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Category: Politics & Law

Politics & Law

All Your Data Are Belong To You: TSA, DHS, devices, and your rights

Posted on April 4, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Sarah Houghton tweeted the other day a mention of being regularly hassled by the TSA. I asked her for details and said it would make…

Politics & Law

Are You A Teenager Who Reads News Online? According to the Justice Department, You May Be a Criminal

Posted on April 3, 2013April 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

As we’ve explained previously, in multiple cases the DOJ has taken the position that a violation of a website’s Terms of Service or an employer’s…

Politics & Law

Lawrence Lessig: We the People, and the Republic we must reclaim

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Michael Sauers

There is a corruption at the heart of American politics, caused by the dependence of Congressional candidates on funding from the tiniest percentage of citizens.…

Politics & Law

3D Printed Gun (documentary)

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Michael Sauers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DconsfGsXyA Published on Mar 25, 2013 Cody R Wilson has figured out how to print a semi-automatic rifle from the comfort of his own home. Now…

Politics & Law

MPAA Talking Points On Copyright Reform: Copyright Is Awesome For Everyone!

Posted on March 24, 2013 by Michael Sauers

With the possibility of comprehensive copyright reform in the US in the air, we warned that lobbyists from all sides were about to be very, very busy on Capitol…

Politics & Law

Wikileaks Was Just a Preview: We’re Headed for an Even Bigger Showdown Over Secrets

Posted on March 22, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Over at Rolling Stone, the spectacular Matt Taibbi has been taking a look at issues of privacy and secrecy when it comes to the US…

Politics & Law

Supreme Court upholds first-sale doctrine in textbook resale case

Posted on March 19, 2013March 19, 2013 by Michael Sauers

This is all over the social web this morning but in case you’ve missed it: Today’s decision vindicates the “first sale” doctrine, which allows the…

Internet

End of the line for Jammie Thomas-Rasset

Posted on March 18, 2013 by Michael Sauers

For close on six years the dizzying file-sharing case of the RIAA vs Jammie Thomas-Rasset has been winding its way back and forth through the…

Politics & Law

Court Says Jersey Boys Producers Were Free to Use Copyrighted "Ed Sullivan" Clip in Show

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Michael Sauers

From Playbill.com: A three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Central California filed on March 11 a ruling…

Politics & Law

What Cory Doctorow wishes Tim Berners-Lee understood about DRM

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Michael Sauers

Cory Doctorow’s latest article in The Guardian addresses the idea of putting DRM in HTML5. Here however is what I find to be the most…

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