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The war on photographers - you're all al Qaeda suspects now
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/23/police_photographer_stops/
MPAA: We Don't Need No Stinking Evidence!
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| You get some positive news, such as the Amicus brief filed by the EFF and
| others in the Jammie Thomas case, which could net her a new trial.
|
| But also on Friday, the MPAA filed its own brief, one which basically says it
| feels evidence isn't necessary in the case of one of its copyright
| infringement trials.
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http://technologyexpert.blogspot.com/2008/06/mpaa-we-dont-need-no-stinking-evidence.html
South Korea mulls Web watch
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| SOUTH KOREA'S embattled President Lee Myung-Bak is considering web monitoring
| because his government is getting kicked to death by bloggers.
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| There has been a wave of tumultuous protest inspired largely by bloggers and
| it is fast becoming difficult for Myung-Bak's government to cope.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/06/23/south-korea-mulls-web-watch
Recent:
Microsoft could force your mobile into silence
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| Microsoft is developing a new technology that could force mobiles into silent
| mode, or even prevent calls from being made.
|
| [...]
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| Phone jammers, which work in small spaces, are banned in the UK and come with
| a hefty fine for use.
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http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/microsoft-could-force-your-mobile-into-silence-393006
Digital copyright: it's all wrong
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| The ACTA draft is a scary document. If a treaty based on its provisions were
| adopted, it would enable any border guard, in any treaty country, to check
| any electronic device for any content that they suspect infringes copyright
| laws. They need no proof, only suspicion.
|
| They would be able to seize any device - laptop, iPod, DVD recorder, mobile
| phone, etc - and confiscate it or destroy anything on it, merely on
| suspicion. On the spot, no lawyers, no right of appeal, no nothing.
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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/digital-copyright-its-all-wrong/2008/06/09/1212863783566.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
http://tinyurl.com/6ylvpx
Embattled ACTA Negotiations Next Week In Geneva; US Sees Signing This Year
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| Criticism from NGOs
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| Canadian law expert David Fewer, staff counsel at the University of Ottawa’s
| Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic, told the Ottawa Citizen
| that the discussion paper was very close to a potential Christmas wish-list
| by Hollywood companies.
|
| Knowledge Ecology International (KEI), in an earlier statement filed to USTR,
| warned against a lack in differentiation and clearness of core terms, like
| counterfeiting, infringement or piracy. “Is Microsoft a “pirate” for
| insisting on the right to continue to infringe the z4 patents in order to use
| an infringing DRM technology to protect Microsoft software itself from
| infringement by unauthorised uses?” KEI asked in its statement.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/index.php?p=1071
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