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By J. Timothy King on March 7, 2013
Links and things that I’ve run across recently. Another Skinny Dip in the Jury Pool I’m sorry. I still haven’t written up this story. There is a story behind it. A couple weeks ago, I served on a jury, for a short criminal trial, a case that should never have even been brought to trial. […]
Posted in Bits & Pieces, Intellectual Property | Tagged Dan James, jury duty, M.C.A. Hogarth, Pirate Party, Rick Falkvinge, Spots the Space Marine
By J. Timothy King on August 23, 2012
Links and things that I’ve run across recently. It’s All in the Emphasis My Daughter: No way am I gonna name my son “Jonathan.” Every Jonathan I know is a total asshole, except my dad. Me: What about Jonathan [so-and-so]? He’s not a total asshole– uh, I mean, he’s not a total asshole… At Least […]
Posted in Bits & Pieces, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Television | Tagged DRM, Google, software patents, Star Trek
By J. Timothy King on April 6, 2012
John Stossel recently published a short piece in The Freeman about ideas having sex. This naturally explains the most lucrative business sector ever seen on the Internet: idea porn. So, when I shared this article on Facebook, and fellow fiction blogger and Star Trek fan Neil Shurley re-shared it, I thought of that Star Trek: […]
Posted in Humor, Intellectual Property | Tagged creativity, ideas, Star Trek
By J. Timothy King on April 6, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
By J. Timothy King on April 5, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
By J. Timothy King on April 2, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page. (If you’re looking for my usual “Friday Fun” column, it will return next week.)
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
By J. Timothy King on April 1, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the story from the beginning. OR Click here to read the whole story as a single page.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
By J. Timothy King on March 31, 2010
This is a true cybercrime story, which hit my friend Tom. Click here to read the whole story. Or use this page to read only chapter 1.
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime
By J. Timothy King on March 31, 2010
Like any other small businessman, he assumed his Internet account was basically safe. Instead, he found himself another victim of the latest 21’st century crime wave, when his valuable domain name, VL.com, was hijacked in a high-tech heist. Told by a first-person witness to the crime, reconstructed from forensic evidence compiled in the aftermath, this […]
Posted in Intellectual Property, Stories, Technology, True Stories | Tagged crime, cybercrime, domain hijacking, domain theft, Internet, true crime |