 2015
      • The battle against data thieves heats up, January 20, 2015
      • How to combat hate and harassment on the Internet, January 13, 2015
      • Beat ransomware by saving your files to the cloud, January 6, 2015
      • 'The Interview' and 'I Can't Breathe': Connecting the dots, December 29, 2014
      • Cyberwar? Fuhgeddabouddit! There are plenty more serious threats to fret over, December 16, 2014
      • Five fantastic Web freebies, December 9, 2014
      • How Google, Facebook, and Twitter make billions by offering 'free' services, December 2, 2014
      • Telephone tech-support scams are on the rise, November 24, 2014
      • Trading privacy for the public good, November 18, 2014
      • Tor breach shows there's no such thing as Internet anonymity, November 11, 2014 >
        • Hackers owned Home Depot's networks for five months, November 11, 2014
        • Another call for a nationwide breach-notification law, November 11, 2014
      • Comcast battles Netflix, and everybody loses, November 4, 2014
      • Sexting has become part of growing up (gulp!), October 28, 2014
      • Quick, simple fixes for everyday tech glitches, October 21, 2014
      • Battle of the behemoths: Facebook ad network takes on Google, October 14, 2014
      • Instant access to all your recent files, October 6, 2014
      • iPhone's new Medical ID feature could save your life, September 29, 2014
      • Now you can really lock your phone, September 22, 2014
      • Facebook auto-play videos eat up mobile data allotments, September 15, 2014
      • Three free browser add-ons protect against cyber-crime, September 9, 2014
      • Manslaughter conviction expunged after worker dies in baling machine, August 25, 2014 >
        • Google patent infringement: The proof's in the Post-its?, August 25, 2014
        • Control which iPhone apps are allowed to stay 'active' when they're off, August 25, 2014
        • Weekly What? August 25, 2014 >
          • No more 'Like' gates to view content, get rewards, August 25, 2014
          • FTC goes after a company that lost customer data, company cries 'Foul!', August 25, 2014
          • A mobile phone company releases customer data -- and it's a good thing, August 25, 2014
          • Clickless approvals don't qualify as 'reasonable notice' for terms of service, August 25, 2014
          • Baby steps closer to authentication that doesn't rely on passwords, August 25, 2014
      • Most data breaches are the result of weak or stolen credentials, August 18, 2014
      • The best government money -- lots and lots of money -- can buy, August 11, 2014
      • The best browser you're probably not using, August 4, 2014
      • It all depends on who's doing the surveilling -- and why, July 28, 2014
      • Be careful what you comment -- it might get you sued, July 19, 2014
      • Never pay for software again (almost) Plus: The pros and cons of cloud computing, July 14, 2014
      • Mind that download! Free phone apps deliver malware, July 7, 2014
      • How to build the future of work, February 24, 2016
      • The end is near for passwords (not really), February 24, 2016
      • Facebook's latest shenanigans, July 1, 2014
    • Privacy Weeklies >
      • The Weeklies >
        • Excuse me while I duck and cover, March 1, 2018
        • We're running out of words, February 7, 2018
        • Help fight information pollution, January 31, 2018
        • Another great reason to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King Jr., January 17, 2018
        • Bye-bye, Fourth Amendment: Spy agencies feed tips to law enforcement, January 10, 2018
        • Bring virtue to the internet by keeping trackers at bay, January 3, 2018
        • Time to let others do the talking, December 6, 2017
        • Our front-row seat for the crashing and burning of the internet, November 29, 2017
        • YouTube: Unsafe for all ages, November 8, 2017
        • Birthday wishes, November 2, 2017
        • That Weekly when everything was pretty good, or at least not so bad, October 25, 2017
        • Unreported news story: 'Algorithmic takeover' of journalism, September 27, 2017
        • The door slams shut on the open internet, September 22, 2017
        • In business and government, the bullies are calling the shots, September 6, 2017
        • There's no stopping tech giants' surveillance for profit, August 30, 2017
        • That was the week that was, 2017 revival, August 16, 2017
        • Internet Media 101: The bigger the lie, the greater the profit, August 3, 2017
        • Cyber-crimestoppers: How individuals and companies help nab internet crooks, July 26, 2017
        • A free press: The antidote to authoritarianism, July 19, 2017
        • We're in the midst of the third American Civil War, and democracy is losing, July 5, 2017
        • Pleas for civility meet with... incivility, but that's okay, June 21, 2017
        • The price we pay for unbridled digital surveillance, June 14, 2017
        • Privacy protections may form the basis of antitrust actions against internet giants, June 7, 2017
        • Applying Fourth Amendment search protections to data in the cloud, May 24, 2017
        • Just when you thought you couldn't be tracked any closer..., May 17, 2017
        • Facebook addiction turns users into marketing guinea pigs, May 10, 2017
        • America: A tale of two countries, May 3, 2017
        • The internet: Destroyer of truth, justice, and the American Way, April 26, 2017
        • The death and ultimate rebirth of the public internet, April 19, 2017
        • An internet dinosaur spits in extinction's eye, April 12, 2017
        • Trust Busters 2.0: Dismantling modern monopolies, April 5, 2017
        • Gig economy changes what it means to be an 'employee,' March 8, 2017
        • Privacy: There's just no percentage in it, March 1, 2017
        • The Rough Beast's lies indicate his intentions - Just like the Nazis, December 6, 2016
        • Government phone searches: Return of the 'general warrant', November 29, 2016
        • You can't hide from facial-recognition systems - Or can you? November 16, 2016
        • No consent needed for ISPs to scan email and create ad-targeting profiles of non-customers, August 30, 2016
        • Supreme Court throws 'fruit of the poisonous tree' doctrine under the bus, August 16, 2016
        • Silly questions: Who 'owns' video captured by police? And is Facebook really 'privacy-enhancing'? August 2, 2016
        • It's official: No expectation of privacy on the internet, June 28, 2016
        • How to wrest control of our government away from corporations, June 21, 2016
        • The fight against privacy smashers continues, June 14, 2016
        • Publishers are losing the battle against their ad-blocking visitors - so what's next? May 31, 2016
        • Tech companies resist government attempts to broaden definition of 'personal information', May 25, 2016
        • Privacy threats on parade, May 17, 2016
        • Government goes dark as private lives are exposed, May 10, 2016
        • The great online-advertising swindle, May 3, 2016
        • Modern news media: Too big not to fail? April 26, 2016
        • Internet Confidential: How to establish a privacy right on the public Internet, April 20, 2016
        • The new browser wars: Thou shalt not block our ads and trackers, April 13, 2016
        • FCC to regulate ISP data collection, but Google, Facebook off the hook, April 6, 2016
        • How we lose ourselves in private data collection, March 15, 2016
        • People tracking is about to get even creepier, March 8, 2016
        • Silicon Valley's long-standing connections to the U.S. government, March 2, 2016
        • How to build the future of work, February 24, 2016
        • Why it's a bad idea to trust private companies with the job of protecting our rights, February 16, 2016
        • Your Internet life is an open book: The dark side of online-ad profiling, February 9, 2016
        • Why don't Americans care as much about their privacy as Europeans do? February 2, 2016
        • 'Hey, gang, let's put on a government!', January 5, 2016
        • The appropriate response to living in a surveillance state: Ignore it, December 22, 2015 >
          • Legal shorts for December 22, 2015
        • Re-reinterpreting our constitutional right to bear arms, December 10, 2015
        • How open data can help save the world, December 2, 2015
        • Fair use stages a comeback: New protections against copyright abuse, November 10, 2015 >
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        • Do we have a right to know what they know about us?, October 20, 2015
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        • Campaign 2016: Where's the love? September 15, 2015 >
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        • Upon further review, times three, August 4, 2015 >
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        • The connection between poverty, hunger, and obesity, July 14, 2015 >
          • Shorts for July 14, 2015
        • A long-overdue turning of the political tide, July 7, 2015
        • Obamacare: A misstep in the right direction, July 7, 2015
        • Obamacare decision imposes limits on executive power, June 30, 2015
        • It's time to get serious about prosecuting Internet threats, June 23, 2015
        • Worst. Supreme. Court. Ever. June 16, 2015
        • Five indications that we are currently between regimes, June 9, 2015
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        • What would George Washington think of his country now? February 16, 2015 >
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          • On the fast track to American fascism, February 17, 2015
          • The one Senator who's speaking truth to power, February 17, 2015
          • Fight terrorism by fighting its source: Corruption, February 17, 2015
          • Anonymous users: Your ISP may ID you on demand -- and not even tell you, February 17, 2015
        • Legal shorts: February 10, 2015
        • What's the best way to fix the broken U.S. political system? February 3, 2015
        • The battle against data thieves heats up, January 20, 2015
        • 'The Interview' and 'I Can't Breathe': Connecting the dots, December 29, 2014
        • Cyberwar? Fuhgeddabouddit! There are plenty more serious threats to fret over, December 16, 2014
        • Trading privacy for the public good, November 18, 2014
        • Deregulating the legal profession: Only a matter of time, October 6, 2014
        • Internet companies' transparency reports indicate trademark abuse is on the rise, September 25, 2014
        • Google patent infringement: The proof's in the Post-its?, August 25, 2014
        • Most data breaches are the result of weak or stolen credentials, August 18, 2014
        • The best government money -- lots and lots of money -- can buy, August 11, 2014
        • Have 'money addicts' taken over our political system?, August 11, 2014 >
          • Part 2: Money and political power, August 11, 2014
          • Part 3: A contrived distinction between 'venal' and 'systematic' corruption, August 11, 2014
          • Part 4: Fear of political corruption trumps government economic regulation, August 11, 2014
          • Part 5: Investment-oriented political contributions boost the bottom line, August 11, 2014
          • Part 6: Case study: Corporate political corruption, 19th-century style, August 11, 2014
        • Corporate ownership of the U.S. political process, August 11, 2014 >
          • Part 2: Party perpetuation trumps service to the constituency, August 11, 2014
          • Part 3: Party loyalty trumps independent thought, August 11, 2014
          • Part 4: The roots of corporate 'personhood,' August 11, 2014
          • Part 5: Is political corruption actually on the rise? Who knows?, August 11, 2014
        • It all depends on who's doing the surveilling -- and why, July 28, 2014
        • Be careful what you comment -- it might get you sued, July 19, 2014
        • Supreme Court: You can patent software, but only if it's 'transformative,' June 21, 2014
        • Privacy Manifesto
      • Privacy Tips >
        • Privacy infographic-palooza, January 24, 2018 >
          • Data Collection on Consumers infographic
          • How Companies Identify People
          • PayPal Data Sharing
          • Data Collection Guidelines for Businesses
          • What Does It Mean to Be a Success?
        • Could artificial intelligence give the tech industry a heart and save us from capitalism run amok? December 21, 2017
        • Your email use is being tracked, and not just by marketers and spammers, December 13, 2017
        • Your location location location means money money money for trackers, November 16, 2017
        • Addiction by design: Don't let tech products run your life, October 19, 2017
        • Essential internet privacy tips, 2017 edition
        • The best response to the Equifax breach: Don't deal with Equifax, September 13, 2017
        • How to deter 'fingerprint' trackers from identifying your computers and devices, August 23, 2017
        • Find the internet security level that's right for your needs, August 9, 2017
        • A novel concept: Let consumers decide which personal data to share with trackers, July 12, 2017
        • Keep online trackers at bay without breaking a sweat, June 28, 2017
        • Privacy tips for the most vulnerable: Children and seniors, May 31, 2017
        • Simple, free ways to lock down your private data, March 29, 2017
        • Let big data benefit consumers, not marketers, March 22, 2017t
        • Practical security preparations for the worst-case scenario, December 13, 2016
        • Before the deluge: Spend your attention wisely, November 23, 2016
        • The 'consumer boycott' of web advertising is gaining momentum, November 8, 2016
        • Encryption: It's not just for banking anymore, November 1, 2016
        • A call to action: Stop the surveillance - by web services, apps, October 25, 2016
        • Web ad networks are malware authors' best friends, October 18, 2016
        • Privacy is becoming fashionable - Yippee! October 11, 2016
        • How do we bridge the growing media and political divides? October 4, 2016 >
          • Pew Center Research chart: Political bias of news organizations
        • Safety essentials: 10-step security revisited, 11 years later
        • Simple ways to limit the private information you surrender on the web, September 20, 2016
        • Top 10 reasons why people hate listicles - and yes, this is a joke headline, September 13, 2016
        • Why internet voting is a terrible idea, September 6, 2016
        • The web is broken - Guess who's trying to fix it? August 23, 2016
        • Dragging the online trackers - kicking and screaming - into the light of day, August 9, 2016
        • Five questions, no answers, March 29, 2016
        • How to fix the Internet: Ratchet down the anonymity, lose the ads, March 23, 2016
        • 2016: The first social-media election, March 2, 2016
        • The end is near for passwords (not really), February 24, 2016
        • New fronts open in the battle against privacy-invading online ads, January 26, 2016
        • Fifteen ways to stay safe on the Internet, January 19, 2016
        • Prepare for the inevitable theft of your personal information, January 13, 2016
        • Separating the bitcoin hype from the blockchain substance, December 17, 2015 >
          • Shorts for December 17, 2015: Trump's legal ineptitude, and eight ways the world is getting better
        • Consumers may be ready to pay for an ad-free, tracking-free Internet, November 18, 2015
        • Get ready for the Attention Economy, November 4, 2015
        • Tech shorts, October 27, 2015
        • How to find a reliable network speed test, May 2, 2014
        • Facial recognition ushers in the Age of Surveillance, October 13, 2015 >
          • Tech Short for October 13, 2015: ID by face + social profile
        • Fantasy sports gambling finally gets scrutinized, October 6, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, October 6, 2015
        • Google, Android, ads, and a tech titan's revenge, September 29, 2015
        • How to fix problems caused by Apple's flaky iTunes updates, September 23, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, September 22, 2015
        • Tech shorts, September 15, 2015
        • Three simple ways to improve your privacy, September 8, 2015
        • Use your free Google Voice number to make and receive phone calls, September 1, 2015
        • Coming soon: A more trustworthy form of encryption, July 28, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, July 28, 2015
        • Protect yourself while browsing by enabling click to play, July 21, 2015 >
          • Tech short, July 21, 2015: Computers now tie emotions to facial expressions
        • Everyday Windows 10 users become beta testers for the Enterprise Edition, June 30, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, June 30, 2015
        • Tech shorts, June 16, 2015
        • The five-minute Facebook security checkup, June 2, 2015
        • When ads attack: Web ad networks battle the blockers, May 26, 2015
        • Flying the furious skies: How to stay sane on a commercial flight, May 19, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, May 19, 2015
        • Online shopping tips: Put differential pricing to work for you, May 12, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, May 12, 2015
        • We're sitting on a big-data gold mine, May 5, 2015
        • The case against web encryption, Title II designation for ISPs, April 28, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts, April 28, 2015
        • Tech shorts, April 21, 2015
        • Should all web traffic be encrypted? April 14, 2015 >
          • Anonymous Internet Map, April 14, 2015
        • More reasons why you need to block web ads, April 7, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts: April 7, 2015
        • Web 3.0 returns control of personal information to users, March 31, 2015
        • Passwords are about to get some much-needed assistance -- from your body, March 24, 2015
        • An unexpected visit from the Karma Police, March 17, 2015
        • Three views of the future that are certain to curl your hair, March 10, 2015
        • The tricks of the malware trade: Don't take the bait! February 24, 2015
        • How to ruin your life in 140 characters or fewer, February 17, 2015
        • Browse better with these three essential freebies (plus one valuable cheapie), February 10, 2015 >
          • Tech shorts: February 10, 2015
        • Why you should care about your loss of privacy, January 27, 2015
        • How to combat hate and harassment on the Internet, January 13, 2015
        • Beat ransomware by saving your files to the cloud, January 6, 2015
        • Five fantastic Web freebies, December 9, 2014
        • How Google, Facebook, and Twitter make billions by offering 'free' services, December 2, 2014
        • Telephone tech-support scams are on the rise, November 24, 2014
        • Tor breach shows there's no such thing as Internet anonymity, November 11, 2014 >
          • Hackers owned Home Depot's networks for five months, November 11, 2014
          • Another call for a nationwide breach-notification law, November 11, 2014
        • Comcast battles Netflix, and everybody loses, November 4, 2014
        • Sexting has become part of growing up (gulp!), October 28, 2014
        • Quick, simple fixes for everyday tech glitches, October 21, 2014
        • Battle of the behemoths: Facebook ad network takes on Google, October 14, 2014
        • Instant access to all your recent files, October 6, 2014
        • iPhone's new Medical ID feature could save your life, September 29, 2014
        • Now you can really lock your phone, September 22, 2014
        • Facebook auto-play videos eat up mobile data allotments, September 15, 2014
        • Three free browser add-ons protect against cyber-crime, September 9, 2014
        • Control which iPhone apps are allowed to stay 'active' when they're off, August 25, 2014
        • The best browser you're probably not using, August 4, 2014
        • Never pay for software again (almost), July 14, 2014 >
          • Best free alternatives to top-selling software, July 11, 2011
        • The pros and cons of cloud computing, July 14, 2014 >
          • Three approaches to free encrypted online storage, June 23, 2009
          • Future-proof your data archive, December 30, 2010
          • Ten simple, common-sense security tips, October 9, 2012
        • Browser security settings you gotta change, June 24, 2014 >
          • Beef up Chrome's security, June 24, 2014
          • Batten down the hatches in Firefox, June 24, 2014
          • Enable Internet Explorer's privacy and security features, June 24, 2014
        • Online advertising dangers, June 10, 2014 >
          • U.S. Senate: Self-regulation of online ad networks isn't working, June 10, 2014
          • Free browser extensions give ads the boot, June 10, 2014
          • Claim a property interest in your personal information, June 10, 2014
          • A micropayment alternative to privacy-sucking ads, June 10, 2014
        • Great people make great sites, May 30, 2014
        • Three free privacy add-ons for Firefox and Chrome, May 20, 2014 >
          • Three essential security add-ons for Firefox, Chrome, and IE, May 7, 2013 >
            • How to improve security in Firefox, Chrome, and IE, May 6, 2013
          • Disable third-party cookies in IE, Firefox, and Google Chrome, March 14, 2011 >
            • Add 'do not track' to Firefox, IE, Google Chrome, December 7, 2010
            • Five great Firefox privacy add-ons, July 14, 2010
        • Remove metadata from Office files, PDFs, and images, May 16, 2014
        • Make folders private in Windows 8.1, May 9, 2014 >
          • Enable Vista's hidden administrator, and password-protect its XP equivalent, February 13, 2008
          • How to secure your PC in 10 easy steps, November 15, 2011 >
            • Three approaches to free encrypted online storage, June 23, 2009
            • Amazon Cloud Drive and Box.net go toe-to-toe, April 5, 2011
            • Free VPN service helps keep public Wi-Fi safe, February 14, 2011
            • How to prevent identity theft, September 13, 2011
          • Free utility finds unwanted programs uninstallers miss, February 24, 2014
        • Malware authors target Android phones, May 13, 2014
        • Secure your Facebook account in six easy steps, September 23, 2013
        • How to find the positive in negative comments, April 30, 2014
        • The 'I hate passwords' guide, April 29, 2014
        • Protect your device from malicious ads, April 10, 2014
        • Five ways to save a Web page, September 26, 2011
        • Five essential Windows 8.1 time-saving tweaks, February 3, 2014
        • Best free sites for learning how to write code, December 12, 2013
      • Software Intellectual Property Protections, August 16, 2014 >
        • Introduction: It's a Software World
        • 1. Trademark >
          • a. Registration
          • b. Trademark requirements
          • c. Lanham Act: 15 U.S.C. §§ 1051-1053 and 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a) (a.k.a. § 43(a)) >
            • 1. Distinguish from patent protection
            • 2. Distinguish from copyright protection
            • 3. Trademark-infringement elements >
              • A. Confusion
              • B. Designation of origin
              • C. Famous and distinctive
          • d. Infringement criteria
        • 2. Trade Secrets >
          • a. Uniform Trade Secrets Act
          • b. Software protected by trade secrets
          • c. Limitations on trade-secret protections >
            • 1. Secret and valuable
            • 2. Described with particularity
            • 3. Software trade secrets and patents: Conflicting or complementary?
        • 3. Copyright >
          • a. History of software copyright statute
          • b. Assembling the pieces of the software-copyright jigsaw puzzle >
            • 1. Two types of source code: Declaring and implementing
            • 2. Originality requirement
            • 3. Merger doctrine
            • 4. Abstraction-filtration-comparison test
            • 5. Short phrases
            • 6. Scenes a faire doctrine
            • 7. Structure, sequence, and organization of the Java APIs
            • 8. Interoperability as it relates to copyrightability
            • 9. Fair use
            • 10. Copyright protections vs. patent protections for software
        • 4. Patent >
          • a. U.S. Constitution Article 1 § 8 >
            • 1. In terms of patent law, software is special
            • 2. Software innovations are clearly patentable
          • b. 35 U.S. Code § 101 >
            • 1. Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International: Procedural history
            • 2. Test for patentability of abstract ideas: Implicit exception to exclusion
          • c. 35 U.S. Code § 102 - Conditions for patentability; novelty, prior art >
            • 1. Section 102(a)'s "known or used" determination (prior art)
            • 2. Section 102(b)'s "on sale" and "disclosure" determinations
            • 3. Section 102(g)'s "abandoned, suppressed, or concealed" determination
          • d. 35 U.S. Code § 103 Conditions for patentability: non-obvious subject matter
          • e. 35 U.S. Code § 112: Specification >
            • 1. Claim construction
            • 2. Doctrine of equivalents and rule of prosecution history estoppel
        • Conclusion
        • Table of Cases
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