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Free speech, online communication and the law

by Lee Hopkins on February 20, 2009

in Victorian bushfires, legal, politics

So rather than keep fracturing the conversation, please whip over to Laurel’s latest post on this all, “Australia: David Galbally Vs Social Media”

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Research: partner companies required

by Lee Hopkins on March 18, 2008

in Second Life, marketing

G’day! Thanks for returning!My research project has reached the stage where I need to work with two or three partners.
Here is what I am looking to do, and what would be required of these partners:
You are:

a small-medium sized company (min. 11 employees, max. 250; turns over between US$3m and US$80m per year [€2M – €50M]) [...]

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Hocus pocus, free speech in focus

by Lee Hopkins on March 12, 2008 · View Comments

in marketing

Via the PRNewsChannel comes word that a website’s owner, who lives in France, is being sued by an Oregon man via the Oregon judicial system over what may have several implications for ‘freedom of speech’.
Founded in 2002, Signs of The Times is an alternative news research resource and news analysis site. Its founder, Laura [...]

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PayPal ‘fake’ emails on the rise, it seems

by Lee Hopkins on March 16, 2007

in Uncategorized

I used to receive about one fake PayPal email per week, but lately they’ve been hitting one per day.
Here’s the latest, in case you also receive it and are tempted to click on the link in the middle of the email and inadvertently give your details away:

Tuesday, March 13, 2007PayPal Resolution Center: Your account is [...]

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Is a good spanking just around the corner?

by Lee Hopkins on January 10, 2007

in Uncategorized

In the wake of YouTube there is yet another video site I’ve come across.
Veoh (yes, in beta form, as is just about everything these days when developers are trying to get conversational traction) has a unique perspective — it offers long-form movies you can download.
I have no idea of the legality of this, as one [...]

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New Zealand employee wins prestigious “Customer Service Office of the Year” Award

by Lee Hopkins on November 24, 2006

in miscellaneous

Ben Hamilton has just this minute forwarded me a stunning example of Customer Service the good ol’ Antipodean way.
Here’s the deal: A potential customer was informing a company “The Great Marquee Company” that they wouldn’t be using them for their wedding
From: Steve Hausman To: ‘Events Team’ Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 4:06 PM Subject: RE: [...]

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When will Apple stop self-immolating?

by Lee Hopkins on October 4, 2006

in miscellaneous

My good friend Shel Holtz is the latest in the long line-up of folks who are discovering that all that is Apple is not gold.
Like Ben, I was thinking of investing in an iPod (60gb for my music and video collection) but perhaps Creative might get my business after all — why support a company [...]

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How secure is secure?

by Lee Hopkins on December 22, 2005

in miscellaneous

Two incidents, reported in a cross-linking bloggy sort of way by IT BlogWatch, highlight how flimsy is our delusion that the defeat of the Clipper chip was the start of us regaining a sense of privacy

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Blogger as spokesperson: enter the lawyers…

by Lee Hopkins on August 24, 2005

in Uncategorized

I just can see the lawyers biting their fingernails down to their knuckles at the reminder that unofficial, unsanctioned, un risk-assessed statements might escape into the great unwashed public domain.

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