January 08, 2006 - January 14, 2006 Archive
January 11, 2006
In Praise of Imitation
William Patry thoughtfully considers the effect of the anxiety of influence--and the fear that any copying is morally and legally wrong--on new creators.
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Posted at 01:11 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Copyright
What Tech Companies can do to Protect Free Speech
Reports Without Borders has a checklist.
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Posted at 01:11 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Free Speech
Senate Judiciary Committee to Fix All Known Tech Problems This Quarter
David Isenberg lists the Committee's packed agenda, with links to webcasts.
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Posted at 01:11 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Bad Laws
January 10, 2006
Calls for House, Criminal Investigation
Representatives look for a House panel and a DOJ investigation into the constitutionality of the NSA wiretaps.
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Posted at 02:14 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Surveillance
USPTO and Open Source Community Working to Fix Patents
Groklaw reports on the team attempting to fix the software patent problem.
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Posted at 02:14 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Hoofnagle's Consumer Privacy Top 11
EPIC's Chris Hoofnagle gives a laundry list of the quickest, easiest ways you can protect your privacy.
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Posted at 02:14 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Privacy
January 09, 2006
"Pretexting isn't Lying." Pretexts Cell Phone Privacy Invader
Companies that steal your phone records do so by pretending to be you. But that's not lying, apparently.
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Posted at 12:22 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Microsoft and Falun Gong Repression
An FG organization pulls together the evidence of the extent of Microsoft involvement in Chinese repression.
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Posted at 12:22 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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Free Speech
Never Buy an Anti-DRM CD Again
Pledge to boycott DRM publicly (especially if you weren't planning to anyway).
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Posted at 12:22 PM by Danny O'Brien |
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