minilinks for 2009-10-27

miniLinks by Hugh D'Andrade

• CIA Invests In Social Network Monitoring
  Watch what you tweet! Intelligence agencies are investing in new tech to monitor and archive public activity on blogs and social networks.
  
• NYT Op-Ed: A Win For Free Speech
  The Times Editorial Board on why the Craigslist win in federal court matters.
  
• UK's MI5 Opposes 3 Strikes
  British intelligence is against cutting off internet access for accused pirates -- because might encourage people to use crypto.
  
• Resisting Corporate Bullying On the Net
  EFF Fellow Cory Doctorow on how and why to stand up to bogus DMCA takedowns and other forms of censorship.
  
• The French Disconnection
  France's Conseil Constitutionnel has ruled Internet disconnection law is now legal.
  
• Fair Use: What It Means, Why It Matters
  In the wake of Shepard Fairey's admission of lying in his fair use case, Tim Wu explains why fair use is important.
  
• Study: Can't Stop Filesharing
  A new study finds that the millions spent by the RIAA and MPAA to stop BitTorrent pirats has had no noticeable effect.
  
• Canadian DMCA? That's Funny
  CBC's "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" has a funny sketch on proposed Canadian copyright law reform.
  

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