Wowsers! In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center, a federal judge has ordered (pdf) the Departme…
The EFF posted this very interesting article about the RIAA's filing in the DMCA rule-making proceedings -- apparently, the RIAA thinks that ripping my own…
H.R. 4536 proposes adding an exception to 17 U.S.C. § 1201 for circumvention of access control or copy protection provided that the circumvention is "neces…
A few days ago FT.Com ran a story (available here) about an Ohio company that has embedded RFID (radio frequency ID) technology in two of its employees. Ostens…
It disturbs me to no end to say that, when viewing these pictures (warning: they are graphic), it is difficult not to be ashamed as an American, even if these a…
"So the main idea behind the African Commons Project is about nurturing the idea of an “information commons” in Africa - discovering what that is, what it…
Some random thoughts I had about two books I read recently: "Copyright's Highway" by SLS Prof. Paul Goldstein, and "The World is Flat" b…
In yesterday’s New York Times the distinguished law professor Stanley Fish offered some provocative commentary on the recent furor over the Danish cartoons: “T…
Ever had your computer attacked by spyware? Do the names PacerD, Exfol, EliteBar, 180solutions, 3D Desktop, YupSearch, or BlazeFind sound familiar? If so, the…
I never publish press releases here but I'm going to make this exception. Patrick Ball is a pioneer in the use of technology to assist human rights activis…
TSA announced in hearings before the Senate Commerce Committee that they've suspended plans for Secure Flight, the "ambitious program to check every do…
An anxious (bored?) blog reader (I didn't know there were any!) has just emailed me saying: "It has been so long since you blogged. Your public demand…