FC: Singapore political website closes after government demands

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Some background: "Singapore orders political websites to register with government" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02257.html "Singapore political website reluctantly registers with government" http://www.politechbot.com/p-02271.html ** Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 16:29:48 +0800 (SGT) From: Xi

FC: Netscape hit by Code Red; worm will resume attack on 8/19

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 01:19:13 -0600 Subject: Netscape hit by Code Red To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B McWilliams) FYI, The other shoe drops ... ouch http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169122.html -

FC: Industry Standard ceases publication, lays off staff

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Also see: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010816/tc/industrystandard_dc_4.html >The Industry Standard, whose pages chronicled the hope and the hubris of >the dot-com revolution, announced Thursday it was suspending publication >and laying off most of its staff -- the latest vict

FC: DNI Copyright Institute now open for business -- sign up now!

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 19:31:34 -0700 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Peggy Richardson - mer-IT Consulting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Interesting DNA/Cloning markeitng idea Hello Mr. McCullagh, You must have already seen this, but just in case not, I thought you and y

FC: Jim Bell-quoting Australian anarchist pleads guilty

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Ohio police were looking for Matt Stephen Taylor/proffr/mattd regarding alleged threats posted to an Independent Media Center website against Steven Roach, the policeman whose shooting of an unarmed black man led to riots in Cincinnati. But the Australian cops nabbed him first. The charges see

FC: More on DMCA and Dutch crypto whiz breaking Intel dig-vid scheme

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
I spoke with an Intel rep about this. Their position, as explained to me: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46091,00.html >The official Intel line follows, as explained by company spokesman Daven >Oswalt: "We have no problem with Mr. Ferguson presenting his research. The >information th

FC: More on AP not wanting one sentence quoted from articles

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02398.html ** Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 10:32:13 -0500 From: "Malla Pollack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: AP reportedly doesn't like quoting one sentence from articles Hi I am a pro-public d

FC: More on New Jersey officials sue news website over namecalling

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech coverage: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02355.html And: http://www.bergenrecord.com/news/pmemd200108165.htm [...] Paul Alan Levy, an attorney with the non-profit Public Citizen Litigation Group, sent a letter Wednesday to Superior Court in Hackensack. He raised ques

FC: AP reportedly doesn't like quoting one sentence from articles

2001-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
A Politech irregular, Jay Holovacs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, reports the Associated Press has pressured about.com to remove excerpted AP stories (with links to the offsite complete text) from the site if even one sentence is quoted. Two items follow: 1. Mail from Jay with links to about.com's moder