The Citizen Media Law Project has published a guide to using Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks and live-blogging tools in the courtroom. Many states have rules forbidding the use of cell phones and laptops in court, and even in the absence of such laws, some judges just can’t stand the idea of it. I was on a jury for a criminal trial in September, and the judge was firm on “No Twitter or Facebook in the courtroom” and actually, not when we returned home, either, until the trial ended.

New Yorkers, this week, the New School presents a conference that will approach “dramatic shifts restructuring leisure, consumption, and production since the mid-century.” Participants come from a variety of backgrounds, including, of course, cyberlaw. The panel sessions are each so fascinating that you may have a hard time deciding where to go. Find more info at digitalabor.org. The event is free but requires advance registration.

The majority of the commentary on file-sharing and video downloading or piracy comes from very Western perspectives. The American government files suit against suburban youth, the French declare—against their own government—their support for an internet that is a laboratory of free culture. Pirate Bay, the focus of the most recent round of anti-anti-copyright litigation, is run out of Stockholm.

The BBC technology correspondent, a British sociologist, and blogger discuss protecting blogger anonymity. The episode comes in light of the Liksula Cohen case, in which Google revealed the identity of the woman behind a blog that mocked her, as well as countless similar cases in the past few years. Download it here.

A French actress likens some movie pirating to Robin Hood’s renegade heroism.