My expert memorandum Shortcomings and Challenges in the Restriction of Internet Retransmissions of Over-the-Air Television Content to Canadian Internet Users was attached to the National Association of Broadcasters’ submission to Industry Canada in its 2001 evaluation of retransmission of commercial television content over the Internet.
Privacy & Security Violations at Buy.com
In October 2000, I noticed that buy.com‘s product return system allowed any Internet user to view prepaid UPS return labels intended for use by some 45,000+ Buy.com customers. Labels included customers’ names, addresses, and phone numbers. Buy.com has since fixed the problem, replacing the information with an error message, but I kept a sample of the data that was temporarily publicly accessible. See coverage of the story in major media.
Expert Declarations in National Football League, et al., v. TVRADIONOW Corporation (iCraveTV)
I had the honor of submitting testimony, both in two expert declarations and orally, in National Football League, et al., v. TVRADIONOW Corporation (iCraveTV), litigation in federal court as to the propriety of iCraveTV’s retransmission of certain American television video to users nationwide and worldwide. My initial expert declaration and supplemental expert declaration.
Using Trumpet On Netcruiser Accounts
I devised a way to use Trumpet Winsock (then the best-established and most flexible way of connecting Windows computers to the Internet ) with Netcom Netcruiser (then the cheapest nationwide unlimited ISP). Method and instructions (obsolete).