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wondering how the TSA working group is going?
Bruce Scheier sums up the debacle of Secure Flight. The latest straw is a GAO Report that finds TSA collected and used commercial information in violation of i…
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wow II- I wish I wrote this
There's Sex In My Violence! What's this lame soft-core porn doing in my ultraviolent "Grand Theft Auto"? I am outraged! By Mark Morford, SF Ga…
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wow... Farbers List now a blog
Someone took Dave Farber's Interesting People list and turned it into a blog. The simplest way to do this was to subscribe a Blogger.com posting address to…
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Patriot Act zen moment
I spent quite a bit of time yesterday watching the Patriot Act debates on C-SPAN. I've seen a lot of debates and this one took the cake for grandstanding m…
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PATRIOT ACT Back -- Possibly for good
The House voted to extend the USA Patriot Act, making permanent 14 of 16 provisions and making the remaining 2 provisions (regarding roving wiretaps and another…
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A DMCA story with an ironic ending
The uproar over the easter egg (hidden program/content) found on the Grand Theft Auto videgame, and it's subsequnt re-classification as an adult-only game s…
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Apply now to be a CIS Non-Residential Fellow
Deadline for application for 2005-2006 Non-Residential Fellows is August 20, 2005. CIS Non-Residential Fellows work independently and with CIS staff and facult…
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Is a weak federal shield still worth it?
It looks like the Justice Dept. Opposes Shield for Reporters, which is unfortunate. Even more so is that according to this article, the hearing today apparentl…
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European Commission on DRM
さて、米国とは著作権法の伝統が違う欧州（大陸）の動きは、日本としても勉強になるはず、と思いながら、なかなか、どこから取り掛かってよいものやら。 と、思いながら、元同級生であるドイツの若手ホープの一人であるStefan Bechtoldに、時々欧州情報をもらっている私です。 先日は、「政府の役割」をめぐって議論してい…
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It's Justice Roberts...
(or it will be if the Senate agrees.) BTW: He was one of the judges on the Verizon panel. From AP RIAA Tactics Under Scrutiny. Judge John Roberts of the U.S…
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FedExFurniture Back Online
Over two weeks ago, FedEx improperly used the DMCA notice and take-down provisions to get the website at www.fedexfurniture.com taken offline. The company clai…
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Judge Clement on Reporters and the First Amendment
According to this 2002 Media Institute Report Judge Edith Clement (who many believe will be Bush's nominee to replace O'Connor on the Court) granted a…