miniLinks for 2007-04-24

miniLinks by Danny O'Brien

• French E-Voting Is a "Catastrophe"
  Widespread complaints after the first use of electronic
  voting machines in the country's presidential election.
  
• Pandora Chief Mourns Loss of Internet Radio
  Copyright royalty board is out-of-touch and has destroyed
  90% of Internet radio without understanding what it is,
  says Joe Kennedy, CEO of pandora.com
  
• Chinese Dissident, Wife Sue Yahoo for Complicity
  Foreign tort act suit alleges that Yahoo voluntarily
  allowed Chinese government to track and arrest 57-year-old
  Wang Xiaoning.
  
• Google, Wikipedia Sued By Politician Trying to Silence
  Critics
  Canadian public figure tries to stop a story by pouring
  censorship gasoline on it.
  
• No Cookie For You: Government Asked to Halt Google-
  Doubleclick Deal
  Electronic Privacy Information Center expresses concern
  about the size and reach of the database created by the
  acquisition.
  
• RIAA Balks at Judge Hearing EFF's Silver Tongue
  RIAA's lawyers are aghast that a judge might consider
  reading an EFF amicus brief in their case.
  
• Orphan Works in Europe
  Google, the British Library, and others give their views on
  copyrights versus unclaimed works.
  
• The .ca in Broadcast Treaty
  The Canadian view of WIPO's Broadcast Treaty: "We haven't
  been able to identify a lot of benefit to Canadian
  broadcasters from the treaty."
  
• Online Journalists: Protected by Law or Fair Game?
  Susan Crawford documents a lively debate at Cardozo on a
  topic close to EFF's heart.
  
• Digital Freedom University
  Boston Herald writes about college students' work in
  digital rights.
  
• Canadian ISP Throttling All Encrypted Traffic?
  Please submit your packet in plaintext for better
  surveillance services: thank you.
  
• Bloggers' Search for Anonymity
  The BBC puts the case for the untraceable voice.
  

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