RIAA: The Perpetual Litigation Machine: The Recording Industry Association of America dropped a copyright infringement case against a New York family and refiled it with another judge. The original judge was to rule soon on…
Jail sentence for botnet creator: “A malicious hacker who hijacked hundreds of PCs will serve almost four years in jail for his crimes.” (Via BBC News.)
Verizon offers details of Usenet deletion: alt.* groups, others gone: Verizon Communications confirmed on Thursday that it will stop offering its customers access to tens of thousands of Usenet discussion areas, including the alt.* groups…
ISPs: We’re limiting our own Usenet groups, not blocking others: An announcement this week by New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo that three Internet service providers would ‘block’ sources of child porn has caused…
ATTORNEY GENERAL CUOMO ANNOUNCES UNPRECEDENTED DEAL WITH NATION’S LARGEST INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO BLOCK MAJOR SOURCES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY For Immediate Release: New York City Press Office / 212-416-8060 Albany Press Office / 518-473-5525 nyag.pressoffice@oag.state.ny.us…
Washington Post coverage of the New York Initiative New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, at the podium, is joined at the announcement by, from left, Matthew Sullivan of Sprint Nextel, Jeff Zimmerman of Time…
Justice Department Trying to Revive COPA: “Government lawyers tried Tuesday to revive the Child Online Protection Act, a 1998 law designed to keep online pornography away from children.” (Via XBIZ.com | News & Articles.)
Secret Spy Court Troubled by FBI Wiretap Network: The nation’s top-secret spy court repeatedly questioned the FBI in 2005 and 2006 about the operation of its sophisticated wiretapping network, raising questions about whether investigators exceeded…
Interstate web host foils gonzo porn baron Max Hardcore: California obscenity, Florida conviction A federal jury in Tampa, Florida convicted a pioneer of gross-out ‘gonzo’ porn last week on obscenity charges stemming from the delivery…
Communications Decency Act Tipping Under Cuomo Kid-Porn Accord: Sprint, Verizon and Time Warner are agreeing with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to block and filter kiddie porn. Perhaps it’s a salvo to head off…