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September 25, 2005 - October 01, 2005 Archive

September 30, 2005

China's Internet Ten Commandments

What you can and can't do online in China, from Reporters Without Borders.
» link | Posted at 03:25 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Free Speech

Europe and US Spar Over Who Gets Root

The root domain nameserver, that is. More internecine high-jinks over Net governance.
» link | Posted at 03:25 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Infrastructure

Important Technologies Are Free Technologies

Don Marti signs off as editor of Linux Journal with a piece on two non-Net technologies that make the Net work.
» link | Posted at 03:25 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Misc.

The Clash of the High-Tech Titans

Nice summary of the issues and figures involved with telecom regulation reform.
» link | Posted at 03:25 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Infrastructure

Home Recording Rights Coalition vs the Broadcast Flag

The Godfather of Fair Use Rights, the HRRC, has an action alert to fight the digital radio broadcast flag.
» link | Posted at 03:25 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Broadcast Flag

The Language of Flags

RIAA and MPAA vie to push through the broadest technology mandate ever.
» link | Posted at 03:25 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Broadcast Flag

September 26, 2005

Will the Real ID Please Stand Up?

MIT's eCitizen project has launched a blog to examine the Real ID Act.
» link | Posted at 09:26 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Privacy

Schneier on Security: Insecure Flight

Bruce Schneier summarizes the latest developments at TSA's scandal-ridden Secure Flight passenger data-mining project.
» link | Posted at 09:26 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Data Mining

Cop to Suspect: Your DNA Is *Mine*

The Senate Judiciary Committee has voted in favor of a bill that would let the FBI extract and archive DNA samples from any suspect.
» link | Posted at 09:26 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Surveillance

What the Copyright Cartel Wants in a Broadcast Flag

Susan Crawford goggles at the broad language the RIAA wants in legislation that would give the FCC the power to mandate a Broadcast Flag in "all possible home copying and transmission, all possible consumer devices, and all possible online audio services."
» link | Posted at 09:26 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: DRM

Eurocrats Against Data Retention

The EU's privacy watchdog is not convinced that Europe's proposed mandatory data retention is necessary.
» link | Posted at 09:26 PM by Danny O'Brien | Permalink | Other Links: Privacy