FC: Congress weighs life imprisonment for some computer intrusions

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: SafeWeb's anonymous-surfing technology is not that safe

.html SafeWeb's Holes Contradict Claims By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 12:35 p.m. Feb. 12, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- SafeWeb's anonymous-surfing technology turns out not to be very safe after all. A pair of researchers has unearthed flaws in the CIA-funded

FC: Update on Digital Angel and human trials of implantable chips

--- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 11:05:02 +1100 From: Nathan Cochrane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Organization: The Age newspaper To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ADS pushes ahead with human implants despite earlier denials Hi Declan From the "I-told-you-so" depart

FC: U.S. libraries cull collections at behest of federal government

The American Library Association's code of ethics for librarians says: http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ethics.html >We uphold the principles of intellectual freedom and resist all >efforts to censor library resources. -Declan - Forwarded message from Eric Cordian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - F

FC: BARTEC, eavesdropping, and "open source" wiretap software

BARTEC is an interesting company. It describes itself as being the best choice for police "telephone surveillance equipment." BARTEC's product line is extensive, featuring "the intelligent choice for all your telephone surveillance investigations - pen register, audio wiretap or PCS/cellular." (ht

FC: GPO replies to Politech article on libraries destroying data

Previous message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03137.html --- From: "Sherman, Andrew M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GPO Statement on Withdrawal of USGS CD-ROM Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 12:32:00 -0500 I saw your story about the withdrawal of the USGS

FC: Washington DC erects surveillance cam network; EPIC FOIA request

e're looking at that technology but have made no decisions" about how or whether to use it, Mr. Gaffigan says. [...] --- Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 16:11:34 -0500 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Marc Rotenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: EPIC FOIAs Reco

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

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. Wh

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

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: art

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

ted this, what's the big > deal? Anyone > looking for a more privacy-protective service (and the point about > subpoenas for stored data is a good one) should have taken their business > elsewhere. To Earthlink, for example, which seems to be offering > just that. > "

FC: U.S. Customs deems serial cables to be violations of the DMCA?

Politech DMCA archive: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=dmca --- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 10:48:02 -0700 (MST) From: Tramm Hudson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Serial cables are in violation of the DMCA? Declan, Thoug

FC: Republican Party threatens enronownsthegop.com with lawsuit

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 yo

FC: Transcript of NYC bail hearing for raisethefist.com owner

Background on raisethefist controversy: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=raisethefist Excerpt from transcript, a prosecutor speaking: http://cryptome.org/usa-v-sma-dht.htm In fact, his web site, before it was dismantled by the FBI, indicated he wanted to burn the Olympi

FC: AOL again blocks Trillian instant messaging users

--- 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 (http:

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

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" htt

FC: Replies to AOL again blocks Trillian instant messaging users

alled Everybuddy (http://www.everybuddy.com). It has many of the features that Trillian does (all I think except encryption) and is open source (despite being registered at .com). Over the last few weeks I haven't had any trouble with AIM even while they lock out Trillian. I recommend it as a

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

g' the movements of citizens 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 -- Y

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

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: SafeWeb fixes JavaScript problems -- but is that enough?

JavaScript problems found in SafeWeb's service: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03134.html SafeWeb pledges to fix them: http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,50424,FF.html --- From: "Sandra Song" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ari Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

FC: Duncan Frissell on AAMVA, licenses as biometric smartcards

[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: U.S. creates (another) surveillance office run by J. Poindexter

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4358017,00.html No more Mr Scrupulous Guy How one of the two brains behind the Iran-Contra scandal this week became one of America's most powerful men John Sutherland Guardian Monday February 18, 2002 Last Wednes

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

[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]> Subjec

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

--- 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 m

FC: IEEE's Steven Cherry wants mandatory music licenses, hard drive tax

er because of those piracy-enabling photocopiers? --Declan] --- Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 16:53:49 -0500 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Steven Cherry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IEEE Spectrum - Getting Copyright Right Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ;

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

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: Progressive Policy Institute wants biometric license-smartcards

[I invite Rob Atkinson of the Progressive Policy Institute to reply. Previous Politech message with background is here: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03149.html --Declan] --- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 08:23:46 -0700 From: "Ralph S. Hoefelmeyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: I heard their VP speak R

FC: Council of Europe drafts secret "Second Protocol"

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 and

FC: Taiwanese police shut down movie88 -- after TIME.com interview

--- From: "Josh Quittner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: movie88.com Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 13:34:19 -0500 Hey Declan--How's life? Thought you and your readers on poli-tech might find this interesting: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203691,00.html Taiwanese p

FC: U.S. Supreme Court to hear case over Internet list of sex offenders

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2002/02/19/scotus-sex-offender-registries.htm High court mulls legality of online sex offender lists WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to consider the cons

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

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 Demo

FC: Blizzard game company uses DMCA to shut down Bnetd emulator app

Details on Bnetd emulator software: http://freshmeat.net/projects/bnetd/ Text of the DMCA: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2281.ENR: DMCA trial and appeal photos: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/dmca-appeals-arguments.html http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/dvd-2600-trial.html Slashd

FC: William Safire: Too much surveillance means too little freedom

http://www.iht.com/articles/48463.htm Too much surveillance means too little freedom William Safire Tuesday, February 19, 2002 'Big Brother' in America WASHINGTON Stipulated: The protection of the U.S. capital, its monuments and its centers of autho

FC: Copyright update: Term extension act, webcasting royalty fees

--- Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 10:51:48 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jonathan Zittrain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Eldred v. Ashcroft goes to Supreme Court Declan, The Supreme Court has granted cert in Eldred v. Ashcroft, taking up our challenge to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Ac

FC: New Jersey proposes to ban public from state police records

See related Politech article on giving police more rights than other people: "Washington state senate moves to ban publishing info on police" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03131.html --- Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:24:10 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "J.D. Abolins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:

FC: California Sup. Court will hear DVDCCA "trade secret" DeCSS case

[Summary: There are two lawsuits relating to the DeCSS DVD-descrambing/copying utility. In the federal one, the Second Circuit said the DMCA prohibits 2600 from distributing DeCSS. The state claim is being litigated in California by the DVDCCA under state trade secret law. Last November, the s

FC: Events: NPR on facecams next week; Truste seminar 2/28 in SF area

the heart of what it means to live in a democracy. For more information about Justice Talking, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit the Justice Talking web site at www.justicetalking.org --- From: "Dave Steer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTE

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

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]> Sub

FC: South Carolina secretly creates children's DNA database

[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 http://www

FC: Copy protected CD case settled against Music City Records

--- From: "Ira P. Rothken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Settlement of Cloqued Music CD Case Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 23:45:13 -1200 Organization: Rothken Law Firm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=_NextPart_000_0030_01C1BB31.CE72

FC: Tax cops reportedly raid Ukrainian news site after criticisms

--- 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 s

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

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: Canadian Supreme Court recognizes free speech may be a good idea

Here's a (long) URL to another article on the same topic: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/RTGAMArticleHTMLTemplate/C,B/20020221/wscoc2102?hub=homeBN&tf=tgam%252Frealtime%252Ffullstory.html&cf=tgam/realtime/config-neutral&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&slug=wscoc2102&date=20020221&archive=RTGAM&s

FC: Council of Europe may boot U.S. because of death penalty

Some history: 1. Council of Europe drafts, with U.S. encouragement, controversial "cybercrime" treaty: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02173.html 2. CoE decides it feels like banning racist remarks or other "hate speech." Whoops! The U.S. delegation remembers the First Amendment and bows out of th

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

[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 targ

FC: U.K. plans to track all drivers with GPS, charge fees; DNA data

--- Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 12:18:26 -0500 From: Simon Spero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [For FC]: Sky spy could make drivers pay UK transport Czar wants to track every motorist with gps black box. The stated reason is to implement congestion pricing, and if you believe

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

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

FC: SUNY librarian advises colleagues to restrict NRC microfiche

ow 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" &

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

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?"

ist from crossing border On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 02:10:30 -0500, 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.

FC: U.S. House to vote on Tauzin-Dingell broadband bill this week

The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to consider the Tauzin-Dingell bill this week. It's a mysteriously-named piece of legislation, in the finest Washington style, and it's becoming suprisingly well-known all of a sudden, as Internet providers try to mobilize their subscribers. Basi

FC: Richard Smith on GPS units, cars, and commercial tracking

[If GPS tracking is being done for commercial purposes, and customers know what they're getting (most will), this doesn't seem to me to be a huge problem. If you don't like it, unplug it. True, the collected data can be stored and accessed via subponea, but some people may not care. Put another w

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

--- 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. Con

FC: Unions sue member for posting constitution on the web

[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 a

FC: David Chaum's new project: Voting booths with secure receipts

[David Chaum is a remarkable fellow who pioneered digital cash. He's recently been working on secure voting projects. See www.chaum.com and Steven Levy's _Crypto_ book. --Declan] --- Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 15:36:24 -0800 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Dav

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

[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: Internal memo from SBC CEO tells employees to back Tauzin-Dingell

[Forwarded from a longtime Politech reader at SBC who asked for anonymity. Ed Whitacre is SBC's chairman and CEO. The House is scheduled to vote on the Tauzin-Dingell broadband bill on Wednesday or Thursday, see: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03183.html --Declan] - Begin forwarded message ---

FC: "Peekabooty" software aims to circumvent Net-censorship

--- 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: Senate hearing on Thursday will weigh mandatory copy controls

--- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50702,00.html Digital Security Fomenting a Feud By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. Feb. 27, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- A Senate committee is stepping into the middle of an increasingly vocal spat over the future of technolo

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

egonja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FYI: CJ3 finally actually sued me Declan, CJ3 finally actually sued me. See http://www.ind-movement.org/lawsuit/ for info. The EFF helped me get a lawyer. Tony --- [EFF says in its press release below that

FC: Scientific American privacy conf in NYC next week -- free tickets

[As a courtesy to Politech readers, Scientific American generously has offered list members three complimentary tickets to this conference. Laura Salant has said the *first three* Politech members to call the number below will get the complimentary tickets. Please do not respond to this message

FC: NuSphere replies to Politech post about FSF and Boston lawsuit

Previous Politech message: "Boston judge to hear first test of GNU license used in MySQL" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03188.html --- From: "Mark Lorion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 12:02:06 -0500 Declan, I noticed that you posted a note on your site abo

FC: Tech CEOs oppose SSSCA, tell Hollywood to try "market solutions"

--- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50716,00.html High-Tech: U.S. Out of Hollywood By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 11:49 a.m. Feb. 27, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- America's largest and most powerful tech firms have agreed on one point: Keep Congress far away from

FC: John Palfrey's report from Boston in GPL MySQL license lawsuit

frey, Jr. Ropes & Gray One International Place Boston, MA 02110 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 617.951.7037 direct dial 617.951.7050 facsimile *** Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 13:54:26 -0800 From: Craig Dickson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: NuSphe

FC: French site Kitetoa.com fined for expose of security hole

Here's an article about Kitetoa.com's expose of Doubleclick: http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/8505.html This is another good reason to publish sensitive information untraceably. Establish a persistent pseudonymous identity -- standard procedure would be to generate a private-public keyp

FC: Australian cops interrogate Jim-Bell quoting online anarchist

There are those people who seek out trouble. Still others accidentally attract it. And then there are those who have devoted their lives to stalking trouble, running it to ground, sneaking up behind it, thwapping it on the nose, proclaiming that its mother wears combat boots, and daring it to

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

demographics. If you would like to be removed from future mailings, please click here. 8199whww9-851all14 --- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 22:48:18 -0500 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Stephen Cobb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Political spam from Bill Jones for Cali

FC: Confirmed: Calif. gov wannabe Bill Jones is a recidivist spammer

PROTECTED] * Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:45:27 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Neil Schwartzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam Cc: Laura Atkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 2:07 -0500 2/28/02, Declan McCullagh wr

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

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,

FC: Intel VP, bruised in hearing, dashes off letter to Senate

The background here is that Intel's Vadasz got beaten up pretty badly during the hearing today (see Mike Godwin's below). So Vadasz, sensibly, felt compelled to try to lay out his arguments in a more careful manner in the letter below. It is a mark of how poorly the hearing went for opponents of

FC: Bulk, unsolicited political email isn't spam -- right?

looks mostly to be an opposition research firm, run by one of Jones' campaign staffers). One payment to King, Meyers & Associates of El Dorado Hills, made by Trenton West Inc. on behalf of the campaign, for $5,000. Kim *** Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:53:16 -0800 From: "J. Ant

FC: John Gilmore: What to do about spam? Use smarter mail readers

[If you don't know who John Gilmore is, you should. Here's his home page (http://www.toad.com/gnu/) and his experience with Verio and anti-spammers (http://www.toad.com/gnu/verio-censorship.html). --Declan] *** To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: What to do about spam in gene

FC: Montana school suspends student for "10 hottest girls" site

[Another fellow who would benefit from anonymous publishing. --Declan] --- From: "John Cieciel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dec" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Students hot over senior's suspension for posting girls on Web site - Local News Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 11:58:13 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0

FC: Senate Democrats love SSSCA -- but GOP says not so fast

Draft text of the SSSCA: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/hollings.090701.html --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50754,00.html By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Robert Zarate 2:00 a.m. March 1, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- A Senate debate over embedding copy prote

FC: Scarfo pleads guilty, ends legal battle over PGP spying tech

Politech archive on U.S. v. Scarfo: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=scarfo --- Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:10:29 -0500 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: David Sobel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Scarfo Plea Bargain http://www.philly.com/mld/inquire

FC: Catholic church condemns "radical libertarianism" on Internet

See also: http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50757,00.html - Forwarded message from Duncan Frissell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - From: Duncan Frissell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 10:02:42 -0500 (EST) Now we have the proof: http://www.vatican.va/roman_

FC: Civ-libs ask Council of Europe about secret "Second Protocol"

Previous Politech message: "Council of Europe drafts secret 'Second Protocol'" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03159.html --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Declan McCullagh \(E-mail\)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 12:23:19 -0500 Declan, Thirty-t

FC: European Commission considers mandatory digital rights management

As the U.S. Congress weighs mandatory digital rights management, the European Commission is also looking into the topic. A 43-page EC study of digital rights management gives a nod to fair use and privacy -- and then says DRM schemes are not only inevitable but a fabulous idea. A key excerpt from

FC: KaZaA to U.S. Senate: RIAA's Hilary Rosen lied to you

KaZaA is one of the post-Napster breed of file-sharing applications. Since we haven't covered its legal battles on Politech, here are two Slashdot threads with background: "RIAA Looks To Stop KaZaA, Morpheus & Grokster" http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/03/125243&mode=thread "KaZaA Res

FC: Peter Trei: "The Original SSSCA," a short story

Politech SSSCA archive: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sssca --- From: "Trei, Peter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The original SSSCA. Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 14:51:19 -0500 Declan: I've been watching the entertainment industry's

FC: Montana student with "10 hottest girls" site back in school

Previous Politech message: "Montana school suspends student for '10 hottest girls' site" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03205.html -Declan --- From: "Geoff Gariepy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Montana school suspends student for "10 hottest girls" site Date: Fri, 1 M

FC: Surveillance update: European spycams, Israel's Xacct, Japan, more

content of this website does not necessarily reflect the views of the European Commission regarding these issues. * From: "Peter Hollings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: New Surveillance Technology Date: Thu, 2

FC: Federal law helps religious filtering firms proselytize

[Last I checked, the Feds give libraries billions of dollars a year. Is it really a surprise that if if you route that kind of cash through Washington every year, Congress will notice -- and slap wacky restrictions on it? And because libraries aren't required to take the handouts, the ACLU's co

FC: Censorhappy union that sued member over site now sue reformers too

e the UFCW International Union was now a party to the suit. The defendant published the constitution on his Web site because he alleges that he was denied a copy by the union when tried to run for local president.Constitutions tell members how to run for office and how to lay charges against the

FC: U.S. House not willing to endorse mandatory copy protection

Politech SSSCA archive: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sssca --- http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50784,00.html House Cool to Copy Protection By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Robert Zarate 2:00 a.m. March 4, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- The

FC: Transcript of Atty Gen Ashcroft speech on bigger FBI DNA database

Attorney General Transcript News Conference - DNA Initiatives Monday, March 4, 2002 DOJ Conference Center ATTY GEN. ASHCROFT: Good afternoon. Douglas and Lori White were married just 11 days when walking down a bike path in Mesquite, Texas in November of 1993 a m an jumped out from behind the

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

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: More on House panel vote Wednesday on .kids -- vs. .kids.us

--- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 12:22:54 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Alan Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: House panel vote Wed. on bill forcing ICANN to create .kids Hi, Declan - As you noted, the .kids bill will be marked-up in subcommittee on Wednesday. The markup is of a *new

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

--- 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

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 conspir

FC: Scientific American assails prof who attacked enviro-article

/vip/lomborg/html/files/ScientificAmerican%2BBL.pdf+lomborg.org+%22scientific+american%22+pdf&hl=en -Declan --- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 12:27:34 -0600 Subject: "Free Speech Under Attack" From: Virginia Postrel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> F

FC: Sweden weighs law controlling employees' electronic privacy

--- Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2002 16:27:07 +0100 (MET) From: Mikael Pawlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Law on personal integrity in working life Declan, I don't know if this interests the Politech readers, but you might find it interesting nevertheless. A Swedish committee today

FC: Worm uses John Gilmore's open relay at toad.com to reproduce

--- Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 18:01:45 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Neil Schwartzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: Query from politico: How can I get the word out without spamming? WRT John Gilmore's contemptuous dismissal of us anti-spam folk with "consistency has never been the ho

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

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/ A

FC: Virginia legislature won't enact limits on facecams

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, availabl

FC: Rep. Rick Boucher wants Congress to regulate copy-protected CDs

;s Rap: Unshackle the CD By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2:00 a.m. March 7, 2002 PST WASHINGTON -- Music CDs equipped with copy protection will, if Rick Boucher gets his wish, soon be as obsolete as eight-track cassettes. The feisty Democratic congressman from Virginia

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

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 again

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

--- 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 http://www.dot-god.com/information/doc-j

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

[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 more

FC: Scientific American responds to flap over environmentalism article

Previous Politech message: "Scientific American assails prof who attacked enviro-article" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03226.html --- Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 10:53:22 +1100 From: Bernard Palmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Fwd: from Scientific American] Content-Type: multi

FC: Libertarians, ACLU oppose Washington state wiretap bill

--- 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-Pri

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