Jeff's Weblog joins Linkback LinkBack6/8/2000; 1:40:38 PM Jeff's Weblog at the unforgettable URL of http://ican.editthispage.com has joined the LinkBack program; here's the page.(BTW, in case you're wondering why I announce these things, it's to give the program something to work with and make sure things are still working right.)The more the merrier!

'Invisible' web code infringes trademark Country Watch: Britain6/8/2000; 1:32:19 PM "A trademark is a trademark even if only a computer can read it, according to a UK high court ruling."The "invisible" web code in question is a META tag that tells search engines what's on the page... Mandata used Road Tech's (a competitor) trademarks in these tags so when people searched for Road Tech stuff, the search engines would return links to Mandata's page.

Personal Data for Sale Privacy from Companies6/8/2000; 1:23:59 PM "From now on, when those scurvy dog Internet marketers want our personal and private information, maybe we should charge them for it. That ought to apply the brakes to the Net's privacy problem.... 'It's time for us as consumers to monetize our data,' says Charles Jennings, co-author of a new book on Internet privacy, The Hundredth Window. 'Think of this data as real money, because everybody in business does.

TVT Joins Anti-Napster Brigade Music & MP3 6/8/2000; 8:39:48 AM "The lawsuit [against Napster], filed in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, seeks damages and an injunction barring the San Mateo, California-based company from allowing TVT's songs to be listed on directories that allow the music to be traded and ultimately downloaded onto a user's computer." It's a pity that it just doesn't work that way.

One Page Protecting Yourself6/8/2000; 8:24:31 AM Applies to: Server ownersIf you want to prevent One Page from using your server's content, it may be possible to do so by blocking the IP address 208.50.163.174 or even the whole sub net.To determine the IP address for blocking yourself, use their live demo and then read your server logs for the source. Note that IP address I obtained did not nslookup to anything, so you will probably need to actually find the IP address (if it moves), rather then trying to ban the domain.

One Page Boundary Breakers 6/8/2000; 8:20:26 AM One Page is a CallTheShots.com look-alike. (writeup)

One Page Content Integrity 6/8/2000; 8:19:01 AM One Page is a service that appears to be a look-alike of CallTheShots.com, except that it has an easier user interface. Like CallTheShots.com, it allows you to pull content from any web page in the world and mix it arbitrarily with other content from web pages, without permission from any owners.

Copyrant General IP Issues6/8/2000; 7:42:30 AM Lookee lookee, Slashdot's starting to wake up a little and come out of script-kiddie law land (or Katz law land, only slightly more sensible). The comments on the article are still atrociously ignorant, but the article itself isn't half bad... just too long. (This coming from the king of "too long".)"If you buy a car, you are almost certainly protected by state 'lemon laws'.

Judge bars Bidder's Edge Web crawler on eBay Content Integrity6/8/2000; 7:22:28 AM 'In his ruling, Whyte scoffed at the broader implications of the lawsuit. "The parties submit a variety of declarations asserting that the Internet will cease to function if (they lose the dispute)," Whyte wrote. "The court suspects that the Internet will not only survive but continue to grow and develop regardless of the outcome of this litigation."'If every court says that, the court suspects incorrectly.

Chinese censors losing online race Censorship 6/7/2000; 8:40:08 PM May 22,2000: "The broad range of opinions expressed on the People's Daily Web site and others is less an indication of tolerance than incapacity. Censors delete many controversial postings, but the rapid-fire technology of the Internet allows users to post comments faster than censors can sort through them. As a result, dissenting views are disseminated among millions of Chinese Internet users.