February 21st 2008
Verizon apparently believes it’s a bad idea to monitor content that passes through its communications services. This may sound obvious to you and me, but it isn’t to rival AT&T, who is going out of its way to do just that (call it: Your World. Monitored).
February 20th 2008
Arts Technica describes how shifts caused by a death in congress could reshape the legislative terrain for intellectual property law. Rep. Tom Lantos’ (D-CA) death from esophageal cancer leaves an opening at the top of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, an opening that appears to be perfectly shaped like Howard Berman (D-CA). Berman is expected […]
February 19th 2008
Wikileaks, a controversial whistle-blower website where visitors anonymously post corporate or government documents, has had its domain name deactivated in the United States. Bank Julius Baer, a Swiss bank with operations in the Cayman Islands, petitioned that the site’s California domain register be ordered to deactivate the Wikileaks.org web address. Wikileaks had published disclosures suggesting the […]
February 18th 2008
The President has destaffed the committee responsible for making sure civil rights and privacy are respected by the administration’s anti-terrorism programs. At the same time, he made asking for extended spy powers, and blanket immunity for a still-undisclosed range of privacy intrusions, his highest profile priority. Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board was recommended by […]
February 17th 2008
Picture this: You’re traveling from London to Boston. You go through the normal customs check at Logan, but then you’re asked to surrender your laptop, your Treo and your iPod. You ask, “For what reason? I’ve broken no laws. This is unconstitutional, You can’t just confiscate legal possessions.” The reply: “Yes, we can.” Can customs […]
February 15th 2008
For the six million or so Americans who live overseas, voting has always been a bit sketchy. According to the non-partisan Election Assistance Commission, only a third of the nearly one million ballots issued last election cycle were actually cast. So, for the first time, Democrats living abroad are now able to cast primary votes […]
February 13th 2008
When Oscar Morales, an engineer from Barranquilla, Colombia, and five friends launched a Facebook group called No More FARC, they didn’t expect to create a movement. But within thirty days, their Facebook group’s 250,000 members mobilized millions of protesters. Last week, more than 4 million Colombians marched simultaneously in 27 cities throughout the country and 104 […]
February 11th 2008
Yahoo’s board concluded on Friday that Microsoft’s unsolicited offer “massively undervalues” the company. The Wall St. Journal noted Yahoo’s position in the online display advertising market, where it leads both Google and Microsoft. Additionally, it suggested the board would cite that Microsoft underestimated the risk of regulatory approval, and its effect on Yahoo’s business. The […]
February 11th 2008
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has sent a letter to Senators Leahy and Specter regarding a portion of the Draft Judiciary Committee Report of the Patent Reform Act of 2007, which has the potential to kill EFF’s Patent Busting Project. The draft inserts language which would prohibit third parties from requesting ex-parte reexamination of issued patents. […]
February 7th 2008
This week, ALM, publisher of 33 professional magazines including The American Lawyer, and Courtroom View Network (CVN), a legal-news video service, announced CourtroomLive.com. The service will allow legal professionals to watch current trials as they happen, and distribute the feeds securely to clients or colleagues. Imagine how firms could create shadow juries to watch actual […]
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