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Discussion on whether there should be a right to internet access on the latest episode of This Week in Law. Interesting argument - what do you think?

Social Media is great - but corporations need to use it carefully. Corporate compliance and ethics programs should really be including social media.

The Globe and Mail's list of the hottest entrepreneurs under 30 in Toronto. I recognize a couple of them from Startup Weekend 2010. Very nice!

My post in the Small Firm Innovation blog. If you're curious, I'll give you a hint - it's a famous sports brand's tag-line.

Even celebrities aren't above copyright violations. Lady Gaga's Official Youtube account was pulled down because of a 10 minute video clip from a Japanese show. Yes, she was the performer; no she didn't have copyright (I know, it's confusing). But don't worry, all's well again. The Youtube account is back up. Just goes to show no one's above copyright laws.

Read those consents before you sign them. The courts are likely going to uphold consents especially when you have been given time to review them and were expected to consult a lawyer. And, for good measure, consents drafted by media companies are most likely not going to be in your favour. The question is how much are those 15 minutes of fame worth to you.

Have you read the TOS of the social media sites you use? While their licensing provisions are usually necessary so that they can provide their services without running afoul of IP laws, you may want to reconsider using these sites if you are required to grant exclusive licenses in your work (for example a photographer granting exclusive licenses in his photos to his clients or an app developer granting exclusive lice

There's been a lot of angry discussion over Dropbox's change in their Terms of Service. People think the license Dropbox requires is too broad and Dropbox is trying to take ownership of users' content. I don't think that's the case. However, with a little better drafting, Dropbox could have got their intent across better without getting a whole bunch of people riled up. (And just to be safe, I just use Dropbox to sto

The role of government in bringing technology to market. Interesting read on what government is doing and how it can be improved.

Do you agree that access to the internet is a human right?

From the Supreme Court of the United States to Game Designer - that's quite a career change!

Sapna Mahboobani is a contributor to Small Firm Innovation, a blog for solo and small firm lawyers, blogging about practicing law in a small firm environment. Here is her post on the use of Twitter for networking.

Sapna Law was proud to be a co-organizer of lawTechcamp 2011, Toronto's first unconference on law and technology. Here are some pictures from the day.