I think this was more interesting:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/

"Chilling Effects Clearinghouse

A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, 
Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, and University of Maine 
law school clinics.

Do you know your online rights? Have you received a letter asking you to 
remove information from a Web site or to stop engaging in an activity? Are 
you concerned about liability for information that someone else posted to 
your online forum? If so, this site is for you.

Chilling Effects aims to help you understand the protections that the First 
Amendment and intellectual property laws give to your online activities. We 
are excited about the new opportunities the Internet offers individuals to 
express their views, parody politicians, celebrate their favorite movie 
stars, or criticize businesses. But we've noticed that not everyone feels 
the same way. Anecdotal evidence suggests that some individuals and 
corporations are using intellectual property and other laws to silence 
other online users. Chilling Effects encourages respect for intellectual 
property law, while frowning on its misuse to "chill" legitimate activity.

The website offers background material and explanations of the law for 
people whose websites deal with topics such as Fan Fiction, Copyright, 
Domain Names and Trademarks, Anonymous Speech, and Defamation.

In addition, we want your help. We are gathering a searchable database of 
Cease and Desist notices sent to Internet users like you. We invite you to 
input Cease and Desist letters that you've received into our database. We 
will respond by linking the legalese in the letters to FAQs that explain 
the allegations in plain English.

Periodically, we will issue "weather reports" assessing the climate for 
Internet activity based on the letters we receive and news reports. What 
areas (topics, legal categories, jurisdictions) are coolest to online 
conduct? What activities risk being frozen out altogether? What conduct 
gets the warmest reception?"

Posted without permission of course.

Kevin T.
And there we go
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