predicting 2005

For the holiday lull – a couple of gazes into the crystal ball:
“A Look Ahead” on Searchblog
“Ten Ways Communications Will Change In 2005…” on Andy Lark
Everyone is predicting another big year for blogs, though conspicuously absent from these lists is any mention of big intellectual property cases headed for the courts, most obviously the Supreme Court-bound Grokster case. And I would guess it’s just a matter of time before a high profile case emerges testing fair use practices in universities and beyond.