RIAA Deposes Dead Defendant's ChildrenLawyers allow 60 days for grieving process...
Demonstrates an "Abundance of Sensitivity" to the Press Outrage...backing out when the case is publicized.
You typed "Verb." Did you mean: Registered Trademark?Google(TM) decides that it's not such an everyday word,...

September 22 is OneWebDay, a day to "celebrate the Web and what it means to us as individuals, organizations, and communities." Founded by cyberlaw professor Susan Crawford and spearheaded by volunteers around the globe, the initiative is helping to plan events in major cities. The goal is to...

As reported by the AP, "A federal judge ruled Thursday that the government's warrantless wiretapping program is unconstitutional and ordered an immediate halt to it." The ACLU brought this lawsuit after the spying program was first disclosed.
Read the judge's decision and injunction order.
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How can you help prevent damaging privacy invasions like AOL's data leak? Along with spreading the word about this debacle, you can take steps to protect yourself online. Beneath the fold, we've listed some tips and tools that will help keep your search history private.
Don't put ...

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today asked [PDF] the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate AOL and require changes in its privacy practices, after the company recently released search history logs that exposed the private lives of more than a half-million of its customers. EFF argues that the release...

Never Mind the Piracy, Feel the ProfitsEd Felten says that the DRM debate has moved from combating piracy to supporting price discrimination...
"DRMs Enable Business Models, They Don't Stop Piracy" - Universal VP... as Universal's Jerry Pierce confirms the change of tack.
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