Words in Edgewise

Amy Schatz at the WSJ is reporting that Google Will Offer Services for Bloggers at the Conventions:

This sounds great...

File this one under "ridiculous" and "not surprising"

firstamendmentcenter.org: news: "Police detectives seeking the identities of bloggers who criticized McAlester officials on an online message board delivered a subpoena to the site's operator, who says he won't cooperate with investigators.

From ValleyWag:

It was just a few weeks ago that Jason Calcanis was jumping on the anti-MBA bandwagon, claiming that the MBA was unnecessary because bloggers could work together to shame litigants into dropping lawsuits. According to Calcanis, bloggers do not need help responding to legal threats like DMCA take down notices and cited his own experience at Weblogs, Inc.

The EFF has filed an Amicus Brief asking that charges be dismissed in the highly controversial Lori Drew/MySpace case, a decision sure to cause a backlash against the civil rights group.

John Timmer has a fascinating article over on Ars Technica on how the U.S. Airforce was able to violate the DMCA with impunity:

Don't leave home without it!

The GIFC has worked with partners to develop anti-jamming (anti-censorship) products which travelers to the Olympics in Beijing may find useful.

(Via Slashdot.)

J. Todd Foster, editor at the Bristol Herald Courier, has sent a "threat email" to a blogger in Virginia.

Interesting. TechCrunch is reporting:

SEC To Recognize Corporate Blogs as Public Disclosure?.

Shield Law legislation is starting to get to be like bills for DC statehood. Yet again Congress failed to take action on The Free Flow of Information Act.