FC: Feds refuse to "Free Dmitry"; ACM letter to publishers

2001-07-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
The Association for Computing Machinery is a member of the Association of American Publishers. AAP has applauded Dmitry Sklyarov's arrest (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02288.html). ACM is not happy. (Keep reading.) Politech archive on U.S. v. Sklyarov: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politec

FC: Senate should ask FBI nominee Mueller about privacy, EPIC says

2001-07-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
Robert Mueller, FBI director-designate, will be before the Senate Judiciary committee on Monday. EPIC's letter is a worthy effort to raise the topic of privacy, and will (I hope) get Mueller's views in the public record. EPIC's Marc Rotenberg correctly says that as the first FBI director of the

FC: Poland enacts FOIA law: Government docs automatically go online

2001-07-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
* Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:11:27 +0200 From: Pawel Krawczyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Polish digital signature and freedom of information law DIGIAL SIGNATURE Polish Parliament has adopted digital signature law on July 4. The new act will

FC: Request for help on case involving subpoenas and anonymity

2001-07-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Forwarded with permission. Harvey and Andrew have done some remarkable work on behalf of liberty and I hope folks can help them. But remember, technology is a more steadfast friend of anonymity than the law. Practice safe computing! --DBM] From: "Harvey A. Silverglate" <[EMAIL PROT