Frank Field (Furdlong) provides an excellent example of how the conversation that was begun at the ILAW conference is extended by blending current news with notes from the conference:
From CNet News: Court backs thumbnail image linking
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' decision is a partial win for defendant Arriba Soft--an image search engine now known as Ditto.com--in its case against photographer Leslie Kelly. Kelly sued Arriba Soft in April 1999 for copyright infringement when the company's software had recorded miniatures, or thumbnails, and full sizes of Kelly's digital photos and made them accessible via its search engine.
The court ruled that use of thumbnail images in search engines is legal, confirming an earlier ruling by the same court from February 2002. But the court withdrew a previous decision on the display of full-size images, which it had deemed out of the bounds of fair use because it was likely to harm the market for Kelly's work.
Note also that the reason the court overturned the finding of the district court in the case of full-sized images was that these images were not a part of the plaintiff's original complaint, not that the full sized images were found also to be fair use.
For anyone who was confused by my writeup of Terry's talk on the doctrines used to evaluate a claim of fair use under copyright, the opinion in this case is a very clear example of the application of the current doctrine. (link)
There are other examples if his linking lectures from the conference with clips from current events. Ventureblog provides a piece giving you a taste of the atmosphere and some of the personalities present at ILAW. As I read the notes, I can see a pattern that can be created by weaving using hyperlinks that will create strong knowledge bases for participants and others.
I hope to have time to link and refer to Frank, Donna, Aaron and others who blogged their notes as a form of reflection. And, the information is good prep for the work to be done here on Super-DMCA (HB 867), State CIPA (SB 52), Code Update (SB 103), and others sure to come.
