Saturday, January 5, 2008

Posts of the Week: 12/30 - 1/05

My money is on next week being the week that returns to normal...

Let's begin with a crank post, and then into the real stuff.

Yossi Vardi: The "dangers" of blogging at TED Talks
Israeli tech start-up entrepreneur Yossi Vardi discusses the dangers of blogging in this recently posted TED Talk. Also, Vardi is featured in this week's Economist.

A couple of posts on the new online video rules:
at RConversation
at Danwei

Internet Copyright Law 2006 Difference Between Winning (Baidu) And Losing (Yahoo China)? at IP Dragon
Interesting look at why these similar cases came out differently.

The New Trend in China—Official Non-Enforcement. at Silk Road International Blog
It might be the trend, but be wary of advisers who tell you there is no need to follow the law closely.

China Traffic Laws As Government Policy Writ Large. Channeling Benjamin Cardozo at China Law Blog
What can I say? I'm a sucker for this stuff. Also, if you can't enough, check out a later California case, Haft v. Lone Palm Hotel, where a man and his son drowned in a motel swimming pool and there was neither sign nor lifeguard. The court created an even stricter burden of proof creating strict liability in this situation by forcing the motel to prove that the lack of lifeguards was not causally related to the drownings.

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