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Reporters’ Log: At war in Iraq: “The BBC’s unrivalled team of correspondents is bringing you news from the Gulf and reaction from around the world. On this page BBC News Online logs their impressions and personal experiences as they watch events unfold.”
The Federal Trade Commission issued a press release announcing their complaint (pdf) against 30 Minute Mortgage, Inc., which used this and other websites to spam and then scam consumers to obtain their financial data. The company is charged with violations of the FTC Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and the FTC’s …
Censorship Reaches Ridiculous Extremes is a commentary on the Child Internet Protection Act (CIPA) by prolific writer Kari Lydersen.
InternetNews.com reports that the legal battle by the RIAA to obtain the name of a Verizon ISP customer alleged to have pirated music using a P2P application has escalated with the issuance of more subpoenas demanding the names of other persons accused of copyright infringement. See RIAA Wins Battle With Verizon Over Customer Data for …
The FCC will hold a public hearing May 8 on the topic of compliance and oversight for the fraud-ridden e-rate program for libraries.
EPIC has obtained a copy of an Internal FBI Guidance on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (pdf), dated 1/23/03, that provides detailed information in response to the question, “What do I have to do to get a FISA?” i.e., the steps necessary to obtain authorization for electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes. See also my …
From EPIC: “Current policies for the .COM/.ORG/.NET top-level domains require the publication of personal information, such as a registrant’s mailing address, email address, telephone number, and fax number. EPIC’s WHOIS Privacy Issues Report (pdf), issued as ICANN considers new policies for WHOIS data, recommends that WHOIS policies follow the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development …
The start of the war against Iraq has generated a huge spike in web traffic to military sites, along with associated bottlenecks, which have impacted access to sites that include the U.S. Army Home Page and the UK Home Office’s site for terrorism information and advice. Commercial sites such as Yahoo News are also reporting …
The Supreme Court released the official transcript, in PDF (59 pages), of the oral argument held Wednesday, March 5, 2003 in United States v. American Library Association. See several of my previous postings on the case here and here.
Google’s Offspring: Taking Baby Steps critiques the search engine’s e-commerce site, Froogle, through which users can find information about a wide range of products for sale on the web by category.
From Robert J. Ambrogi, Blawgs: More Than Just Fluff reviews several dozens sites that offer useful information to the legal community.
According to this AP report, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia made some interesting statements at John Carroll University yesterday. In particular, after his speech and during a question and answer exchange he said that when the nation is at war, citizens can expect that civil liberties “…will be ratcheted right down to the constitutional minimum. …