Ethan Ackerman Reflects on the Blogiversary (Part 7 of 10)
[Continuing with the blog’s celebration of its 20 year blogiversary, I’m sharing this reflection from Ethan Ackerman.] In the early oughts (zeros?)–right around Y2K, the .com crash and 9/11–the ‘series of tubes’ that was the Internet was, while still a…
Jess Miers Reflects on the Blogiversary (Part 6 of 10)
Continuing with the blog’s celebration of its 20 year blogiversary, I’m sharing this reflection from Jess Miers. __ My name is Jess Miers, and I am a legal academic and a passionate advocate for the Internet. The blog holds a…
Blogiversary: How the Blog Helps Readers (Part 5 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of the blog’s 20th blogiversary. I asked blog readers to explain how the blog helps them. Some of the answers I got: __ “Professionally, the various click wrap cases and explanations have been the most helpful….
Blogiversary: Readers’ Favorite Topics, Posts, and Memes (Part 4 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of the blog’s 20th blogiversary. I asked readers to share their favorite blog topics, posts, and memes. Readers’ Favorite Topics “the emoji law genre. Because who doesn’t love emoji? 😉…Emoji law always crack me up. It…
Blogiversary: Who Reads the Blog, and Why? (Part 3 of 10)
I’m continuing my coverage of my 20th blogiversary. This post is all about you…readers of the blog! My blog post usually aren’t meant to be accessible to beginners. If I covered the basics in each post, I would spend a…
Blogiversary: How Has the Blog Changed Over the Past 20 Years? (Part 2 of 10)
I’m continuing my celebration of this blog’s 20th blogiversary. In this post, I’ll reflect on some ways the blog has changed over the decades. Longer Posts. When I first started, the paradigmatic blog post in the blogosphere was a quick…
Celebrating the Blog’s 20th Blogiversary (Part 1 of 10)
🎶 It was 20 years ago today…Sgt. Pepper taught the band to blog… 🎶 (Close enough: the actual anniversary was Saturday). On February 8, 2005, I started blogging here. 🎉🎉🎉 Over the past 20 years: this blog has published a…
Bleg: Please Help Me Prepare for the Blog’s 20th Blogiversary
In February, this blog will celebrate its 20th anniverary. I’ll make together a series of posts to celebrate the milestone, and I would benefit from your help. I would be grateful if you could email me (egoldman@gmail.com) your thoughts about…
Call for Papers/Participation: the revived Internet Law Works-in-Progress Conference, SCU, March 8, 2025
We invite your in-person participation in the Internet Law Works-in-Progress conference, to be held at Santa Clara University School of Law in Santa Clara, California on March 8, 2025. This conference series took a multi-year hiatus due to the pandemic,…
Expert Witness Used Generative AI to Prepare His Report. It Didn’t Go Well–In re Weber
This case involves real property on Cat Island in the Bahamas. After the death of Michael S. Weber, the property passed into his trust. Susan, his sister, is the trustee, and his son Owen is a trust beneficiary. Owen may…