Last week, Microsoft announced that it was leaving the paying customers of its MSN Music store out in the cold. Rob Bennett, the head of MSN Entertainment and Video Services, told customers in an email that “[a]s of August 31, 2008, we will no longer be able to support...

Feds to Collect DNA from Every Person They ArrestAnyone arrested by the feds would have their DNA included
in a massive database.
Chertoff Says Fingerprints Aren't 'Personal Data'Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the
Canadian press that fingerprints should not be considered
private.
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Update: A victory! On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the State Secrets Protection Act. Thanks to everyone who contacted their Senator. Stay tuned to Deeplinks for more info as the bill moves through the Senate.
This week presents an opportunity to put a stop to one of...

Yesterday, the FCC held a second hearing in its investigation of Comcast's use of forged RST packets to interfere with BitTorrent and other P2P applications. Free Press has a page linking to written testimony, statements, and audio and video recordings from the Stanford hearing.
At the...

At a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee today, FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni faced tough questions about the EFF Report on the abuse of a National Security Letter (NSL) to North Carolina State University at Raleigh.
In her testimony, Caproni speculated that this misuse...

UK Judge Won't Stop Publication, Because Net Told the WorldBritish court turns down a request for an injunction preventing publication of a video, because the footage was already widely available online.

British Music Industry Threatens UK ISP for Speaking Out"The music industry has consistently failed to adapt to...

Yesterday, Senator Leahy asked tough questions [Audio Excerpt MP3, 2.75MB] and this morning the San Francisco Chronicle continued its investigation of the mysterious phone call that Attorney General Mukasey referenced while speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco a few weeks ago. During the questions...