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DEEPLINKS BLOG
By Danny O'Brien
May 27, 2008

Global minilinks for 2008-05-27

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  • Michael Geist - Ten More Questions for Industry Minister Prentice
    On the eve of Canada's DMCA, the politician in charge has plenty to answer for.
  • German Phone Company in Spying Scandal
    Deutsch Telekom employees analyzed "several hundred thousand landline and mobile connection data sets of key German journalists reporting on Telekom and their private contacts."
  • Gamer anger at Nokia's "Lock In"
    UK gamers battle Nokia's N-Gage's DRM and terms of service
  • EU Rejects New Intellectual Property Rights for Sport
    "Unjustified protectionism and injurious to press freedom," say publishers.
  • Shops Secretly Track Customers via Mobile Phone
    A less salubrious use of GNU Radio.
  • Rolling Stone on "China's All-Seeing Eye"
    Naomi Klein on how China's censorship is being exported.
  • Canada Watchdogs Investigate Deep Packet Inspection
    Are ISPs invading users' privacy?

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