Obama now says he'll vote in favor of the new FISA bill that gives the telecom companies blanket immunity for post-Sept. 11 eavesdropping.

Georgia State University fired back this week at its accusers, three academic publishers that say the institution invites students to illegally download and print readings from thousands of works. The university asserts that its online distribution of course material is permitted under copyright law's fair-use exemption."

The court found that even though the department had a policy that "reserves the right to monitor and log all activity," in practice it didn't, and the officers knew it. As a result, there was a legitimate 4th Amendment expectation of privacy.

The poor phone companies claimed massive internet congestion because of "internet telephony" --- it was just a ruse to charge VOIP companies more money or block them. Today's let's charge by the byte is just another iteration of the problem -- they don't want any video that they can't control and get paid for.

In a noteworthy contrast with the secrecy that prevails in much of government and often within its own ranks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is soliciting public comment on revisions to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), which is the framework for defending essential infrastructure, ranging from agriculture to transportation, against attack or natural disaster.

"The use of radio frequency identification devices appears to have the potential to cause critical care medical equipment to malfunction, according to a study in the June 25 issue of JAMA...."

providers must filter out all the porn...and, if the filters don't work, then the providers have to use 'other means,'

The net's regulators will vote on Thursday to decide if the strict rules on so-called top level domain names, such as .com or .uk, can be relaxed.

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