This Week in Law 24

Google's new AdWords policy, registrars retaining domains, URL shortening, Twitter usernames, and more.

• Ira Matetsky's excellent Wikipedia series, in toto (The Volokh Conspiracy)
• Judge Postpones Lori Drew Sentencing, Weighs Dismissal | Threat Level
• Google changes AdWords policy to allow trade marks in text of US adverts (out-law.com)
• Google's new U.S. trademark policy, as of today
• "Copycat" Lawsuit Filed Against Google (2nd class action by same lawyers) (@ericgoldman)
• Google Hit With Major Class Action Trademark Lawsuit Over Trademarked Keyword Ad Sales (@ericgoldman)
• Ninth Circuit Mucks Up 47 USC 230 Jurisprudence....AGAIN!? (@ericgoldman)
• Of Patent Trolls and Trademark Champions (re the Google class action, IP Law and Business)
• Apple Rejects iPhone BitTorrent App | Threat Level
• Prosecution: Dead Girl's Parents Must Be Heard at Cyberbullying Sentencing | Threat Level
• Piracy Will Be The Kindle DX's Savior (@techcrunch); interesting points.
• Thinking about URL shorteners/customizers as successors of @kteare's RealNames (see this SEW piece)
• Dot TK - a whole TLD devoted to domain shortening?
• @washingtonpost re Tweexchange; intersection w/ domain law? Trademark? Right of publicity? Defamation?
• Citizen Media Law Project on Barnes v. Yahoo (provider liability under Section 230)
• Rescuecom v. Google (re Keyword Ad Sales, by @egoldman)
• The True Value of URL Shorteners (@enoss)
• from @sandoCNET, National Consumers League scolds MPAA on DVD copying:
• Googlier than thou - @jeffjarvis on the future of lawyers and the law:
• DVD ripping goes legit with RealDVD | Crave - CNET
• Twitter, AMC, Wise Up, Restore "Mad Men" Accounts

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