Lawmakers Demand Info on Web Tracking Practices: “A congressional committee sent letters to more than 30 Internet companies demanding to know whether they track where their users go online and use that information to deliver…
Homeland Security: We can seize laptops for an indefinite period: “ The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has concocted a remarkable new policy: It reserves the right to seize for an indefinite period of time…
YouTube’s Porn Policy Might Land It in Legal Trouble: “How hard is it to find porn on YouTube? Hard enough that the Internet giant might be inadvertently opening itself up to increased legal scrutiny.” (Via…
FCC formally rules Comcast’s throttling of BitTorrent was illegal: “ Federal regulators voted 3-2 on Friday to declare that Comcast’s throttling of BitTorrent traffic last year was unlawful, marking the first time that any U.S….
Google accused on privacy views: “A US civil rights group accuses Google of double-standards on its stance over personal privacy.” (Via BBC News.)
Only ‘unlawful threats’ would invalidate McKinnon extradition: “ Ordinary threats not enough Analysis The Law Lords have published their reasons for rejecting the extradition appeal of accused Pentagon hacker Gary McKinnon.… “ (Via The Register…
Gary McKinnon, British computer hacker, loses appeal over US extradition: “Gary McKinnon stands accused of becoming the most accomplished computer hacker in history by crashing the United States army network, but claims only to have…
Film industry takes action on film link sites: “The film industry’s US trade body has sued two websites because they provide links to copyright-infringing copies of films. The body said that it believes that the…
Stealing Text is Illegal, Too: “It’s time for the rest of the online adult industry to take a more enlightened approach to all forms of content piracy, and that includes making sure writers and text…
Under Pressure, ISP Admits Secret Web Snooping in Kansas: “Internet service provider Embarq told Congress today that it monitored some 26,000 of its customers without telling them explicitly in a secret test of a controversial…