• Can FBI Use Cellphone Mics to Monitor Conversations?
  Evidence in recent cases suggests they could.
  
• Companies Face New Legal Rules on Keeping Emails, Instant
  Messages
  The more logs your company keeps, the more cash legal
  discovery will cost you.
  
• Anti-Game Laws Shot Down
  Seventh Circuit and a US District Court of Louisiana both
  say anti-video game laws are unconstitutional.
  
• MPAA Kills California Anti-Pretexting Bill
  Said they need to masquerade as others to fight piracy.
  
• Sniffing Out Piracy
  The Arab Anti-Piracy Union is using sniffer dogs to find
  "pirated" optical disks. Apparently, unauthorized
  distribution has a certain aroma.
  
• UK Music Business Rails Against "Thinkers" After Report
  Disapproves of Copyright Extension
  "I sincerely hope this government will have the moral fibre
  and courage to support talent, creativity, investment and
  success and will not duck this critical issue by
  conveniently hiding behind academics and other 'thinkers.'"
  
• The Top 10 Arguments Against DRM
  A free format audiobook seller provides a short and sweet
  description of the copy controls' problems.
  
• What Will a Democratic Congress Mean for Digital Freedom?
  EFF's Derek Slater covers the rest of the legislative
  battlefield.
  
• Telecom Legislation in the New Congress
  Public Knowledge's Art Brodsky gives the state of play.
  
• Supreme Court not Happy With the Patent System
  "At another point, [Chief Justice John] Roberts also
  ridiculed the concept of hiring expert witnesses to testify
  that a certain innovation was not obvious from prior art.
  'Who do you get to be an expert to tell you something's not
  obvious?' Roberts asked aloud. 'I mean, the least insightful
  person you can find?'"
  
• Top Turkeys of the 2006 Legislative Season
  Roy Mark roasts Congress for their digitally foul deeds this
  year.
  
• A Cross-Border Defamation Law for Europe?
  Could that be good news for publishers being sued in other
  jurisdictions?