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Andrew Rens, obtained BA and subsequently LLB (equivalent of JD) degrees from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, before working as a lawyer in p…
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Bruce Schneier: Elegant advocacy for elegant code
His writing is elegant. He advocates for elegant and uncomplicated computer security design. His positions are simply, plainly spoken and just make so much se…
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Meet CIS (for Stanford students only)
Come meet the people of CIS, learn about our mission and research interests, and find out how you can get involved. Monday, Sept 19 @ 12:30 in room 180. DATE C…
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Earthlife Africa prohibited from releasing Eskom risk assesment of nuke reactor
According to the Mail and Guardian, Earthlife Africa, an evironmental group, has been prohibited by a court order from making public the contents of an Eskom ri…
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Gag Order for Nat'l Security Letters Violates First Amendment
Judge Hall in Bridgeport, CT issued her opinion in ACLU v. Gonzales today, holding that the gag order associated with the National Security Letter received by a…
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Can SAB Laugh It Off?
On 27 May 2005 the Constitutional Court of South Africa handed down judgment in the case of Laugh It Off Promotions CC v South African Breweries International (…
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Salon Montage of Katrina Press and the Broadcast Flag
Segueing back to cyberlaw, this great, must-see montage on Salon, Reporters Gone Wild, is an excellent example of why content needs to be freely available for t…
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Journalists Gone Wild
Jay Rosen has a interesting post on PressThink, that I’ll boil down to: whether critical thinking is absent from the reporting on Katrina, or whether its true t…
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Telkom drops case against Helkom
Telkom, South Africa’s incumbent telecommunications operator has dropped its case against the creators of Hellkom, a satirical site dedicated to protesting the…
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Yahoo helps China catch dissident
When can companies resort to "compliance with local law" justifications for despicable acts that censor, imprison, or otherwise impede the human right…
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digit- squatting
He said: the digit-squatter sitting on 1-800-RED-CROSS tried to charge the Red Cross a seven-digit figure to turn over the number, which they desperately need t…
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Response to Kerr on new field of cybercrime law
Apropos of my last post, I just tried to post a comment in response to Orin Kerr's Case for a new Computer Crime Law and New Doctrines on Balkinization, but…