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
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
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
://www.politechbot.com/p-03824.html
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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
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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
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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
Previous Politech message:
Japan's networked national ID system will go live on Aug. 8
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03502.html
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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
Related Politech message:
Fed up with those supermarket discount cards? Make your own
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01677.html
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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
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From: John Cieciel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: dec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DesMoinesRegister.com | News
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 13:21:30 -0500
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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
Previous Politech message:
The societal costs of total surveillance, from NYT
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03828.html
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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
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
Previous Politech message:
HP recants: 'We promise not to use DMCA against researchers!'
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03837.html
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Subject: Formal Response
From: ATD [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 02 Aug 2002 00:40:09 -0400
Declan,
Here you go
Previous Politech message:
Peer-to-peer hacking bill officially introduced in House
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03795.html
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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
constitutional liberties.
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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
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
[No DMCA threat, no problems with presenting, no chilling effect, not bad.
--Declan]
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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
Previous Politech message:
Salon on TIPS informant program and America's Most Wanted
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03861.html
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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
Related Politech message:
MetsOnline.net reportedly thwacked with trademark threats
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03818.html
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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
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
Previous Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03857.html
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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
[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]
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Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 11:08:40 -0400
From:
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
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From:
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
Previous Politech message:
Japan's national ID network -- already live, a week early
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03829.html
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From: Anonymous User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Japanese Drop Out of New ID System
From The Associated Press, available online at:
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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
Previous Politech message:
Text of letter to Ashcroft wanting jail for P2P pirates
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03872.html
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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
.
-Declan
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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
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
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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
Previous Politech message:
Military frets about sensitive .mil info on Internet
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03875.html
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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:
[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
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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
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
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
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Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 01:37:18 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From:
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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
-0500
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On Monday 12 August 2002 3:58 pm, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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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
-03827.html
-Declan
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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
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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
Previous Politech message:
American U. goes censorhappy: Arrests student taping Tipper Gore
http://www.politechbot.com/p-03787.html
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From: Erich Wasserman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Student Journalist at American University Punished for Videotaping
Public Speech by
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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
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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
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:
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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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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
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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
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,
[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
: 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
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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
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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
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
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http://www.ta.doc.gov/reports/TechPolicy/DRM-020717.htm
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
[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
[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
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
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
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From: French, Alec [email address deleted --DBM]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
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[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
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
[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
[A website becomes popular, thus it must be regulated? By the Federal
Department of Software Quality, perhaps? Words fail me. --Declan]
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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
[I recommend it. --Declan]
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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
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
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Date: Sun,
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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
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
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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
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
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
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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:
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
for it; you'll be taken more
seriously if you have a problem.
-Declan
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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
: 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
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
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
: 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
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Date: 10 Sep 2002 21:04:15 -0400
From: John R Levine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan
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
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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
in and OCR large documents, so I
may post efax files and ask for a volunteer to OCR 'em.
-Declan
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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
The White House has released its cybersecurity report:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/pcipb/cyberstrategy-draft.pdf
Following is one reaction.
-Declan
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http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956353.html
The Center for Strategic and International Studies, a hawkish think tank in
Washington with close
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
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Speech by Gary Shapiro, President and CEO
: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 19:21:07 +0200
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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
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FACT SHEET: INVESTIGATIVE GUIDELINES -- ALLOWING FBI
[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]
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From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
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 -
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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
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