   May 09, 2004 - May 15, 2004 ArchiveMay 14, 2004Gag Removed from Anti-Spam Company
The restraining order against SpamCop was removed because the judge hadn't actually read some of the papers. Perhaps they got caught in her spam filter?
ACLU Forced to Redact Press Release in National Security Letter Case
The redacted portions included a description of the law in question and a briefing schedule.
ICANN/VeriSign Kerfuffle Heads to Hearing
We're still hoping for a deus ex machina so neither party wins.
Raw Deals Writ Small
Ed Foster has a round-up of the nastiest end-user license agreements out there.
Record Companies Cook Books to Show Losses?
Another piece arguing that the recording industry's piracy claims don't add up.
May 13, 2004Congress Calls for DMCA Reform
Yesterday's hearings on HR 107 went better than any of us expected - read more about it here.
Napster Tries to Gag University
Ohio U. posted a survey asking whether $3/student/month is a raw deal for Napster's service, but the company ordered the university to take down the survey and clam up about the price.
May 12, 2004Verizon Warns Australia of DMCA Down Under
Sarah Deutsch told policymakers about the thousands of notice-and-takedown letters that Australian ISPs can expect if DMCA-like laws are adopted there.
Apple Squelches PlayFair (Again)
PlayFair allows iTunes-customers to strip the DRM from lawfully purchased songs, but leaves the unique IDs intact. The results are unfit for P2P trading, unless you like the taste of subpoenas. Sounds good to us.
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(Alleged) Spammer Gets Restraining Order Against SpamCop
Scott Richter has obtained a temporary restraining order against SpamCop that bars them from making slanderous or libelous statements about his company. [PDF link to decision].
The Patent Busting Gene
The USPTO recently granted the Public Patent Foundation's request for reexamination of a DNA-insertion patent held by Columbia University. This is how it's done, and we'll soon follow suit in EFF's new patent-pusting campaign.
Iraqi Prisoner Photos in a Connected World
"We owe their circulation and perhaps their existence to the popular technology of our day, to digital cameras and JPEG files and email. Photographs can now be disseminated as quickly and widely as rumors." Food for thought.
The BBC on EFF
The Beeb is running a story on EFF's IP work and our man-about-London, Cory Doctorow.
May 10, 2004P2P Spoofing Patent Awarded to Two Academics
Of course, the record labels have been doing this for years, and legal fights may well ensue. May those battles be long and expensive.
Ohio Passes Paper Trail Requirement
Governor Bob Taft made Ohio the seventh state in the country to require a voter-verified paper trail for electronic voting terminals. The requirement will not go into effect until 2006.
Japanese Professor Arrested for Writing P2P Application
Isamu Kaneko, an assistant professor at the University of Tokyo, has been arrested under suspicion of "conspiracy to commit copyright violation" for authoring a file-sharing program called "Winny."
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