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Latest Snowden Documents Show NSA Tracks Americans’ Cell Location Data
Cross-posted from Just Security.
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Google's triumph advances transformative use of copyrighted work
On Nov. 14, a New York federal court judge ruled to uphold Google’s ambitious project to scan and digitize millions of books from cooperating libraries into a massive, searchable online database. This was a victory not only for Google but also for the greater public good. Judge Denny Chin dismissed a copyright lawsuit brought by authors, finding that Google’s copying and indexing of more than 20 million books to create a new, highly useful search tool is protected by fair use. Read more about Google's triumph advances transformative use of copyrighted work
Blame the NSA, not Facebook and Google: Column
Outrageous and possibly illegal. That's what Google's executive chairman called the latest chapter in the NSA saga – news that the NSA not only requests data from big tech and telecom companies, but also secretly hacks into their private lines. Yet, last week, seven privacy groups unmasked the real privacy villains in this story and filed a complaint against them with a federal agency. Read more about Blame the NSA, not Facebook and Google: Column