A federal district court judge today threw out the misdemeanor convictions of Lori Drew after the judge determined that the federal anti-hacking statute under which Drew was prosecuted was inapplicable to the allegation that she violated MySpace's terms of service. Drew was convicted by a jury in November...

As turmoil over the disputed election in Iran continues, many techs are trying to find ways to help Iranian citizens safely communicate and receive information despite the barriers being established by Iranian authorities. One tactic that even moderately tech-savvy Internet users can employ is to set up a Tor relay...

Three simple facts about Google and HTTPS:One: as we posted last week, we're very pleased to hear that Google is trialling full HTTPS encryption of all Gmail pages.Two: if Google's trials are successful, and the company does indeed make HTTPS encryption the default protocol for reading and writing Gmail...

Just a few days ago, we pointed out that ASCAP is arguing in federal court that every time your musical ringtone rings in public, you're violating copyright law by "publicly performing" it without a license. Now ASCAP has fired up its spin control machinery and issued a statement...

REAL ID Revival Bill Is Another Attempt at a National IDA new "PASS ID" bill seeks to create a privacy-invasive national ID, just like its antecedent, REAL ID.
IP Colloquium Podcast Tackles Patent Damages ReformUCLA Law Professor Doug Lichtman and his guests explore the contentious issues around...

Responding to repeated reports that the National Security Agency's surveillance dragnet is continuing to intercept Americans' purely domestic communications in the millions, the New York Times editorial board is calling on Congress to repeal the deeply-flawed FISA Amendments Act (FAA), which broadly expanded the government's spying powers while...

Following up on their report in April detailing the National Security Agency's systemic and significant "overcollection" — that is, illegal interception — of Americans' domestic communications, James Risen and Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times have just published a new story with even more detail about the...