Hello, world.
There are millions of blogs on the Internet. A small percentage of those are about law, and an even smaller percentage of those focus on technology and Internet law. I find that annoying on a number of personal levels.
My goal here is to create the blog that I always wished existed for my own use. The theme is “technology and Internet law,” and the wording of that phrase is important. I believe that technology will be driving many of the most important legal questions to come in the near future, and so this will be, first and foremost, a blog about technology law and internet law. Simple enough. I intend to present a summary, updated at least weekly, of the news relevant to the field, with commentary where possible.
But I can’t draw the line there and stop, because in the practice of law it isn’t enough to simply stay abreast of the law while ignoring the subject matter itself. This is especially true where the subject matter is something as dynamic and complex as technology. A good number of recent cases have been decided or at least colored by low-level misunderstandings of the technologies involved. Even when such cases still result in holdings that are just, they are unacceptable because they set precedents that can become dangerous in the future. To promote good public policy in this field and competently serve high technology clients, we as legal practitioners must remain lucid and competent in this area. Ergo, this will also be a blog about technology. Hard, cold, silicon and code technology. This includes current technology that poses potential legal questions as well as technology that is likely to arrive in the near future. Not so simple. But that’s our business: connecting strange new alien-looking concepts with old-fashioned traditional jurisprudence in ways that are meaningful for clients and judges alike…and no one can do that without a firm grip the industry and its trends.
Of course, at the end of the day, this is still only a blog. That means I’m likely to occasionally deviate from the themes above and post about something only tangentially relevant that came up in a conversation with a colleague, law professor, or friend. But that’s also why I think a blog like this can be so interesting. You, as the reader, are free to comment on any topic you like. Start a conversation. Or, better yet, you can write your own post on your own blog and track back, providing the other readers with an opposing or concurring viewpoint.
Hello, world.
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