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  • From: Kim Flint <kflint AT buildscape.com>
  • To: InterNetWorkers <internetworkers AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: big biz vs. techies...the war heats up
  • Date: Thu, 11 May 2000 16:53:03 -0400


Big Business seems to be hitting more and more snags recently in its
Manifest Destiny takeover of the web:

'Aquacool' sues Yahoo, charging they turned over personal information
without permission in response to AnswerThink suit:
http://news.excite.com/news/zd/000511/14/anonymous-user-sues

More Microsoft Madness: Censoring Slashdot?
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36282,00.html

Napster Strikes Back
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/2000/05/10/napster_metallica/index.html

Mattel Toy Corp. issues cease-and-desist to Matt Lavallee, owner of
mattl.com:
http://metafilter.com/detail.cfm?link_ID=1602

Just love all the plots and subplots. Is online privacy a joke? Do
corporations really think they can take over the web and bully anyone
who gets in their way? Are corporate lawyers drooling over poorly
written and badly conceived legislation? Is internet law the next hot
specialty among recent law grads? Is there a huge backlash brewing in
the geek community?

(just love rhetorical questions)

--
Kim Flint
Content Manager
919-484-9843 x. 233

http://www.buildscape.com
http://www.buildscapepro.com






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