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First Can-Spam conviction

Why didn't George W.'s advisors and speechwriters have him focus on this triumph last night?  They must be saving it for St. Louis.…

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Whose email is Arnold reading?

The governor vetoed a bill yesterday that would have required employers to notify their employees that all email and Internet usage is subject to monitoring.  S…

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Free Speech Victory!

The Cyberlaw Clinic won a landmark free speech ruling today on behalf of two Swarthmore college students.  The students had published internal memos that showed…

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Free Speech Victory!

The Cyberlaw Clinic won a landmark free speech ruling in OPG v. Diebold today.  Diebold erroneously claimed that our clients, two Swarthmore college students, a…

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The MS FAT Drama...

Microsoft's patent to their FAT file system was rejected by the USPTO today... [Groklaw] Pending appeal, there are going to be a lot of pissed off businesse…

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RIAA demands less copyright protection

You've probably already heard about the Sixth Circuit's decision in Bridgeport Music v. Dimension Films, holding that even a small amount of unauthorize…

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Patriot Act Block

The AP (via CNN) is reporting that "U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero struck down a provision of the Patriot Act that authorizes the FBI to force Internet…

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Yowza

Part of everyone's favorite Patriot Act was struck down today, namely the part about the FBI access to what should be confidential communications records. […

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Quantum crypto, up and running

So I guess the Swiss have an operational data archiving network utilizing quantum cryptography for security. For those who have not followed the crypto revoluti…