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Sheboygan women files landmark case over Web links
        
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| That’s the question at the center of a federal lawsuit brought by a Sheboygan 
| woman against the mayor and other officials there, in what appears to be a 
| first-of-its-kind case, according to an Internet law expert.  
| 
| Jennifer Reisinger says the Sheboygan city attorney ordered her to remove 
| from her Web site a link to the city’s police department, in what she 
| believes was retaliation for her support of recalling Mayor Juan Perez, 
| according to the suit filed last week.   
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http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=786584
        
You also cannot link to Sainsbury's and BusinessWeek. They don't want visitors.

BusinessWeek turned into malware playground
        
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| The website of BusinessWeek magazine has suffered a major SQL injection 
| attack in recent days that left it hosting malware from hundreds of its 
| pages, Sophos has reported.  
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=162027980&rid=-50
        
Associated Press does not even want to be mentioned.    
        
        
Recent:

MPAA Sues Two Movie Sites

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| The MPAA says the sites contribute to and profit from copyright infringement
| by identifying, posting, and indexing links to infringing content on the
| Internet allowing people to then view on-demand.
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http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2008/07/30/mpaa-sues-two-movie-sites
http://tinyurl.com/6nadoe


Judges warned about RIAA antics

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| AMERICA'S TOP JUDGES have been briefed on the antics of the Recording
| Industry Association of America.
|
| New York attorney Ray Beckerman has written a paper for the American Bar
| Association's Judge's Journal's bumper summer issue.
|
| Beckerman, who defends people sued by the MAFIAA, told judges about the finer
| points of case law relating to the wave of P2P cases.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/07/30/judges-warned-riaa-antics


RIAA Hopes New Judge will Nab Sharers

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| Rather that directing the lawsuit at the same defendants as before, the RIAA
| directed it at John Doe (a defendant to be identified later), therefore
| obtaining a new judge ... who may not be so strict about the "making
| available" clauses.
|
| Nice move, RIAA.
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http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007114.htm


Microsoft Misleads on Copyright Reform

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| The Hill Times this week includes an astonishingly misleading and factually
| incorrect article on Canadian copyright written by Microsoft.
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http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/2670/125/


Canada moots tough sanctions for DRM flouters

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| The Canadian government today unveiled a controversial proposal to update the
| country's copyright laws.
|
| [...]
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| It's a somewhat confusing solution that government officials behind the bill
| call a "balanced approach to truly benefit Canadians".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/12/canada_copyright_reform_june_2008/


Under Pressure, ISP Admits Secret Web Snooping in Kansas

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| Internet service provider Embarq eavesdropped on the web surfing habits of
| 26,000 customers in Kansas without notifying them personally, as part of its
| test of new, controversial advertising technology that profiles users, the
| company told federal lawmakers Wednesday.
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/under-pressure.html


UK ISPs agree to menace their filesharing users

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| According to the BBC this week's deal takes the form of a Memorandum of
| Understanding between the ISPs and the Department for Business, Enterprise &
| Regulatory Reform (BERR). Under it, ISPs are reported to have committed to
| achieving a significant reduction in illegal filesharing, and to educate
| their customers on copyright. They need only follow the shining examples of
| the RIAA and the BPI and lo, it will be done.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/07/23/berr_isp_mou/
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