The decision:
http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/DA1BA54F49B327A788256B533E66/$file/0055009.pdf?openelement
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50255,00.html
Playmate Checkmates Hef's Mag
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. Feb. 7, 2002 PST
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Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2002 09:48:08 -0800
From: Jeffrey St. Clair [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: CP List [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ashcroft's Microsoft Payola
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-mac-type=54455854;
x-mac
Personally, I may not disagree that much with Margie, but I would say that
sending me articles on topics I don't write about and have never written
about -- something that PressBlaster makes easy -- *is* an abuse of my
publicly available professional email address. (Do I really want press
My (partial) email count from Thursday (filtering courtesy of Procmail):
%pwd
/home/declan/.procmail
%grep Thu Feb 7 log |wc -l
1113
%
Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03125.html
-Declan
**
Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2002 11:19:30 +
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From:
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Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2002 23:05:03 -0800
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gohsuke Takama)
Subject: FYI: Japan's NPA trying to push reguration on internet auction
sites in Japan
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Japan's National Police Agency is pushing to change decades
http://news.com.com/2100-1017-834313.html
By Troy Wolverton
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
February 11, 2002, 5:45 PM PT
[...]
In a letter sent last week, Louisiana asked the online payments
company to cease offering its service to the state's residents until
PayPal
Text of the Cyber Security Enhancement Act:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.3482:
Cybercast of the hearing, at 4 pm ET today:
http://www.house.gov/judiciary/schedule.htm
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50363,00.html
Cybercrime Bill Ups the Ante
By Declan
Sequence of events:
1. Word leaks out, first in mailing lists, then confirmed by Ted Bridis,
that Comcast is recording user browsing data.
2. Expected privacy fuss ensues, with Rep. Markey, always ready to pounce
on suspected corporate miscreants, writing Comcast the traditional nastygram.
3.
Politech facecam archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=facecam
Politech biometrics archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=biometrics
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Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:05:14 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: dana hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
.
Sincerely,
Philo
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From: Jim Rapp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 21:09:55 -0500
On 13 Feb 2002, at 19:46, Declan McCullagh wrote:
So if Comcast's privacy policy permitted this, what's the big deal?
Anyone looking for a more privacy-protective service
Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03054.html
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From: Ken EnronOwnsTheGOP.com [deleted --DBM]@hotmail.com
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Republicans use 'cease and desist' to stop Enron site
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:10:45 -0600
Thought this might be of interest to you
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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 09:42:24 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: B.K. DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: AOL officially blocking Trillian users
Hey Declan -
I'm not sure if anyone on Politech is a big fan of IM software but a while
ago I found this great software called Trillian
Out of over 30,000 public comments received relating to the Microsoft
antitrust case, the Department of Justice has deemed just 47 worthy of
serious consideration. Those 47 comments are now online.
Previous Politech message:
DOJ MS comments include porn, spam, rants, little of substance
the oval office has no corners
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Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 10:28:44 -0600
From: Neil @ geekshanty.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: AOL again blocks Trillian instant messaging users
I'm going to have to disagree with Mr. DeLong. I also use
Trillian and am
will
take a patient and and concerted education effort.
-Declan
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50418,00.html
DMVs Pushing for Standard License
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. Feb. 15, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- Your driver's license soon may become a lot
Politech facecam archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=facecam
Politech biometrics archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=biometrics
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50470,00.html
Scanning Tech a Blurry Picture
By Declan
[I'm hardly one to speak on behalf of the AAMVA, but I would speculate that
their likely reply would be: DMVs have always issued both driver licenses
and ID cards. Some people do not drive and still wish to take advantage of
the many benefits of having state-issued ID. So if someone has their
[Of course if current law really does provide various penalties for
damaging or misappropriating someone else's property, why -- except to pad
the resumes of legislators -- do we need *new* laws? --Declan]
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Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:03:16 -0600
From: Ben Masel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
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Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2002 23:32:56 -0500
From: Monty Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Virginia May Collect DNA in Every Arrest for a Felony
February 17, 2002
Virginia May Collect DNA in Every Arrest for a Felony
By FRANCIS X. CLINES
RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 11 - Virginia is on the verge of
Previous Politech message:
Wisconsin may ban disabling spycams -- except for hidden sexcams
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03154.html
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FC: Wisconsin may ban disabling spycams
Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 01:48:02 -0800
From: John
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50529,00.html
Beefed-Up Global Surveillance?
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. Feb. 20, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- An addition to an international treaty could permit
police to cooperate more closely on intercepting
Previous Politech message:
Progressive Policy Institute wants biometric license-smartcards
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03158.html
Excerpt from PPI report released this month:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03149.html
By way of background, the Progressive Policy Institute is an arm of the
I've taken the MSWD document, crudely translated it into HTML, and placed
it here (a text copy is attached below):
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/bosnia.isp.license.022102.html
-Declan
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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 01:02:54 +0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Robert Horvitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Ick. Another example of why government privacy invasions are so chilling.
--Declan]
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From: John Cieciel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: State of mistrust
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:06:03 -0600
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Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 22:30:55 -0800
From: Alexander Moskalyuk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Ukrainian Internet newspaper raided by tax officials
Greetings, Declan,
Ukrainian Internet daily Obkom.net [www.obkom.net] was raided by tax
police after (surprise!) a
The decision:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/guantanamo.decision.022202.pdf
The case is Coalition of Clergy v. Bush, Civil No. 02-570 (C.D. Cal. Feb.
21, 2002). Relevant excerpt:
Having reviewed and considered all the arguments and conducted
additional research on its own, the Court rules as
[This is unverified. --Declan]
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From: Thomas Leavitt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: U.S. Customs denies Canada activist entry into U.S.
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 22:05:27 -0800
Declan,
I thought this was an interesting tidbit on how the U.S. government appears
to be
USA PATRIOT Act final text:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/usa.act.final.102401.html
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From: Karen G. Schneider [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Articles about USA Patriot Act
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 19:43:28 -0800
Declan, two Californian librarians (full disclosure: I'm one
includes an inventory listing material known
to have been removed or restricted since Sept. 11. It's very difficult
to maintain this kind of list you don't know what you don't know,
Bass said.
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Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:52:33 -0700
From: James J. Lippard [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL
The Libertarian Party contacted me last week and asked if I had a photo of
U.S. drug czar John Walters. They wanted to license the image for a
newspaper ad critical of the War on (Some) Drugs and -- imagine this! --
the White House refused to provide them with a publicity shot. I didn't
have
, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Declan,
I thought this was an interesting tidbit on how the U.S. government appears
to be targeting anti-globalization activists (in and outside of the U.S.)
in the fight against terrorism... the bit about Osama Bin Laden is
especially weird, but the whole scenario
---
From: Donna Wentworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Chilling Effects.org
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:47:36 -0500
Declan,
The Berkman Center is announcing the launch today of a
collaborative project that may be of interest to politech
readers.
[If only William Gammert had someone to stick up for his rights... Like a
worker-formed collective organized for mutual interest that could stand up
to the authorites and defend his right to be free from oppression! :)
Anyway, the Subject: line is a little misleading. The lawsuit is not just
[Mikael Pawlo is an associate at the Swedish law firm Advokatfirman
Lindahl. --Declan]
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 23:41:29 +0100
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Mikael Pawlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Politech - MySQL
X-UIDL: f45cd97046d6261e1f69241a4286081c
Declan,
Things are moving forward in
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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 14:43:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Tommyc [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Peekabooty (fwd)
Sounds like this is up the Politech alley. Perhaps this will replace SETI
as everyone's computer's spare-time hobby.
- Begin Forwarded Message
of the
Plaintiffs into a false light.
Background on the right to link freely (or not):
http://www.tnr.com/online/mccullagh052300.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,40850,00.html
-Declan
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Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:31:08 -0600
From: The Rev. Tony Begonja [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan
:48:18 -0500
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Stephen Cobb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Political spam from Bill Jones for California
Declan
Thought you might find this interesting. This message is turning up at
various email addresses that I own, including one business address that has
Previous Politech message:
Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03199.html
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From: Greg Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam
Date: Thu, 28 Feb
Also let's not forget about how almost-vice-president Sen. Joseph
Lieberman goes around talking about a .xxx top-level domain:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01219.html
Previous Politech message:
House panel vote Wed. on bill forcing ICANN to create .kids
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03218.html
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Subject: JONATHAN LAMY JOINS RIAA AS DIRECTOR, COMMUNICATIONS
X-Mailer: Lotus Notes Release 5.0.5 September 22, 2000
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:15:21 -0500
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Amy Weiss
Wednesday March 6, 2002
It's never -- at last for me -- easy to criticize journalists when
they screw up. We almost never have all the information we would
like. Deadlines mean we can't delay as long as we'd prefer. The demands
of the craft, the attention span of our readers, and the limits of
available space can
Also of interest to ICANNeers, Marc Schneiders sends this along:
Do you want to keep the right to vote for directors of ICANN,
the body that manages domains and IP addresses (and interferes
through trademark issues with free speech...)? Then, please, sign up
at
http://www.icannatlarge.com/
And
Politech facecam archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=facecam
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From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: WashTimes: Restraints shelved on facial-recognition
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:56:28 + (UTC)
From The Washington Times, available
Here's an English-language report on Xs4all's initial suit against AbFab:
http://www.xs4all.nl/uk/news/overview/abfab.html
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Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2002 19:47:15 +0100
From: chefren [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Xs4all wins Spam case
Hello Declan,
Xs4all just won a case
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Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 14:04:22 -0800 (PST)
From: Joe Baptista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Your Recent E-Mail to Commerce Secretary Donald Evans (fwd)
let the games begin
this reply is in reference to
[Of course Michael Powell was merely telling the truth and Senator Hollings
knew it. But Hollings would rather score political points by assailing
someone who dared suggest -- mildly! -- that government intrusion may not
be the best solution to every problem. To Hollings, that's apparently
---
From: Jacqueline Passey Bartels [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Last chance to stop dangerous anti-terrorism bill
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2002 14:13:16 -0800
Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority:
March 8, 2002
Press Contacts:
Heidi Mohlman Tringe ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Jeff Donald ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(202) 225-4275
CHAIRMAN BOEHLERT'S SPEECH TO
BROOKHAVEN NANOTECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE
WASHINGTON, D.C. -
http://www.freep.com/news/mich/video5_20020305.htm
Bill to keep violent games from minors
Plan seeks fine, jail for video rental, sale
March 5, 2002
BY BILL LAITNER
DETROIT FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
For sale or rent: a chance to sit around the rec room and kill cops.
Blow up their cars with
[To reply to Rick: I never claimed that Powell said public interest and
market forces are the same. Powell's claim was far weaker; which is why I
characterized it as such a mild statement. As for the consolidated
ownership point, I'm not willing to leap to a big-is-bad conclusion. Large
Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03192.html
**
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:31:08 -0800
Subject: Kelly v Arriba linking case
From: Fred von Lohmann (EFF) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: EFF IP [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Declan,
You said:
[EFF
[For police, any database of driver's license photos is an informational
motherlode. (If your photo isn't digitized yet, it soon will be.) Below we
see this lode being mined for criminal lineups. Next we'll see it being
used as a database for face recognition cameras. And so on. --Declan]
---
Also see:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24352.html
---
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/7/15844/31987
Swedish court holds forum owner responsible (Freedom Politics)
Thu Mar 7th, 2002 at 04:19:42 PM EST
In a ruling today, a Swedish
[Naturally a shoot-em-up involving a chain gun and a horde of bloodthirsty
IRS agents would be far more popular. Note to IRS agents: That was a joke.
--Declan]
---
From: paul music [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: DeClan [EMAIL PROTECTED], Pundit [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Braintaxer, online game from
Politech facecam archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=facecam
---
From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: British Criminals Learn to Foil Surveillance Cams
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 20:13:46 + (UTC)
From United Press International,
Politech archive on ICANN:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=icann
and
ICANN CEO proposes radical changes, more government involvement
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03175.html
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March 6, 2002
The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings
Chairman Committee on Commerce,
Politech archive in this case:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=taubman
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:42:17 -0500
From: Paul Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: More in the litigation against the critic of abusive litigation by
Taubman Company
For
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From: Fred Heutte [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2002 18:23:22 -0800
Subject: Fw: nettime REVOLT IN SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, CHIAPAS,
MSXICO ON EVENING OF 7TH MARCH 2002
A riot started by police suppression of sales of pirated CDs.
Just imagine what will
that
prohibition. --Declan]
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Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:12:29 -0500
From: Todd [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Google Refuses Business from Gun and Knife Advertisers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
Hi Declan,
First off, thanks for all the excellent
. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Declan McCullagh' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: News Corp. accused of secretly breaking TV copy-protection scheme
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 08:58:33 -0800
Hi,
Wow! According to this Vivendi Universal lawsuit against News Corp.,
News Corp. has been accused of secretly breaking
Previous Politech message:
Mexican police suppress pirated CD sales, riot ensues (unverified)
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03249.html
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From: Xeni Jardin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 16:37:10 -0800
Declan,
That story was earlier reported
The bill in question:
http://rs9.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.01940:
T.J. Rodgers' typically-provocative op-ed opposing it:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB101519745263202320,00.html
Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich) press release in favor of bill:
: Google refuses business from gun, knife, bulk food advertisers
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 13:09:52 -0500
Organization: Darwin Prevention Society - We keep evolution from happening.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 12:10:39 -0500, Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
[Google
[I expect this will be the last round unless I get some truly, remarkably
well-argued responses. Be warned before you submit: The bar will be high!
Previous message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03258.html --Declan]
---
From: Jerry Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Esther Dyson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Fwd: ALSC press release
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859
The now-offline website:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~usura/DiRT/
Earlier Politech message on DIRT:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02116.html
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http://online.securityfocus.com/news/354
D.I.R.T. Spyware Exposed on Web
Software marketed as a computer surveillance tool for law enforcement
[I recommend the George Mason IHS programs. I have lectured to their summer
programs before at their Arlington campus. --Declan]
---
From: Damon Chetson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Seminar: Liberty Crisis
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:41:57 -0500
Declan,
Since your list has
The folks at icannwatch have written a far more accurate summary of
what actually happened in Ghana than the confusing, incomprehensible
press release (http://www.politechbot.com/p-03264.html) would have you
believe.
http://www.icannwatch.org/article.php?sid=607mode=threadorder=0
The Board thus
http://www.fff.org/comment/com0203c.asp
Netscape Gets the Green W
by Sheldon Richman, March 2002
Imagine the nerve of a company that gives away its product in an
attempt to knock off the dominant firm in an industry. I have one such
company in mind right now. It went all out
From the Federation of American Scientists:
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NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW EXCERPTS NOW ONLINE
Significant excerpts from the classified Nuclear Posture Review (NPR)
report on U.S. nuclear weapons policy that was leaked to the press last
weekend have now been posted on the website of
Politech SSSCA archive:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sssca
---
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51072,00.html
Cal Senator: Hollywood Over Tech
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. March 15, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Dianne
. Mermelstein [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh (by way of Emily [EMAIL PROTECTED]) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: Google refuses business from gun, knife, bulk foodadvertisers
Before y'all think I'm getting a bit stuffy and citing
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Subject: Time to dump the digital divide rhetoric
From: Sonia Arrison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Declan,
I thought your Politech readers might be interested in this piece on the
digital divide.
Best,
Sonia
http://news.com.com/2010-1078-858537.html
What digital
Background:
Conservatives complain CDC.gov links to a healthy-sex site
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03243.html
---
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 14:48:43 -0800
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Will Doherty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: OPG Alert: Urge CDC and USDA to Provide Safe-Sex Info
[Next up: The politicos in Harrisburg require ISPs to manually filter all
off-color Usenet posts. Actually, the current law could be read to require
just that. --Declan]
---
From: Richard M. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Declan McCullagh' [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject
See also:
U.S. House not willing to endorse mandatory copy protection
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03217.html
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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 10:57:01 -0500
From: Seth Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: Real Measures
CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
Previous Politech message:
Canada's privacy commish: Video surveillance a 'threat' to privacy
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02616.html
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Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2002 22:25:50 -0500
From: Robert Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: video surveillance in Canada (fwd)
Declan:
Karl Auerbach's previous messages that have appeared on Politech:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=auerbach
Of particular relevance is this one, where I invited ICANN to publicize
what it requires that its directors sign (ICANN never replied):
, including the name of the restaurant, a week
before the gathering. See you there!
Declan McCullagh / March 20, 2002
More information
http://www.politechbot.com/events/cfp2002/
-
POLITECH -- Declan
Also see:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/3/20/8222/92911
Politech archive on Scientology's battles with critics:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=scientology
File under:
Yet another new and innovative use of the DMCA.
-Declan
---
From: Mirele [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
I've placed the text of the Consumer Broadband and Digital Television
Promotion Act (CBDTPA) here:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/
Here's Sen. Fritz Hollings' (D-SC) statement and press release:
http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/hollings.cbdtpa.release.032102.html
Wired News
Previous message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03282.html
Ian tells me he isn't sure whether he'll resume the ORBZ service.
-Declan
- Forwarded message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Query from Wired News
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu
[Some sample comments follow. An exercise for the reader: How many of
these comments *applaud* the SSSCA or, by extension, the approach its
successor takes? See: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/cbdtpa/
--Declan]
http://judiciary.senate.gov/special/input_form.cfm
Protecting Creative
/politics/0,1283,51274,00.html
Anti-Copy Bill Slams Coders
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
1:25 p.m. March 22, 2002 PST
WASHINGTON -- America's programmers, engineers and sundry bit-heads
have not yet figured out how much a new copyright bill will affect
their livelihood
Mar 2002 12:49:45 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: net.radio: CARP comment period extended to April 5
Declan,
You and politechers may be aware that the Copyright Arbitration Royalty
Panel handed down some extremely complex and onerous
[Patrick has been a longtime Politech member and contributor. --Declan]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2002 10:31:08 -0800 (PST)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Doing a Number on Violators
From: Al Teich
Your readers might be interested in this LA Times story about AAAS human
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From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Maryland rejects radar cameras
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2002 07:38:24 + (UTC)
From The Washington Times, available online at:
http://www.washtimes.com/metro/20020320-84148350.htm
Maryland rejects radar cameras
By Brian
The bill text:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.02735:
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Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:01:37 -0800
From: LR [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HR 2375 IH, Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act of 2001
Hi,
This may be old news, as the bill
artist, so that when, say,
Waylon Jennings died, webcasters couldn't legally do all-Waylon sets.
--
Rick Karr
Cultural Correspondent
National Public Radio News
+1 718/609-0068
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Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:21:04 -0800 (PST)
From: owlswan free eagle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL
I will be covering the trial (though I may not stay for the entire two
weeks) starting tomorrow in Philadelphia. It's at the federal courthouse at
601 Market St., courtroom 16-A, starts at 9:15 am and of course is open to
the public.
Politech archive on CIPA (the federal filtering law in
[From the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News
(www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/index.html). --Declan]
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SECRECY NEWS
from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy
Volume 2002, Issue No. 25
March 25, 2002
** FIFTY YEAR OLD INTEL RECORDS PULLED FROM ARCHIVES
** SHUTTLE LAUNCH
, and then there will be calls for Congress to get involved and put some
controls on how Verisign does business.
Hugh Brower
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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:51:56 -0500
From: Rich Kulawiec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: Verisign reportedly sending deceptive domain
archive on CIPA (the federal filtering law in question):
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=cipa
-Declan
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51309,00.html
Porn-Filter Judge Boots Public
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
4:00 p.m. March 25, 2002 PST
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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 13:19:43 -0700 (MST)
From: Tramm Hudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Government lying to citizens
Declan,
I would have expected this issue of the ability of the US
government to lie to its citizens to receive more press:
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From: Danny Yavuzkurt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NYT: Armed With Radar, Civilians Take Aim At Speeders
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2002 09:01:28 -0500
Article from the NY Times about regular people who take the law, er, radar
guns, into their own hands
Just in case folks haven't figured out how sweeping the Hollings-Feinstein
bill, aka CBDTPA is, well, keep reading.
The CBDTPA says that if I were to write and sell this BASIC program...
10 INPUT A$
20 PRINT A$
...after the regulations take effect, I would be guilty of a federal
felony.
-Filter Trial Gets Raunchy
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. March 26, 2002 PST
PHILADELPHIA -- Raunchy depictions of explicit sex punctuated a trial
over library filtering on Monday when government attorneys argued the
images were unsuitable for display on public
[Thanks to Robert for sending this along. Do any of the authors of the
business privacy papers (probably better characterized as free-market
privacy papers) want to reply? Also, privacy laws in this context are
mostly government regulations governing business' collection, use,
retention, and
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From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Congress' chief anti-terror cop opposes national ID card
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 03:04:36 + (UTC)
From Fox News, available online at:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,48875,00.html
Gilmore Opposes Extreme
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From: James Cheesman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Australian government publishes censorware effectiveness report
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 09:32:44 +0100
Hi Declan,
The link you posted is wrong: the corrected version is below.
...
The report was commissioned by
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