FC: FBI bumbling ruins chance for terrorist cyber-sting

2002-07-31 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002-07-30-al-qaeda-online_x.htm Man hijacks al-Qaeda site for FBI use WASHINGTON (AP) -- When Web operator Jon Messner gained control of one of al-Qaeda's prime Internet communication sites, he offered it to the FBI to use it for

FC: Charles Sims: The DMCA does not limit fair use at all

2002-07-31 Thread Declan McCullagh
Chuck Sims is an attorney at Proskauer Rose who represented the eight movie studios suing 2600 magazine over DMCA violations. The studios won near-completely at the trial court and before the Second Circuit appeals court, and 2600 did not appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Second Circuit

FC: On David Lawrence's Online Tonight show starting 10 pm ET

2002-07-31 Thread Declan McCullagh
David has invited me on the show tonight... To find a local radio station in the U.S. that carries it (910AM in San Francisco, for instance), visit: Online Tonight with David Lawrence http://online-tonight.com The audio stream will be archived in Windows Media format and online about an hour

FC: Politech readers reply to Chuck Sims on DMCA and fair use rights

2002-07-31 Thread Declan McCullagh
://www.politechbot.com/p-03824.html --- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 19:01:04 -0700 Subject: for politech: a reply to Chuck Sims From: Fred von Lohmann (EFF) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] In response to Chuck Sims' post, claiming that the DMCA does not impact, at all, fair use, I offer

FC: Notes on federal indictment for war dialing offense

2002-07-31 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Deviant [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: another case of criminal charges over disclosure of security hole Date: Sat, 27 Jul 2002 18:11:35 -0400 Hi, Declan, We met at this year's H2K2 (i was one of the blue-shirted volunteers enjoying panels such as yours in between

FC: The societal costs of total surveillance, from NYT

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/26/opinion/26KAYA.html July 26, 2002 The Societal Costs of Surveillance By MICHELE KAYAL, Honoluly Helena Blazkova had come to kick me out. It was 1992, and I had been renting her apartment in Prague for about a year. I had gone to the former Eastern Bloc

FC: Japan's national ID network -- already live, a week early

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Japan's networked national ID system will go live on Aug. 8 http://www.politechbot.com/p-03502.html --- Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 10:29:15 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gohsuke Takama) Subject: Japan's national ID network has gone live already

FC: Brad Templeton on terror probes, and grocery discount cards

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
Related Politech message: Fed up with those supermarket discount cards? Make your own http://www.politechbot.com/p-01677.html --- Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2002 11:54:43 -0700 From: Brad Templeton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Your grocery list may bring

FC: Iowa government workers waste time sending vulgar email

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: John Cieciel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: dec [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DesMoinesRegister.com | News Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:21:30 -0500

FC: Biometric security firm endorses N.J. bill regulating industry

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Richard M. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Identix Issues Statement in Support of Proposed New Jersey Biometric Legislation Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 11:30:06 -0400 FYI: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020730/latu079_1.html Tuesday July 30, 9:30 am Eastern Time

FC: Neil Munro on the societal costs of total UNsurveillance

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: The societal costs of total surveillance, from NYT http://www.politechbot.com/p-03828.html --- From: Munro, Neil [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The societal costs of total surveillance, from NYT Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:21:31

FC: Reminder: Help with silly-politician-sayings article

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
Come on, folks -- SOME of you must have saved quotes from politicians saying stupid things about technology! I refuse to believe that Politech readers were able to come up with more examples of crass stupidity in 1997 than in 2002 :) If you've got 'em, send 'em -- think of it as a public

FC: Snosoft replies to HP's recanting of DMCA nastythreats

2002-08-01 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: HP recants: 'We promise not to use DMCA against researchers!' http://www.politechbot.com/p-03837.html --- Subject: Formal Response From: ATD [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 02 Aug 2002 00:40:09 -0400 Declan, Here you go

FC: Sonia Arrison on Berman's P2P bill: Hollywood hacks consumers

2002-08-02 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Peer-to-peer hacking bill officially introduced in House http://www.politechbot.com/p-03795.html --- Subject: hollywood hacks consumers Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 21:43:56 -0700 From: Sonia Arrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Declan, This would seem to fit

FC: Judge orders Feds to release names of 9-11 secret detainees

2002-08-02 Thread Declan McCullagh
constitutional liberties. --- Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 18:19:34 -0400 To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Chris Hoofnagle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ct. Orders Release of Detainees' Names FYI: Order online at: http://www.epic.org/open_gov/foia/cnss_v_doj.html Judge Orders Detainee Names

FC: Teamsters reportedly prepared to endorse TIPS informant plan

2002-08-03 Thread Declan McCullagh
The person who sent this to us is a Washington reporter I know and trust. Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03799.html The Teamsters union (http://www.teamster.org/about/division.htm) is composed of millions of workers, including flight attendants, pilots, parking

FC: Microsoft refuses to make DMCA claim against Xbox researcher

2002-08-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
[No DMCA threat, no problems with presenting, no chilling effect, not bad. --Declan] --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Will Doherty [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: EFF: Paper Explains Flaw in Videogame Security System, Researcher Escapes Chilling Effect of Digital Copyright Law : : Electronic

FC: NPR's Larry Abramson on inconsistencies in Salon TIPS article

2002-08-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted http://www.politechbot.com/p-03861.html --- From: Larry Abramson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted Date: Thu, 8

FC: Major League Baseball reportedly assails NY Yankees fan site

2002-08-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
Related Politech message: MetsOnline.net reportedly thwacked with trademark threats http://www.politechbot.com/p-03818.html --- Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2002 21:30:52 -0400 From: Dan Lewis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More MLBP cease desist letters To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi: I

FC: More on Ad Council ads, librarians, and anarchist Chuck0

2002-08-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
AM, Declan McCullagh wrote: These PSAs are really wacked out. They are supposed to be fictional depictions of life in a country other than the U.S., but they are incredibly hypocritical! I thought the point was they were supposed to be depicting what the US was turning into. The country sure

FC: Jim Taylor on conservatives, Ashcroft, and Paul Weyrich

2002-08-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03857.html --- From: Jim Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Phil Agre [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Paul Weyrich says conservatives don't want to ditch Ashcroft Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 09:51:11 -0400 Declan: Maybe Weyrich

FC: Fox's Bill O'Reilly wants oreilly-sucks.com to cease and desist

2002-08-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
[This letter appears legit, based on my conversation with a woman who identified herself as Ms. Brandi's assistant. Note that O'Reilly is claiming that his civil rights were violated by the existence of the oreilly-sucks.com site. --Declan] --- Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:08:40 -0400 From:

FC: U.S. politicians want P2P pirates placed in federal prison

2002-08-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
Duncan Frissell (a lawyer and Politech irregular) and I wrote last summer about how Napster users were violating federal criminal laws. This should not be surprising. See: Duncan Frissell on why Napster users are federal felons http://www.politechbot.com/p-02305.html -Declan --- From:

FC: Text of letter to Ashcroft wanting jail for P2P pirates

2002-08-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
I've placed the congressional letter to Attorney General Ashcroft here: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/congress.p2p.letter.081002.pdf Previous Politech message: U.S. politicians want P2P pirates placed in federal prison http://www.politechbot.com/p-03871.html also see: Duncan Frissell on why

FC: Japanese protest new national ID network

2002-08-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Japan's national ID network -- already live, a week early http://www.politechbot.com/p-03829.html --- From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Japanese Drop Out of New ID System From The Associated Press, available online at:

FC: Rip, Mix, Burn: Politics of peer to peer and copyright law

2002-08-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 23:15:55 -0400 From: Monty Solomon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Rip, Mix, Burn: The Politics of Peer to Peer and Copyright Law Rip, Mix, Burn: The Politics of Peer to Peer and Copyright Law by Kathy Bowrey and Matthew Rimmer Abstract Whereas Lessig's recent work

FC: Where anti-P2P pirate congresscritters get their money

2002-08-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Text of letter to Ashcroft wanting jail for P2P pirates http://www.politechbot.com/p-03872.html --- Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 00:59:45 -0400 From: Jim Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Text of letter to Ashcroft wanting

FC: U.K. considers even broader version of DMCA copyright law

2002-08-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
. -Declan --- From: Brad Lipovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: DMCA Spreads To Europe Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:46:18 -0400 A consultation paper has finaly been released from the UK Patent Office about the European Union Copyright Directive, or EUCA. The paper can

FC: A possible reason for Salon TIPS article and America's Most Wanted

2002-08-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
This raises the question: Did a well-intentioned but behind-the-curve operator give the Salon reporter the America's Most Wanted phone number, possibly thinking it was an anthrax tip? (Note I'm not defending even the Oct. 2001 relationship between the Feds and a TV show -- seems highly

FC: Godzilla movie owner nastygrams Davezilla.com humor site

2002-08-12 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:05:12 -0400 From: Dave Linabury [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is just silly Declan. I am being legally threatened over the name of my weblog. Davezilla.com, a parody/humor site run by me since 1995, is being threatened by Toho Co. Ltd., for being

FC: John Gilmore on military hypocrisy about .mil info online

2002-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: Military frets about sensitive .mil info on Internet http://www.politechbot.com/p-03875.html --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Military frets about sensitive .mil info on Internet In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 12:55:31 -0700 From:

FC: What should Congress tackle after the recess? from The Hill

2002-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
[At the same URL, you'll see Newsweek's Eleanor Clift arguing for precisely the opposite position -- that Congress should boost spending to buy off voters in November... --Declan http://www.hillnews.com/081402/punditspeak.shtm What should Congress tackle first after the recess? Declan

FC: Review of European copyright directive and more on UK DMCA

2002-08-13 Thread Declan McCullagh
= =ANo6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- --- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:01:21 -0700 From: Janko Roettgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: lowpass.de To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: U.K. considers even broader version of DMCA copyright law Hello Declan, I'm not an expert on the EU

FC: TIPS informaant program: On hold or already underway?

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
Let's get the chronology right. The Sydney Morning Herald publicized the TIPS informant plan one month ago: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03749.html Then came the odd Salon report about America's Most Wanted (http://www.politechbot.com/p-03861.html), a suggestion last week that it was mistaken

FC: Pentagon .mil computer reportedly being used for porn spam

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech messages: Military frets about sensitive .mil info on Internet http://www.politechbot.com/p-03875.html and John Gilmore on military hypocrisy about .mil info online http://www.politechbot.com/p-03885.html --- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:37:18 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From:

FC: Spammer manages to extract $7,000 from victim in court

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Suresh Ramasubramanian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: [silk] spammer wins legal fees from victim Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 20:50:40 +0800 The spammer who managed to win court costs / legal fees is Dan Amato / SDILabs, who has been shilling growth medicine and such

FC: More on Godzilla stomping Davezilla, speculation about Mozilla

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
-0500 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 12 August 2002 3:58 pm, Declan McCullagh wrote: --- Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 14:05:12 -0400 From: Dave Linabury [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is just silly Declan. I am being legally threatened over the name

FC: More on FBI advisory on 802.11-spotting wardriving

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
-03827.html -Declan --- Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 13:54:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Robert A. Hayden [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: FBI releases advisory about 802.11-spotting wardriving The only concern about this is that this is a case of using a hammer (federal

FC: Reporter fired for sending email nastygram to politico

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Ben Silverman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Yahoo/China and Congressman Bill Thomas Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 03:48:07 -0400 Declan: Two items I wanted to point out to you. On the Yahoo/China story; Reports Without Borders issued a letter on the subject last

FC: Student disciplined for taping Tipper Gore: Stolen property!

2002-08-14 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: American U. goes censorhappy: Arrests student taping Tipper Gore http://www.politechbot.com/p-03787.html --- From: Erich Wasserman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Student Journalist at American University Punished for Videotaping Public Speech by

FC: Disabling graphics in web browsers violates copyright law

2002-08-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 00:12:27 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Doug Isenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pop-up ads and the law Declan: As you know, a district court judge recently entered a preliminary injunction against Gator in a lawsuit brought by numerous website news

FC: Ashcroft's plan for detention camps for enemy U.S. citizens

2002-08-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Amos Satterlee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Ashcroft detention camps Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 18:08:20 -0400 Declan: This one sounds too bizarre to be true if it weren't from/about Ashcroft. TIPS is the first shoe, detention camps without due

FC: Maryland implants tracking devices in cars of drunk drivers

2002-08-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
Section 1404 of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century hands hundreds of millions of dollars to states that provide safety incentives to prevent operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated persons. See: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c105:H.R.2400.ENR:

FC: Internet Society opposes proposed anti-copying laws

2002-08-15 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Julie Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [press] ISOC Releases Statement On Digital Rights Management Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 16:48:26 -0400 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 15, 2002 Contact: Julie Williams 703-326-9880, x111; 703-402-6715 cell STATEMENT OF THE INTERNET SOCIETY ON

FC: Politech on hiatus through next week

2002-08-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
I arrived this morning in Aspen, Colorado for the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual Internet policy shindig. I'll be here through mid-next week, so Politech will be a bit slower in traffic than usual, though I will be checking mail occasionally. -Declan

FC: How to track people using electronic surveillance -- a Fed guide

2002-08-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Richard Glen Boire [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: JUSTNETNews: New APPA Publication Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 11:41:59 -0700 Hi Declan - Thought politech readers might find this interesting. --Richard Glen Boire Center for Cognitive Liberty

FC: NASA wants to read passenger minds at airports

2002-08-17 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20020817-704732.htm NASA plans to read terrorist's minds at airports By Frank J. Murray THE WASHINGTON TIMES Airport security screeners may soon try to read the minds of travelers to identify terrorists. Officials of the National Aeronautics and Space

FC: How bad is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?

2002-08-20 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2010-12-950229.html Debunking DMCA myths By Declan McCullagh August 19, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Should researchers really be so worried about the much-reviled Digital Millennium Copyright Act? If you believe the buzz, you'll conclude

FC: RIAA presses Verizon for name of peer-to-peer subscriber

2002-08-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954658.html Music body presses anti-piracy case By Declan McCullagh August 21, 2002, 6:54 AM PT ASPEN, Colo.--In what may become a new legal front in its war against online copying, the Recording Industry Association of America has asked

FC: News Corp. decries Net's moral fiber, wants new laws

2002-08-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954651.html Media chief decries Net's moral fiber By Declan McCullagh August 21, 2002, 6:13 AM PT ASPEN, Colo.--The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the Internet has become a moral-free zone, with the medium's future

FC: DOJ says it's ready to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates

2002-08-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954591.html DOJ to swappers: Law's not on your side By Declan McCullagh August 20, 2002, 2:27 PM PT ASPEN, Colo.--The U.S. Department of Justice is prepared to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates, a top government official said

FC: Civil libs, bookstores investigate USA Patriot surveillance

2002-08-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:41:52 -0400 To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Barry Steinhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ACLU,EPIC, Booksellers FOIA On the Patriot Act Declan, The ACLU, EPIC and the American Booksellers Foundation have filed an extensive Freedom of Information Act

FC: Rep. Bob Barr loses Republican primary, privacy loses an ally

2002-08-26 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-955235.html?tag=politech Internet privacy loses a voice in D.C. By Declan McCullagh August 26, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Georgia Rep. Bob Barr is an irascible conservative, an unyielding foe of abortion, gay marriage, and any drug more potent

FC: Rep. Howard Coble defends peer-to-peer hacking bill

2002-08-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
The column that drew Coble's reply (Coble co-sponsored the P2P hacking bill with Rep. Berman): http://www.news-record.com/news/columnists/staff/cone0825.htm Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03795.html --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]

FC: European Commission-funded paper likes open source for .gov

2002-08-27 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:24:58 +0200 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Maurice Wessling [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: open source for governments Declan, The Politech readers might be interested in this report on Open Source software by the University of Maastricht in Netherlands. The research

FC: Arnie Lerma replies to Scientology's Internet position paper

2002-08-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
Church of Scientology officials and U.S. Marshals raided Arnie Lerma's home in Virginia for suspected copyright violations back in 1995: http://www.cnn.com/US/9508/scientology/ Arnie sent a copy of the so-called secret scriptures to the Washington Post, which Scientology promptly sued for

FC: RIAA web site hacked this morning, from CNN.com's Jose Perez

2002-08-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Perez, Jose [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RIAA web site hacked -- again Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 13:23:16 -0400 Declan, I'm a subscriber to politech. I don't know if you saw that the RIAA's web site was hacked again this

FC: William Safire: Bloomberg News cravenly deletes online article

2002-08-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/29/opinion/29SAFI.html Bloomberg News Humbled By WILLIAM SAFIRE WASHINGTON — Let me see if I can write today's column without getting sued. It has to do with my old pal Lee Kuan Yew, who prefers to be called senior minister rather than dictator of Singapore,

FC: Harvey Silverglate warns of anti-Scientology bigotry

2002-08-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Harvey is not only a longtime friend and personal hero -- he is one of the most ardent civil libertarians alive today. He is a former president of the ACLU of Massachusetts and a current board member. He is also a libertarian and co-author (with Alan Kors) of The Shadow University: The

FC: Politech members reply to Scientology's copyright paper

2002-08-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
: Paul Wouters [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Paul Wouters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [[EMAIL PROTECTED]: FC: Scientology says it's threatened by unadulterated cyber-terrorism] Hi, I'm Paul Wouters, co-founder

FC: BusinessWeek frets, ponders, worries about Dark Side of Net

2002-08-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 18:06:23 +0200 (MEST) From: Mikael Pawlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: FC? - The Dark Sides of the Internet Drugs. Gambling. Terrorism. Child Pornography. BusinessWeek has investigated the dark sides of the Internet. It ain't pretty. BW goes

FC: Tax zaniness: Minnesota to tax rain, Poland to tax everything!

2002-08-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Minnesota city to tax rainwater (no joke) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 10:04:53 -0400 Check please. http://www.winonadailynews.com/rednews/2002/08/23/build/news/1.php

FC: Transcript of Commerce Dept hearing disrupted by geektivists

2002-08-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
Photos from the event: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/commerce-drm-rountable-july02.html Comments from audience members who spoke are not, for the most part, reflected in the transcript since they didn't have microphones. -Declan --- http://www.ta.doc.gov/reports/TechPolicy/DRM-020717.htm

FC: Weekly column: Congress is back, and we should be worried

2002-09-03 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-956201.html?tag=politech What's the fall fashion in Washington? By Declan McCullagh September 3, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--When the U.S. Congress reconvenes today after a month recess, let's remember what a New York judge said in 1866: No man's

FC: More on groups ask FTC to can spam through new regulations

2002-09-04 Thread Declan McCullagh
[While I was writing about commercial speech and relatively obscure First Amendment jurisprudence in my spam article (http://www.politechbot.com/p-03944.html), Ian found the real story. Apparently the anti-spammers are a bit spammy themselves. Nicely found! --Declan] --- From: Ian Hopper

FC: Spammy anti-spam group blasts AP report as erroneous

2002-09-04 Thread Declan McCullagh
[I thank Kate for replying on behalf of TRAC. It seems that Kate's comments parse the topic narrowly: People may have told they were added to an email list against their will and without permission, but no email was sent out. AP says they stand by their story. Let this be a lesson: If you're

FC: Interview with FTC commissioner Orson Swindle on privacy, spam

2002-09-04 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2008-1082-956523.html?tag=politech Setting the rules for spam and Net privacyBy Declan McCullagh September 4, 2002, 12:00 PM PT ASPEN, Colo.--Orson Swindle is an unusual breed of Washingtonian: a politician who doesn't trust other politicians much at all

FC: Rep. Berman replies to Politech, defends his anti-P2P piracy bill

2002-09-04 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous message: Weekly column: Congress is back, and we should be worried http://www.politechbot.com/p-03941.html Background: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=berman --- From: French, Alec [email address deleted --DBM] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

FC: A Savage plan for a gentle America: New York Mean Time

2002-09-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- [satire] http://www.madcowculture.com/madcow-00100.html A Savage Plan for a Gentle America: New York Mean Time September 5, 2002 The popular radio talk show, the Savage Nation, has proposed that it is not enough for the US to squander most of the earth's resources, bully the rest of the

FC: Politech members reply to Rep. Berman on anti-P2P piracy bill

2002-09-05 Thread Declan McCullagh
piracy bill From: Woody Green [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 04 Sep 2002 20:54:40 -0600 On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 16:59, Declan McCullagh wrote: Does the P2P Piracy Prevention Act authorize copyright owners to do illegal things that no one else can do? No. H.R. 5211

FC: New site launches to oppose Rep. Berman's anti-P2P bill

2002-09-06 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 22:49:32 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Tell Rep. Berman to Respond to This: www.opposesection514.com Declan, I am responding on behalf of the people to the slew of bad legislation Congress has recently presented, specifically H.R.

FC: Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley, from National Journal Tech Daily

2002-09-06 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Clark, Drew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh (E-mail) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: For Politechbot Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 10:31:46 -0400 Declan: Subscribers to Politech may appreciate reading our article recounting the history and import of the battle between Hollywood

FC: Why worry about the Financial Action Task Force, by Richard Rahn

2002-09-06 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2002 08:20:13 EDT Subject: This week's commentary The Washington Times www.washtimes.com Nightmare on FATF street Richard W. Rahn Published 9/6/2002 Assume a friend came to you and said: Do you know there is this international government

FC: PBS purges website after complaints from Israeli groups

2002-09-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PBS purges Web content on Israeli disapproval From The Register, available online at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26979.html PBS purges Web content on Israeli disapproval By Thomas C Greene in Washington

FC: U.S. Postal Service now requires ID to send packages?

2002-09-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 00:15:38 -0400 From: Ben Brunk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: post office on college campuses now ask for ID Declan, Not sure if you would be interested in this, but I found out yesterday that USPS Contract Stations (which are staffed by non-USPS

FC: Sysadmins reply to Politech to defend Earthlink's anti-spam rules

2002-09-07 Thread Declan McCullagh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Declan McCullagh) [Saturday, September 07, 2002 1:11 PM]: First: I don't work for Earthlink, or speak for them. However, I do work for a rather large ISP as their postmaster and abuse admin, and have interacted extensively with their abuse staffers, several of whom I have

FC: A blessedly dumb idea: Google should be a regulated utility!

2002-09-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
[A website becomes popular, thus it must be regulated? By the Federal Department of Software Quality, perhaps? Words fail me. --Declan] --- Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:25:29 -0700 From: Jeffrey St. Clair [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CP List [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave Marsh [EMAIL PROTECTED], Declan

FC: An anti-war, peace anthem for September 11

2002-09-08 Thread Declan McCullagh
[I recommend it. --Declan] --- From: Moore, James [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: An anti-war, peace anthem for September 11 Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 23:13:59 -0400 Turned off by the let's roll spirit of the September 11 commemorations, my wife and her friends

FC: John Gilmore on Earthlink, anti-spam rules, and censorship

2002-09-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03961.html Also, here's an excellent essay on spam that John wrote back in February (I even quoted from it in my weekly column that will appear on News.com in a few hours): http://www.politechbot.com/p-03204.html -Declan --- Date: Sun,

FC: More on Feds hacking computer in Russia, from SecurityFocus

2002-09-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Gordon Brandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan McCullagh \(E-mail\) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: More on Feds hacking computer in Russia Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 08:18:05 -0400 Just wanted to bring this to your attention. This is from the Security Focus newsletter, and it brings up

FC: Justice Department publishes list of post-9-11 accomplishments

2002-09-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Monday, the Justice Department published a kind of best-hits list trumpeting what it accomplished in the year since Sept. 11, 2001. Excerpts follow. -Declan --- http://www.politechbot.com/docs/doj.accomplishments.090902.doc J u s t i c e D e p a r t m e n t A c c o m p l i s h m e n t

FC: Weekly column: Be wary of Washington's solutions to spam

2002-09-09 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://news.com.com/2010-1074-957024.html?tag=politech Be wary of Washington's spam solution By Declan McCullagh September 9, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--About three dozen high-level lobbyists met quietly last Friday afternoon at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

FC: Internet providers fret about being sued over copyright

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
they're increasingly concerned that their hard-won position of neutrality in the copyright wars is being undermined. [...] News.com's Declan McCullagh contributed to this report. - POLITECH -- Declan

FC: 9-11 roundup: Reason magazine and another announcements

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2002 09:13:13 -0700 From: Mike Alissi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Reason on 9/11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Declan - We just posted Reason's 9/11 anniversary package from the October print edition, which focuses on the trade off between security and liberty:

FC: Feds should be able to spy on non-U.S. citizens, CIA says

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
An excerpt from my article from last week... Lago is talking about USA Patriot and so on in his went crazy reference. Also see Sen. DeWine's related bill (it's so extreme that even the Justice Department has criticized it, albeit mildly): http://news.com.com/2010-1071-948283.html?tag=politech

FC: Did Yahoo pull the plug on an Oakland peace activist group?

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
for it; you'll be taken more seriously if you have a problem. -Declan --- Date: Sun, 8 Sep 2002 19:51:45 -0700 To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [deleted] Subject: Yahoo! censors LMNOP, an Oakland peace group (Fwd) Declan, Thought this might interest you. P.S. Please don't include my

FC: Politech members reply to John Gilmore on spam and censorship

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
: Mon, 9 Sep 2002 08:31:59 -0400 From: Declan McCullagh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Subject: FC: John Gilmore on Earthlink, anti-spam rules, and censorship Also, here's an excellent essay on spam that John wrote back in February (I even quoted from it in my weekly column that will appear

FC: PFF blasts ICANN, says Commerce Dept should look into contract

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
The Progress and Freedom Foundation is a think tank in Washington that is generally more free-market than not. It organizes an annual conference in Aspen, Colorado (http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/pff-aspen-conference-aug02.html) that I have found to be worth attending. PFF received funding

FC: Update on strange saga of Xerox engineer accused of child porn

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech messages (search for Canandaigua, the name of the town): http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=canandaigua Larry Benedict's brother, George, sent me the below summary of the case earlier today. Larry's lawyers now appear to be pinning their hopes on his being

FC: Two examples of political spam, and why not to trust politicians

2002-09-10 Thread Declan McCullagh
: Calif. gov wannabe Bill Jones is a recidivist spammer http://www.politechbot.com/p-03200.html Did Florida's Jeb Bush spam voters by using Democratic mail list? http://www.politechbot.com/p-03330.html -Declan --- Date: 10 Sep 2002 21:04:15 -0400 From: John R Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Declan

FC: Did Sen. Boxer create fake website to show support for her bill?

2002-09-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.sierratimes.com/02/09/08/arjl090802.htm Green Ally Learns It Bicycles With Wolves by John G. Lankford Providents News Service Published 09. 8. 02 at 4:44

FC: German government pressures ISPs to block offensive sites

2002-09-11 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2002 10:18:09 +0200 Subject: More Internet Censorship in Chin^h^h^h^h Germany From: Doobee R.Tzeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://md.hudora.de/blog/categories/originalContent/2002/09/11.html#a746 Internet censorship in Germany For nearly one year there

FC: White House draft plan wants new Internet role for Feds

2002-09-16 Thread Declan McCullagh
in and OCR large documents, so I may post efax files and ask for a volunteer to OCR 'em. -Declan --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958159.html?tag=politech White House preps cybersecurity plan By Declan McCullagh September 16, 2002, 6:58 PM PT WASHINGTON--The White House's cyberspace

FC: Defense hawks bash White House report, want new laws, regulations

2002-09-18 Thread Declan McCullagh
The White House has released its cybersecurity report: http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.pdf Following is one reaction. -Declan --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956353.html The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a hawkish think tank in Washington with close

FC: CEA's Gary Shapiro: P2P file swapping is both legal and moral

2002-09-18 Thread Declan McCullagh
Some background: http://www.ce.org/press_room/press_release_detail.asp?id=10027 http://www.ce.org/press_room/speech.doc http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958324.html?tag=cd_mh File photo: http://www.mccullagh.org/image/d30-25/gary-shapiro.html -Declan --- Speech by Gary Shapiro, President and CEO

FC: Australia: Tap-crazed spooks; court orders website deleted

2002-09-19 Thread Declan McCullagh
: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:21:07 +0200 To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Declan I thought this would be interesting ... Court bans racist website Ian Gerard Australian IT, September 18, 2002 http://australianit.news.com.au/common/print

FC: Ashcroft releases fact sheet on new FBI investigative guidelines

2002-09-21 Thread Declan McCullagh
Previous Politech messages: FBI gets more surveillance powers; Cato's Pilon says no problem http://www.politechbot.com/p-03591.html Analysis of FBI's new surveillance powers, from CDT http://www.politechbot.com/p-03603.html -Declan --- FACT SHEET: INVESTIGATIVE GUIDELINES -- ALLOWING FBI

FC: Texas police may order all businesses to collect fingerprints

2002-09-22 Thread Declan McCullagh
[From customers who pay by check, that is. But why stop there? Credit card fraud is a problem, so it makes sense to extend Operation Thumbs Up to such purchases. And even cash can be counterfeit -- why not fingerprint all customers, all the time? --Declan] --- From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

FC: SurfControl dubs libertarian discussion site hate speech

2002-09-23 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.libertyforum.org/showflat.php?Cat=Board=news_computersNumber=233878t=-1#Post233878 Libertarian Free-Speech site categorized as *Hate Speech* site by SurfControl LibertyForum September 18, 2002 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Libertarians Speak and Nannies Freak CYBERSPACE -

FC: In copyright debate, is self-regulation legitimate?

2002-09-24 Thread Declan McCullagh
--- From: Sandy Starr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: COPYRIGHT DEBATE: Is self-regulation legitimate? Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 18:34:22 +0100 - IS SELF-REGULATION A LEGITIMATE APPROACH TO PROTECTING COPYRIGHT ON THE INTERNET? - The online debate 'Copyright in the digital age', hosted by the

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