   June 05, 2005 - June 11, 2005 ArchiveJune 11, 2005Jack Valenti Unwrapped
J.D. Lasica asks the former MPAA president about the future of the copyfight in a 2004 interview: "Well,the big problem is the analog hole, and that's a technological aberration that can only be solved through technology."
People Don't Criminally Leak Medical Secrets - "Covered Entities" Do.
The US government gets out of prosecuting individuals for selling private medical info, saying the HIPAA crime only applies if you're a bad institution.
Tor for Anonymous Academic Review
Reviewers of scientific papers want to explore websites without giving away that they're the peers doing the reviewing. Enter Tor.
China Gets its Films on Time
Warner releases a DVD ("The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants") in China at the same time as the US, in a "groundbreaking response to piracy." The best solution to black market: eliminate the market inefficiency that created it.
June 07, 2005Worlds Without Music
Multiplayer games are being forced to ban music in their virtual worlds for fear of liability if anyone plays a copyrighted tune.
Crazy Copyright
The sad story of an artist forced to redesign his fiberglass buffalo because of copyright claims to the image of Crazy Horse painted on its side.
Open Access Law Program Debuts
Creative Commons' "Science Commons" project unveils a new program advocating for open access to legal scholarship.
Supreme Court Rejects Lexmark's Petition for Hearing
The Supreme Court this week denied Lexmark's petition for a hearing, thereby ending its attempts to use the DMCA to control aftermarket sales of toner cartridges. The scuttlebutt is that the company not only failed to impress the Court with its claims, it filed the petition a day late.
June 06, 2005ICANN Announces ".Polinc" TLD for Politically Incorrect and Dangerous Opinion Sites
EFF Chairman Brad Templeton on an idea whose time has come.
Common Sense Prevails in Cook County
Cook County in Illinois, which happens to be the third-largest electoral jurisdiction in the country, has chosen an optical scan-based system with a paper trail over e-voting systems that can't be audited.
UK to "Harmonize" with US Copyright Extensions?
The UK is considering upping its copyright length to 95 years, according to The Scotsman.
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