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2 Years Later | Civil Liberties Patriot Gains (& Losses) “The U.S.A. Patriot Act, the largest expansion of government search and surveillance powers in U.S. history, passed Congress without much dissent soon after the September 11 attacks. Let’s just say people had other things on their minds than the small print of a 300-page bill …
From the independent group, the Foundation for Information Policy Research, this new guide, published September 8, Implementing the EU Copyright Directive, (128 pages, pdf). See this link for a table of contents to download specific sections in html, which include the following: Background; Problems in the United States; Immediate public policy objectives; Wider public policy …
The Washington Post published an edited version of the transcript from an online forum on CAPPS II and civil liberties, held today with Barry Steinhardt, Director of the ACLU’s Technology and Liberty Program.
From the Memory Hole’s Publisher and editor, Russ Kick, a copy of the TSA reply in response to his FOIA request for information related to the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon.
From the September 2003 issue of ABA Law Practice Today, Electronic Discovery: The Top 10 Challenges and Solutions.
Federal Trade Commission Report to Congress, Pursuant to the Do Not Call Implementation Act, on Regulatory Coordination in Federal Telemarketing Laws (September 2003). [Link] Text of the Commission Report Appendix A: The Federal Trade Commission’s Amended Telemarketing Sales Rule and Statement of Basis and Purpose Appendix B: The Federal Communications Commission’s Amended Telephone Consumer Protection …
BarnesandNoble.com is no longer selling e-books, according to this posting on their website. However, a New York Times article by David D. Kirkpatrick, discusses the mid-September launch by Amazon.com of “a searchable online archive with the texts of tens of thousands of books of nonfiction, according to several publishing executives involved.” This program is called …
From MSN Money, two articles that address the conflicts inherent in current and proposed state and federal privacy legislation focused on the distribution of personal financial data. Congress ready to undo state privacy laws. See H.R. 2622, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The top 10 states for protecting privacy
Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate on “P****graphy, Technology, and Process: Problems and Solutions on Peer-to-Peer Networks.” September 9, 2003. [this site provides links to all available testimony] In particular, see the testimony of William Barr, Exec. VP and General Counsel, Verizon Communications(who served as Attorney General of the United States …
From PCWorld.com, this article has some useful information about malicious applications that can bypass your firewall and clutter your computer screen with unwanted ads and plug-ins. Suggested solutions include the use of programs, available in free and fee versions, that identify and delete stealthware (including Spybot Search & Destroy and Ad-aware 6).
Via the EFF, as provided by Ira P. Rothken: “A lawsuit was filed today on behalf of the general public of the State of California against the RIAA for unfair, deceptive, and unlawful business practices regarding its “Clean Slate” program. This lawsuit below seeks a remedy to stop the RIAA from engaging in unlawful, misleading, …
According to a WSJ article today, the RIAA contends that the target of its current spate of 261 lawsuits, filed around the country, are individuals who have compiled substantial libraries of pirated music, comprising 1,000 or more songs, which were then made available via file sharing programs such as Kazaa and Grokster. The RIAA has …