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Global minilinks for 2008-03-14

DEEPLINKS BLOG
By Danny O'Brien
March 14, 2008

Global minilinks for 2008-03-14

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  • Italian Privacy Authority Upholds Privacy of P2P Users' IP addresses
    Google translation of court decision defending 3000 Italian P2P users, whose IP addresses were obtained by German label Peppermint.
  • License Plate Surveillance 'The Hallmarks of a Totalitarian State', Says German Supreme Court
    Roundly rejects the technology from being used in the country.
  • Is British Government Going Wobbly on No Sound Copyright Extension?
    A UK government spokesman hints they are not wedded to their previous economic analysis.
  • Marking Online Free Expression Day
    Rebecca MacKinnon does a round-up of resources and information on international censorship online.
  • YouTube and the Rise of Geolocational Filtering
    The metadata behind Google's self-censorship.
  • ISP Filtering in Ireland?
    The Irish music industry is suing an ISP to get them to filter. Digital Rights Ireland explains why that's a bad idea.
  • Beijing's Internet cafes Stop Anonymous Access
    Pre-Olympics, users must show ID (as they must in Italy, incidentally)
  • Japan's ID System Not Against the Constitution
    Japan's supreme court gives the okay to Juki Net, its semi-secret resident registry system.

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