Joshua Auriemma

Errors While Updating to iOS 5? Here’s a Fix

by Joshua Auriemma October 12, 2011 Geekery
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If you’re having trouble updating to iOS 5 right now (generally resulting in an Internal Error popup), you are not alone. It seems that the problem is actually due to an overwhelming number of phones downloading, updating, and pinging Apple’s servers. Don’t fret. The easy solution is to keep trying to update. Lucky for you, [...]

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Why Congress is Poised to Label YOU (Yes, You) a Felon

by Joshua Auriemma September 15, 2011 Legal
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I’m starting to become legitimately afraid for our country. Althouse called my attention to a recent Wall Street Journal article by Orin Kerr opining on the likely scenario that Congress will grant the request of the Obama administration in the name of “cybersecurity,” and make violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) felonies [...]

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Episode 28: I Paid $12.4 Billion and All I Got Was This Lousy Patent Portfolio

by Joshua Auriemma August 25, 2011 Podcasts
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As always, if you like what you hear, PLEASE support us by taking one minute of your time and reviewing us on the iTunes store, or (especially) writing a little review on iTunes. It helps people find our podcast, and more importantly, gives us incentive to keep podcastin’. Also, email us your tips and thoughts [...]

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A Review of Fastcase’s Cloud Printing Suite, Part I

by Joshua Auriemma August 19, 2011 Reviews
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I’ve had a while now to consider and use the pre-release alpha version of the new Fastcase Cloud Printing suite of applications. For the uninitiated, here’s a quick run down of the “what” and “why:” depending on their Wexis plan, firms can be charged specifically for printing1 cases. In a fairly genius effort to capitalize [...]

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Pennsylvania Docketing Bookmarklets

by Joshua Auriemma August 3, 2011 Geekery

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Podcast Episode 27: A Veritable Zoo of Copyright Trolls and Monkeys

by Joshua Auriemma July 22, 2011 Podcasts
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In this episode: Righthaven lawsuits: Company formed for the sole purpose of suing copyright infringers. Seemingly akin to patent trolls in the patent world. They purchased IP from Stephens Media, and began enforcing their copyrights. A judge unsealed their agreement with Stephens, and found that Stephens was receiving a 50% kickback from the lawsuits. Some [...]

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Think Adobe’s Acquisition of EchoSign Means Easy Digital Signatures? Not So Fast.

by Joshua Auriemma July 21, 2011 News
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Most of us [legal geeks] dream about a day where we’re presented with a minimalist solution to electronically signing documents. Adobe’s recent acquisition of electronic signature company EchoSign was rumored to be the beginning of just such a scenario. Adobe is allegedly gearing up to integrate the technology into Adobe Reader—and in the not-too-distant future. [...]

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Is This Face Subject to Copyright?

by Joshua Auriemma July 19, 2011 News
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There’s been a lot of chatter on the internet lately about the above picture. For the uninitiated, this is a picture of an Indonesian macaque monkey. “What’s the big deal,” you may be asking yourself, “it’s just a National Geographic looking picture of a monkey.” The big deal, friend, is that the monkey itself took [...]

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Can Lawyers Ethically Sell Used Electronics?

by Joshua Auriemma June 30, 2011 Geekery
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Many of us view sensitive materials every day on our personal computers, tablets, smart phones, and e-readers. What happens when the newest gadgets or processors roll out and we want to upgrade our devices? If you’re like me, you put your current device up for sale on Craigslist or eBay, or send it along to [...]

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