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U.S. Courts Split on Internet Bans
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| A federal appeals court is reversing a
| lifetime internet ban imposed on a child sex
| offender also handed a 15-year prison term.
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| The outcome highlights the appellate courts
| are all over the map when it comes to
| internet bans often imposed on defendants,
| especially sex deviants, once they have
| served their time. Whatâs more, the courts
| appear to be accepting the internet as a
| basic freedom to which convicts, even the
| worst of the worst, usually should not be
| denied permanent access.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/01/courts-split-on-internet-bans/
Cost-benefit analysis: net neutrality makes economic sense
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| A new study warns that abandoning network
| neutrality could transfer billions of
| dollars from the most competitive sector of
| the Internet (online content) to the least
| (Internet service providers).
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/01/new-study-no-net-neutrality-means-weaker-internet-economy.ars
Economics backs net neutrality, say researchers
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| Net neutrality is not just the fairest way
| to organise the internet but the most
| economically effective, according to two US
| academics. Their economic analysis of the
| policy claims that it is the best way to
| encourage investment in online services.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/01/13/net_neutrality_economics/
US DOJ: Kindle in classroom hurts blind students
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| Three U.S. universities will stop promoting
| the use of Amazon.com's Kindle DX e-book
| reader in classrooms after complaints that
| the device doesn't give blind students equal
| access to information.
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http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/332405
Recent:
What is DRM doing in my garage?
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| My new garage door opener comes with both DRM
| and a DMCA warning: don't even think about
| using a third-party remote. But didn't a
| federal court already say this sort of
| behavior was illegal years ago?
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/12/what-is-drm-doing-in-my-garage.ars
Apple & Audiobook Firms Insist On DRM
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| Yes, Apple. The company that at one point
| claimed DRM was bad and should be ditched,
| and convinced the record labels to ditch DRM.
| Yet, as we've noted in the past, outside of
| music, Apple is still a huge DRM supporter.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091213/2103287328.shtml
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