Paul Campos, a professor at the University of Colorado, raised the issue of whether Brian Leiter has been cyber-stalking critics on Lawyers, Guns & Money earlier this week. A little back story: Brian Leiter is a professor at the University of Chicago. He is wont to hurl insults, for instance by calling critics or people…
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The Urge to Punish – Aaron Swartz, RIP
Aaron Swartz committed suicide this past weekend. I did not know Aaron Swartz. You probably did not know Aaron Swartz. But we’ve all benefited from his brilliant mind. When Aaron was 14, he developed the protocol called Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary (RSS), which is used by individuals and companies throughout the web…
Gawker Article on Reddit’s ViolentAcrez Raises Issues about Free Speech and Quasi-Illegal Conduct
Gawker, the news and media site, has exposed an anonymous Reddit user’s real identity, leading to an Internet controversy that has generated accusations of censorship, racism, anti-Semitism, and child pornography. First, some context: You may not have heard of it, but Reddit is one of the most popular websites in the world, with billions of…
Targeted by a Scam? Don’t Give out Personal Information
Unfortunately there are criminals out there… people who will call you on the phone, pretend to be lawyers, or bill collectors, or debt collection agencies, and who attempt to extract information from you. Sometimes these criminals will pretend to be lawyers or from law offices. Many law offices – including The Chetson Firm – have…
Peer to Peer Software, LimeWire, and the Threat of Criminal Prosecution
The threat of criminal prosecution is very real in North Carolina, particularly if people use peer-to-peer based file sharing software and either intentionally or even inadvertently download pornography that includes child pornography. While few Raleigh criminal lawyers are familiar with the way this software works, it is important that any lawyer you hire be familiar…
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