   April 18, 2004 - April 24, 2004 ArchiveApril 22, 2004CA Senator Introduces Gmail Bill
The bill requires the "informed consent" of Gmail users before Google scans their mail.
ICANN Goes SLAPP-Happy on VeriSign
ICANN is trying to convince a court that VeriSign is engaging in a "strategic lawsuit against public participation."
FBI Raids School District Over Copyright
No word on what/who they're after, but the raid dovetails with the Bureau's announcement that it will make copyright infringement a higher priority.
April 20, 2004Wisconsin Sues DirecTV
Alas, not over its shakedown campaign - the state Attorney General is taking the company to task for failing to inform customers of certain rights.
Election Official Accuses E-Voting Company of Lying
The second largest election company in the country knowingly installed uncertified software on voting machines used in real elections.
If the USPS Hired Robots to Read Your Mail
danah boyd with another provocative post on Gmail.
Diebold Spending $500K/Month to Cover Mistakes
Leaked documents show that the voting company knew it was illegally running uncertified code in real elections.
NYC Party for "The Anarchist in the Library"
OpenDemocracy.net is opening a new office in New York with a book launch for Siva Vaidhyanathan and Alex Galloway.
Court Strikes Ban on Prisoner Access to the Net
The 9th Circuit rejected a rule that made a nonsensical distinction between information on the Net and the stuff that's printed on paper.
French Law Would Mean Lifetime Liability for Web Publishers
You read that right - it would throw out the statute of limitations for publishers and allow defamation suits to be brought years after an incident. Pas bon du tout.
And the Webby Goes to... EFF?
We're chuffed to be nominated for a Webby in "Politics," along with Howard Dean's Blog for America and others. Vote now and help us take home a People's Choice award.
Sonny, Squelcher of Free Expression
The San Francisco Chronicle on an unfortunate aspect of Sonny Bono's legacy: copyright law that stifles expression.
April 19, 2004Former DirecTV Enforcer Likens Job to Being a "Bag Man for the Mob"
And his wrongful discharge suit claims that 5-10% of DirecTV's targets are innocent.
German Court Dings Company for Violating the GPL
A company failed to abide by the license's requirements for open source code.
Microsoft's Big FAT Filesystem Patent
The Public Patent Foundation, a new patent-busting group, shoots for the stars in its war on over-broad patents.
Bush Stumps for the PATRIOT Act
The Prez doesn't want PATRIOT's civil liberties-withering sunset provisions to expire next year.
Copyright Holders Pursue "Shoot First" Policy on Campuses
Universities get thousands of copyright infringement notices each year, but some are now coming with XML baked-in. The reason? A new automated takedown tool that kicks kids off the network without any human intervention or opportunity to protest.
"Personalization" Puts Web Privacy in (Even Greater) Peril
Microsoft recently released Newsbot, a "personalized" advertising/search tool that joins Google's Gmail and Amazon's A9 in the growing stable of cool tools that rely on your personal data to function.
Spyware to Get Third Degree from FTC
The workshop will likely cover definitions, dangers and remedies.
April 18, 2004Possible Changes to Gmail? Not So Fast
Sadly, it looks like giving props to Google for considering privacy-enhancing changes to Gmail was premature.
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