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A website called Aviva has posted a list of "12 Important U.S. Laws Every Blogger Should Know." The rights and restrictions of blogs are particularly germane these days, given the recent spate of suits involving blogs and other online content providers. This should be an interesting trend to monitor.

Via librarianinblack.

A recent program on Public Television featured an interesting story about the conflict between intellectual property rights and traditional knowledge.

Established in 1998 under the Clinton administration, the Internet Tax Freedom Act banned taxes on Internet use. The moratorium sunsets November 1. (More after the jump.)

DRM, or digital rights management, refers to software and hardware based restrictions placed on creative material which aims at protecting a copyright holder’s interest in limiting access to the material. DRM determines where and how you can access a digital product and what modifications, if any, you can make to the content. DRM can be viewed as conflicting with systems interoperability---that is, the ability or lack of ability for a user to play a song downloaded on Itunes on her Zune. (More after the jump).

Last summer, a couple of law school professors--Frank A. Pasquale of Seton Hall and Oren Bracha of Texas--posted an article to SSRN that called for the regulation of the Internet's gatekeepers of information: search engines. (More after the jump.)

Welcome back! There's a nice debate online this week between a Columbia Law School professor and an entertainment industry executive regarding copyright and privacy. (More after the jump.)

Do you blog? Do you read blogs? Do you want to learn more about the many ways in which blogs are used? (More after the jump.)

Last week, the Copyright Office's Section 108 Study Group released a report that suggests changes in current copyright law for the benefit of librarians and their patrons. (More after the jump.)

If you're a blogger and want to hold down a steady job, tread lightly. (More after the jump.)