   May 2006 ArchiveMay 31, 2006Forty-eight Million Americans Have Created Net Content
That's over a third of the US Internet-using population.
RIAA Honchos Interviewed
Feel good about prosecuting grandmothers, optimistic about making radio receivers illegal.
Gonzales Says ISP Logging Needed in War Against Terrorism
"'We want this for terrorism,' Gonzales said, according to one person familiar with the discussion."
Dutch Music-Lovers Get Caught in DRM's Ratchet
David Berlind hears about the decreasing rights of the customers of a european music download service.
"The Generative Internet" by Jonathan Zittrain
Or, the future of the Internet and how to save it; Zittrain's take on the open PC-Internet "grid," and the emerging (inevitable?) backlash.
Send Your Mail to the Australian Government With Just One Click
A commendable trust in people's ability to not game (or accidentally submit incriminating data) to a government-run spam blacklist.
IBM Exploits Data Retention Laws
Sold to corporations in the U.S. for HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance, but capable of far more -- IBM sees a bright future for the 56Tb "TotalStorage Data Retention 450."
May 29, 2006Verizon Refuses to Come Clean About Wiretapping
Neither yay nor nay -- just a claim of extreme secrecy.
A Catalog of Features Lost in iTunes Upgrades
A sadly ongoing project.
Intellectual Property in the Southern Hemisphere
A dossier of case-studies and analysis looks at maximalist IP and its effects outside the West.
FCC Says Telco Wiretapping Too Secret to Investigate
The FCC Chief, Kevin Martin, says classified nature of project makes it impossible for FCC to look into AT&T and other telcos' complicity.
MPAA Accused of Hiring Hacker
Did the MPAA hire a black hat hacker to get info on Torrentspy.com?
Congress Duped By Fake "Terrorist" Game Video
Sound samples of the "Team America" satire pasted over standard EA game footage has Washington shocked and awed.
Senate Bill Attacks Digital Devices, VoIP
A grim summary of the Senate telecom reform bill.
Chicago School Pledge Against Free Speech
Students are obliged to limit their blogging if engaging in extracurricular school activities.
Apple v. Does in Bits and Pieces
Howell's blow-by-blow summary of the Apple v. Does case.
Adbusters v. AT&T
More creative editing of the current AT&T campaign.
May 21, 2006Meeting of the Legal and Techie Clans
Scotland's global Computer Law conference returns this September to Edinburgh.
DaVinci Code? Try the Da Xerox Code
Make magazine documents the concealed printer dot code used by Xerox, and uncovered by EFF last year.
Protest Against AT&T in San Francisco
SF protestors will be demonstrating Wednesday against, among other issues, AT&T wiretaps.
May 18, 2006Another Way to Register Gun Owners?
Another take on the risks of NSA data-mining.
Future of Music Policy Summit This October
Musicians, fans, technologists, advocates meet this fall in Montreal.
Keylogging the Coworkers
Eighteen percent of companies use a keylogger (or "hacking tool") on their own staff.
Baltimore Sun: NSA Had a Privacy-Preserving Alternative
NSA reportedly has a system that would have data-mined while better preserving citizen's privacy. They just didn't use it.
The NSA Answers Your QuestionsWorst. AT&T. Campaign. Ever.
We're beginning to think there's a mole in their ad agency.
May 16, 2006Real's Glazer Blames DRM Lock-in for Music Industry's Woes
Of course, he'd prefer if they'd lock-in to his DRM instead.
"I Don't Believe These Evil Elections People Exist," Says Diebold
E-voting spokesperson describes company's slightly overoptimistic threat model.
Senator Sununu Questions NSA Program
Conservative figures grow more skeptical of extent of the Administration's domestic surveillance program.
Why Discriminate?
Public Knowledge points out that even if the telcos think they need QoS, Internet2 developers found more bandwidth cures all ills.
EFF Suit Hits the Front Page
San Francisco Chronicle summarizes the challenges to the AT&T case.
May 15, 2006Alaska Stands Against REAL ID
REAL ID compliance bill killed by state legislators.
NSA Sweep "Waste of Time"
Worth it for the second image linking Al Qaeda to Kevin Bacon.
What's Wrong With ICANN's XXX Decision
Susan Crawford gives her insider's view on the latest ICANN process.
Senate Judiciary Panel Wants a Hook Into Telecomms Reform Bill
That means committee fights in both House of Reps and Senate.
Journalists' Telephone Records Are Fair Game
No such thing as a private source when you use the public telephone system.
EFF Lawyer Explains to Newsweek why Phone Records Matter
Kurt Opsahl answers the frequently asked questions about the case -- the ones that we can answer, that is.
May 09, 2006Fire Hatch in 2006
IPac takes aim at the man behind the INDUCE Act and even worse bills.
The NSA v. The Law
The American Bar Association peers into the legality of warrantless wiretaps.
Computers, Freedom, Privacy, and a Prozac, Please
Wendy Grossman writes on a maudlin-seeming CFP conference.
What Does Embedded TV Copy Restriction Look Like?
The future of (broadcast flag) law enforcement: how CGMS-A looks when it's turned on.
Get Legal -- Get OpenOffice
The sort of copying even the BSA can't complain about.
After Goodmail
Cartoonist Tom O'Leary does some end-user filtering.
Catalog of Security Bungles
Ryan Singel lists the goofs the TSA has committed in the last year, including high-flying diplomats and octogenerarian "terrorists."
Terrorist Watch List Follies and My Time in the TSA's Constitution-Free Zone
Ars Technica's Hannibal loses some rights at the airport.
Bill To Publish Federal Research Free Online; Middlemen Object
Federal Research Public Access Act would require 11 agencies to put their research online. Academic journals say that giving information directly to taxpayers would affect their markets, giving rise to shock, horror.
Twelve in Congress Likely To Forge Telecom Bill
Commerce committee congressman Upton blurts that broadcast flag/net neutrality bill will be decided in secret conference; judiciary committee chairman begins to muscle in.
Key Congressman Endorses Data Retention
ISPs take another step toward being the government's record keepers.
Potential CIA Head Doesn't Know Fourth Amendment
Although he thinks he does. What's worse?
May 04, 2006Who Will Own Your PC?
Bruce Schneier lists who wants to control your computer - including spammers, mail providers, spyware, and the entertainment industry.
Wiretapping: Your Billing Breakdown
Susan Crawford reports from the FCC open meeting that decided to let ISPs and universities pay for their own wiretapping.
An Open Letter From a Blocked Email Sender
A legitimate mailer whose message was blocked, seemingly for including sexual phrases, talks about the effect.
ISPs Reluctant to Turn Themselves Into Date Honeypots
Diana DeGette, the Democrat demanding that ISPs hoard subscriber data for the government, says she is "horrified" that ISPs aren't supporting her plans.
May 03, 2006South African Government to Tap Emails, Other Internet Traffic
Country fails to learn from, condemned to repeat, history at more rapid rate than others.
Apple v. Does -- Unplugged!
MP3s of the recent oral argument in the online journalist rights case.
Spam Filters Gone Wild!
Somewhat over-excited title for an everyday story of over-vigilant spam filtering.
Studios Scare Themselves with Own Piracy Estimates
Hollywood commissions report on how fast the sky is falling, then tries to cover up its own Internet piracy estimates.
FCC to ISPs: Pay For our Wiretaps, Please
ISPs will have to cover the cost of a mandatory wiretapping infrastructure.
May 02, 2006Librarians Go To Washington
The American Library Association launches their political action center.
Net Neutrality Out, Broadcast Flags In
Senator Stevens drops his draft telecom bill.
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No Comment on the News
A fan of TV news had to shut down his site of small clips and photos after TV stations sent legal letters.
May 01, 2006Public Citizen Sounds Alarm on Trademark Bill
Good summary of the ongoing problems with the Trademark Dilution Bill.
DMCA: What Is it Good for?
Bill Patry points out that if the DMCA was supposed to create a rich digital market for works, it seems to have failed.
"Between the RIAA and a Hard Place"
A 20-year old student's take on the RIAA, and the new IPPA, which threatens to criminalize even more copyright infringement.
OECD on DRM Disclosure
The OECD reports on how well companies inform customers of digital rights restrictions and invasive DRM software.
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