FC: Playboy can't keep Playmate of the Year term off terriwelles.com

2002-02-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
The decision: http://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/ca9/newopinions.nsf/DA1BA54F49B327A788256B533E66/$file/0055009.pdf?openelement --- 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

FC: DOJ MS comments include porn, spam, rants, little of substance

2002-02-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Technology reporter defends PressBlaster spam software

2002-02-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Replies to technology reporter defends PressBlaster spam software

2002-02-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
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:

FC: Japan police press for regulations on online auction sites

2002-02-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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 --- Japan's National Police Agency is pushing to change decades

FC: Louisiana government accuses Paypal of running unauthorized bank

2002-02-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Congress weighs life imprisonment for some computer intrusions

2002-02-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50363,00.html Cybercrime Bill Ups the Ante By Declan

FC: A defense of Comcast's recording web traffic of subscribers

2002-02-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
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.

FC: USNews' Dana Hawkins on biometrics, facecams, and light prints

2002-02-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 19:05:14 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: dana hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

FC: Responses to a defense of Comcast's recording of web traffic

2002-02-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
. Sincerely, Philo --- 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

FC: Republican Party threatens enronownsthegop.com with lawsuit

2002-02-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03054.html --- 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

FC: AOL again blocks Trillian instant messaging users

2002-02-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: DOJ releases public comments on MS deal: All 47 of them

2002-02-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Replies to AOL again blocks Trillian instant messaging users

2002-02-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
the oval office has no corners --- 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

FC: National ID? Driver's licenses to become biometric smartcards

2002-02-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
will take a patient and and concerted education effort. -Declan --- 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

FC: Pentagon test finds iris, face scan technology not that reliable

2002-02-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50470,00.html Scanning Tech a Blurry Picture By Declan

FC: Duncan Frissell on AAMVA, licenses as biometric smartcards

2002-02-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: Wisconsin may ban disabling spycams -- except for hidden sexcams

2002-02-18 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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] --- Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 16:03:16 -0600 From: Ben Masel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

FC: NYT: Virginia wants arrestees' DNA; Hong Kong plans digital ID

2002-02-18 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: John Gilmore and others on Wisconsin's proposed pro-spycam law

2002-02-19 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Wisconsin may ban disabling spycams -- except for hidden sexcams http://www.politechbot.com/p-03154.html --- 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

FC: Council of Europe drafts secret Second Protocol

2002-02-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Progressive Policy Institute on why smartcard-licenses are so terrific

2002-02-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Bosnia wants to make Internet firms monitor, police their users

2002-02-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 01:02:54 +0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Robert Horvitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FC: South Carolina secretly creates children's DNA database

2002-02-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Ick. Another example of why government privacy invasions are so chilling. --Declan] --- From: John Cieciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dec [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: State of mistrust Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 15:06:03 -0600

FC: Tax cops reportedly raid Ukrainian news site after criticisms

2002-02-22 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Calif. federal court says it has no jurisdiction over Guantanamo

2002-02-22 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: U.S. Customs bars Canadian activist from crossing border

2002-02-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
[This is unverified. --Declan] --- 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

FC: Karen Schneider on USA PATRIOT Act, librarians, and surveillance

2002-02-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
USA PATRIOT Act final text: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/usa.act.final.102401.html --- 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

FC: SUNY librarian advises colleagues to restrict NRC microfiche

2002-02-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
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. --- Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 21:52:33 -0700 From: James J. Lippard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL

FC: Libertarian Party runs newspaper ad slamming U.S. drug czar

2002-02-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Was Canadian activist barred from U.S. a socialist wing-nut?

2002-02-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
, 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

FC: How to respond to cease-and-desist nastygrams: chillingeffects.org

2002-02-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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.

FC: Unions sue member for posting constitution on the web

2002-02-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: Boston judge to hear first test of GNU license used in MySQL

2002-02-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Mikael Pawlo is an associate at the Swedish law firm Advokatfirman Lindahl. --Declan] --- 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

FC: Peekabooty software aims to circumvent Net-censorship

2002-02-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Churches sue critic for linking; EFF Arriba framing brief

2002-02-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:31:08 -0600 From: The Rev. Tony Begonja [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan

FC: Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam

2002-02-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
: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

FC: Query from politico: How can I get the word out without spamming?

2002-02-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam http://www.politechbot.com/p-03199.html --- From: Greg Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam Date: Thu, 28 Feb

FC: Ellen Rony on ICANN's new problem: How to respond to .kids?

2002-03-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: RIAA's PR director decamps for Al Gore 2002 campaign

2002-03-06 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Slate 'fesses up: Diary of automotive CEO was a hoax

2002-03-06 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: ICANN roundup; study says domain name dispute process is biased

2002-03-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Virginia legislature won't enact limits on facecams

2002-03-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
Politech facecam archive: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=facecam --- 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

FC: Dutch ISP wins suit -- spammer will be fined $45 per spam

2002-03-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
Here's an English-language report on Xs4all's initial suit against AbFab: http://www.xs4all.nl/uk/news/overview/abfab.html --- 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

FC: Commerce Dept. refuses to bless .GOD and .SATAN top-level domains

2002-03-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Senator tells FCC chairman he should be at U.S. Chamber of Commerce

2002-03-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: Libertarians, ACLU oppose Washington state wiretap bill

2002-03-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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:

FC: Rep. Sherwood Boehlert pledges nanotech pork on New York trip

2002-03-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
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. -

FC: Sell violent video games to a teenager, go to jail

2002-03-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: NPR's Rick Karr replies to FCC chairman at Chamber of Commerce

2002-03-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: EFF replies to Politech post over linking vs. image importing

2002-03-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Criminal lineups use photos from driver's licenses

2002-03-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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] ---

FC: Swedish paper found liable for pro-Nazi rants on discussion board

2002-03-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: IRS' Online Game Show -- you can be a constant for free!

2002-03-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: We clearly need more spycams: British crooks are evading 'em

2002-03-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
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,

FC: Sen. Burns blasts ICANN as flawed, ineffective, wants hearings

2002-03-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- March 6, 2002 The Honorable Ernest F. Hollings Chairman Committee on Commerce,

FC: Appeals court says mall critic may keep his site online -- for now

2002-03-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
Politech archive in this case: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=taubman --- 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

FC: Mexican police suppress pirated CD sales, riot ensues (unverified)

2002-03-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Google refuses business from gun, knife, bulk food advertisers

2002-03-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
that prohibition. --Declan] --- 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

FC: News Corp accused of secretly breaking TV copy-protection scheme

2002-03-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
. 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

FC: More on riot after Mexican police end pirate CD sales, verified

2002-03-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Mexican police suppress pirated CD sales, riot ensues (unverified) http://www.politechbot.com/p-03249.html --- 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

FC: Senate Republicans urge defeat of stock-option charges bill

2002-03-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
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:

FC: Google permits ads for spamware, rejects firearms-related ads

2002-03-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
: 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

FC: Cato's Jerry Taylor reply on fuel efficiency and dead Americans

2002-03-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: ICANN press release on at-large membership resolution

2002-03-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: D.I.R.T. spyware exposed on web, by Kevin Poulsen

2002-03-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
The now-offline website: http://www.xs4all.nl/~usura/DiRT/ Earlier Politech message on DIRT: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02116.html --- http://online.securityfocus.com/news/354 D.I.R.T. Spyware Exposed on Web Software marketed as a computer surveillance tool for law enforcement

FC: Liberty vs. security events: PPI on 3/15 and George Mason IHS 7/5

2002-03-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: ICANN has voted to eliminate public elections --Karl Auerbach

2002-03-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Netscape should stop whining about Microsoft dominance --S. Richman

2002-03-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Secret U.S. nuclear policy documents appear, surprise, on the web

2002-03-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
From the Federation of American Scientists: --- 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

FC: California's Sen. Feinstein cozies up to SSSCA, anti-copying laws

2002-03-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Rabbi Mermelstein on Google ad ban: Chill out, life is short

2002-03-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
. 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

FC: So-called digital divide no longer exists, by Sonia Arrison

2002-03-19 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Federal agencies urged to keep linking to healthy-sex site

2002-03-19 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Pennsylvania Internet providers must block illegal sex sites

2002-03-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: House committee asks for views on digital copyright, 4/8 deadline

2002-03-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
See also: U.S. House not willing to endorse mandatory copy protection http://www.politechbot.com/p-03217.html --- 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:

FC: Canada's privacy czar: Cops must cease video surveillance

2002-03-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Canada's privacy commish: Video surveillance a 'threat' to privacy http://www.politechbot.com/p-02616.html --- 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:

FC: Karl Auerbach sues ICANN to open books, inspect financial info

2002-03-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
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):

FC: Politech announcement: CFP dinner gathering in SF on Tue, Apr. 16

2002-03-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
, 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

FC: Google bows to Scientology's DMCA request, yanks critics' site

2002-03-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
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:

FC: Text of Sen. Hollings' revised SSSCA, now called the CBDTPA

2002-03-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Battle Creek retreats, says won't prosecute anti-spammer

2002-03-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Everyone hates SSSCA, CBDPTA in comments to Senate Judicary panel

2002-03-22 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: Forget MP3 players: Hollings' CBDTPA regulates software too

2002-03-22 Thread Declan McCullagh
/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

FC: Internet radio fees may push hobby webcasters off the air

2002-03-22 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: AAAS' Patrick Ball testifies at Milosevic trial in The Hague

2002-03-23 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Patrick has been a longtime Politech member and contributor. --Declan] --- 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

FC: Maryland rejects radar-cameras for speeding tickets

2002-03-23 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: House bill orders Detroit to let owners tinker with their vehicles

2002-03-23 Thread Declan McCullagh
The bill text: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.02735: --- 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

FC: More on Internet radio fees may push hobby webcasters off the air

2002-03-23 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 --- Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 01:21:04 -0800 (PST) From: owlswan free eagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL

FC: Library filtering trial starts Monday in Philadelphia

2002-03-24 Thread Declan McCullagh
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

FC: Feds yank 50-year old spy records from National Archives

2002-03-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
[From the Federation of American Scientists' Secrecy News (www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/index.html). --Declan] --- 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

FC: More on Verisign sending deceptive domain registration bills

2002-03-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
, and then there will be calls for Congress to get involved and put some controls on how Verisign does business. Hugh Brower --- 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

FC: Philly dispatch: N2H2 prompts judges to close filtering trial

2002-03-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
archive on CIPA (the federal filtering law in question): http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=cipa -Declan --- 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

FC: Should the U.S. government ever lie to its citizens?

2002-03-25 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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:

FC: Radar-gun vigilantes team up with cops to nab speeders --NYT

2002-03-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: CBDTPA bans everything from two-line BASIC programs to PCs

2002-03-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
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.

FC: Philly dispatch: Photos from courthouse, CIPA trial goes blue

2002-03-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
-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

FC: No broad U.S. privacy laws costs tens of billions, study says

2002-03-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
[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

FC: Former Virginia guv Gilmore waxes libertarian on nat'l id cards

2002-03-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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

FC: Australian government censorware report -- corrected link

2002-03-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- 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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