   October 10, 2004 - October 16, 2004 ArchiveOctober 15, 2004Indymedia Protests Seizure of Servers
Indymedia, a group of independent, progressive online journalists, has launched a campaign to protest the government seizure of two servers hosting several of its websites. The two servers have been returned, but no one will say what happened. Now Indymedia is seeking signatures from people and organizations who condemn the action as a violation of the First Amendment. Here's where you can sign their petition.
October 13, 2004Supremes Decline to Hear Appeal in RIAA v. Verizon
Meaning that music companies will have to continue to obey laws that protect the privacy of Internet users.
DoJ Report Endorses PDEA, Induce Act
Meaning that you, the taxpayer, would get to fund the entertainment industry's misguided war on filesharing while innovators pack up shop and head overseas.
Employers Monitor "Cyberslacking"
This article looks at the emergence of employers who spy on workers to keep them from - heaven forbid - using eBay on company time.
P2P Lawsuits Hit Europe
The recording industry is takes its sue-the-fans act on a world tour.
BusinessWeek on Copyright v. Innovation
Heather Green on the chilling effects of copyright maximalism and abuse.
October 12, 2004Diebold Cuts Financial Forecast
The company is learning the hard way that fixing a machine *after* you sell it is more expensive than doing it right the first time.
eDonkey Beats KaZaA
eDonkey is now the world's most popular file-sharing application, besting KaZaA in the latest ratings from BayTSP. John Borland suggests that the company may have been too busy fighting off lawsuits to improve its technology.
JibJab Releases Another Animation
This time with fewer copyright lawyers.
Hollywood Pushes Supreme Court to Consider P2P
One day after failing to push the Induce Act past the goal line, Hollywood predictably tried for an end-run around Congress by filing a petition for cert in the Grokster case. Here's the bizarre twist: its legal team includes both Kenneth Starr (President Clinton's prosecutor during his impeachment scandal) and David Kendall (Clinton's personal lawyer during said scandal).
Gov't Funds Chat Room Surveillance
The serious implications for privacy aside, we've seen some chat rooms in our day, and we're pretty sure that these findings will be *hilarious.*
"No-Fly List" Has "No Rules, Procedures"
According to CNN.com, "The 'no-fly' watch list -- billed as a post-9/11 weapon in the United States' war on terror -- lacks guidance on adding and deleting names and a method of consolidating more than a dozen lists maintained by various government agencies."
More Mainstream Coverage for "Some Rights Reserved"
Creative Commons is all over the place!
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