For the last two months, your phone calls and letters have helped hold back the dangerous NSA spying bills in Congress. But in the last week before the pre-election recess, the White House and several Congressional leaders are trying to sneak these bills through and effect the single greatest...

Just as Sen. Specter's surveillance bill appeared headed for the Senate floor this week, it has once again been delayed. Nearly two months since it was first announced, the bill unfortunately passed the Senate Judiciary Committee last week. But the Washington Post reports today that Senate Majority Leader...

There has been quite a bit of discussion (BoingBoing, Medialoper, Slyck) about whether Microsoft's new Zune portable media player will end up violating Creative Commons licenses with its DRM-laden wireless sharing feature. For a careful examination of the question, check out this post at LawMeme...

In yesterday's announcement of the new Zune media player and Zune Marketplace, Microsoft (and many press reports) glossed over a remarkable misfeature that should demonstrate once and for all how DRM and the DMCA harm legitimate customers.
Microsoft's Zune will not play protected Windows Media Audio...

A Search Engine for Government SpendingCongress passes measure to create tool that will expose where your tax dollars go.
MS, Customers Play DRM Cat and MouseEngadget reports on the continuing saga of FairUse4WM, a Windows Media DRM evasion tool.
NYT: Music Fans Turning...

Less than two months before the November election, Princeton researchers Ariel Feldman, Alex Halderman, and Ed Felten have released a remarkable new study demonstrating just how vulnerable Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machines are to manipulation. With clarity and in vivid detail, the study reveals glaring vulnerabilities with Diebold's technology and...