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- Since when does a legal entity have "privacy" rights? (Privacy Law Blog)
- AFACT 'goes for the throat' in iiNet case (ARN)
- TV rights worth less because Rio won: IOC official (CBC)
- The U.S. Special 301 Reports, 1989 to 2009 (KEIOnline)
- US gov't drops price of journals from $17k to $0, adds XML to Federal Register! (BB)
- Teens too open online: privacy watchdog (CBC)
- Cory Doctorow Recieves Legal Threat (BoingBoing)
- MoD 'how to stop leaks' document is leaked (Telegraph)
- Privacy Commissioner Releases Annual PIPEDA Report (MG)
- Artist Not Allowed To Stream His Own Music (Slashdot)
- 12345 most popular stolen Hotmail password (PC Pro)
- Copyright Lobby Working on Gutting Canadian Anti-Spam Bill (Michael Geist)
- New decision on warrantless access to ISP customer data (Cdn Priv Blog)
- Lawyer Loses Unemployment Cash Because of $1.30 in Daily Blog Income (ABA)
- French Presidency Busted for Movie Piracy (Serendipitous Altruism)
- Cell phone owners could face TV licence fees (TheLocal)
- Japan court acquits file-sharing software creator (Taiwan News)
- Common Public Practice Should Not Be Legalized - Access Copyright (MG)
- Anti-Copyright Movement Use Digital Media to Spread Sentiment - Barry Sookman
- Finland makes 1Mb broadband access a legal right (CNet)
- China Cracks Down on Tor Anonymity Network (Technology Review)
- Court Rules That Phones Ringing in Public Don't Infringe Copyright (EFF)
- MPAA Wants Control of Your TV (EFF)
- Once Again, Government Moves to Delay Release of Telecom Lobbying Documents (EFF)
- Marketers want anti-spam bill altered (CBC)
- The Copyright Lobby's Secret Pressure On the Anti-Spam Bill (Michael Geist)
- CIA Buys Stake in Company to Monitor Me (Danger Room)
- UK All Party Parliamentary Communications Group Disagrees With Disconnecting P2Pers
- Canadians getting ripped off on internet rates (NDP)
- UCLA study finds that searching the Internet increases brain function (UCLA)
- Apple, others hit with lawsuit over '90s Ethernet patents (AppleInsider)
- AT&T lobbyist asks employees, their families and friends to protest net neutrality
- Liberals To Drop Controversial Copyright Lobby Spyware Amendments (MG)
- CRTC Decision on Net Neutrality This Week (CRTC)
- White House shares the ACTA Internet text with 42 Washington insiders (KEI)
- Time Warner Cable Exposes 65,000 Customer Routers to Remote Hacks (TL)
- Store Singer Recieves Apology After Collective Demanded Royalties (BBC)
- Michael Geist Was Hacked!
- EFF: Chamber of Commerce Takes Aim at Yes Men (EFF)
- SparkFun Gets a Cease and Desist Letter (Sparkfun)
- Hulu May Begin Charging For Content Next Year (Slashdot)
- YouTube Targetted for Copyright Infringement Again (NewTeeVee)
- Lawful Access Looms on Parliamentary Plan (MG)
- CBC's 22 Minutes on Canadian Copyright Reform (Video) (MG)
- CRTC Sets Net Neutrality Framework But Leaves Guarantees More Complaints (MG)
- Amendment 138 dead by lack of courage of the Parliament (Squaring the Net)
- Romania’s Constitutional Court Rules Data Storage Law Unconstitutional (MediaFax)
- A short story about the olympics and non-commercial CC photos (EFA)
- Yahoo "Sorry" For Offering Lap Dances at Developers Event (Daily Tech)
- The World of Tomorrow (If The Internet Disappeared Today) (Cracked)
- MySpace Stopped Innovating Says News Corp.'s Jonathan Miller (DailyTech)
- Video Game Industry Transitioning to Digital Distribution (Eurogamer)
- Nokia Sues Apple for Patent Infringement (Epicenter)
- Nigeria Cracking Down on E-Mail Scams (Epicenter)
- GeoCities' time has expired, Yahoo closing the site today (LATimes)
- 'Hall of Shame' Calls Out Bogus Internet Censorship (EFF)
- Study Finds Canadian C-61 Anti-Circumvention Provisions Unconstitutional (MG)
- Will The Liberals Play The Role of Opposition on Lawful Access? (MG)
- Copyright Lobbyist Passes Propaganda as Fact (Canadian Copyright Consultation)
- Ontario Ministry of Education Ordered to Pay $16 Million in New Fees
- MPAA Declares War on Movie Rentals (LATimes)
- Lord Mandelson sets date for blocking filesharers' internet connections (Guardian)
- Distracted Driving Law Passes At Queen's Park (CityTV)
- Tough identity theft law passed (CBC)
- Cell users angry at pricey texting scheme (CBC)
- YouGov poll shows Mandelson’s internet disconnection plans is a clear vote loser(ORG)
- Anti-Spam Bill Passes Committee Without Copyright Lobby Spyware Provision (MG)
- Amazon Patents Editting (USPTO)
- ZeroPaid Killed the Newspaper Star (Washington Post)
- Obama Administration Looks to Australia for Telecom Advice (ComputerWorld)
- Hey, Texas Instruments -- Stop Digging Holes (EFF)
- Petition to President Obama, regarding transparency of ACTA (KEI)
- TalkTalk threatens legal action over Mandelson's filesharing plan (Guardian)
- EU Commission move to second phase of infringement proceedings over Phorm (ORG)
- Reacting To Lawful Access: Comparing the Conservatives, Liberals, and NDP (MG)
- CRTC Greenlights P2P Throttling (CBC)
- Denying physics won’t save the video stars (Times)
- Towards a Permission-based Web (RedMonk)
- Appeals Court Says Swearing in Text Messages Isn’t a Crime (Threat Level)
- Woman Loses Job Due to Error in FBI Criminal Database (Threat Level)
- Disappointing L4D2 demo released; write to the Minister! (EFA)
- Liberals push for better competition and service for cell phone and internet use
- Facebook gets $711 million damages in anti-spam case (Reuters)
- Contest To Hack Brazilian Voting Machines (Slashdot)
- Clement on the State of Canadian Copyright Law (MG)
- UK government threatened by EU over Phorm privacy issues (ORG)
- Illegal downloaders 'spend the most on music', says poll (Independent)
- Another Pirate Party Member Officially Elected Into EU (PPUK)
- ACTA Will Make File-Sharing a CRIMINAL Offence! (Michael Geist)
- Threat Level Obtains Copy of Leaked ACTA Memo
- Canadian Government Issues Notice and Takedown on Media Outlet (MG)
- Europe only goes half-way in protecting Internet rights (Squaring the Net)
- PATRIOT Reform AND State Secrets Reform Bills Pass House Committee (EFF)
- ACTA Internet Chapter Leak Signals Far-Reaching Copyright Policy (IP-Watch)
- European Commission "advance warning" summary on ACTA Internet Chapter (Wikileaks)
- Verizon Lawsuit Makes AT&T The Villain, Again (PCWorld)
- WIPO Chief Economist - Piracy Has Benefits (Slashdot)
- Sony Sued by the Visually Impaired (Gamespot)
- (New) The Prisoner TV Series
- Danish anti-piracy agency throw in the towel (FreeForm101)
- Another "Hero" is Coming Our Way (360 Kombo)
- FAIL - Rupert Murdoch Suggests Fair Use is Illegal (Inquisitr)
- Framed for child porn — by a PC virus (AP)
- KEI and Public Knowledge Open Letter to the US Govt on ACTA (PK)
- Stay Connected with Free Airport Wi-Fi from Google this Holiday Season (Google)
- Government Secretly Demanded the IP Address of Every Visitor to Political News Site
- Reining in ACTA: Update and Call to Action (EFF)
- Submit your ACTA questions for Minister Tony Clement (Search Engine)
- German government wants open standards and open source (OSOR)
- "Study" Says Safari and Firefox the Most Vulnerable Browsers in Existance (NS)
- Microsoft Patents Sudo (Groklaw)
- EFF lawyers grin, surrounded by a fan of formerly secret government documents (BB)
- Study Suggests Labels Losing Money, but Music Industry Growing (TimesOnline)
- City Claims Local Laws Are Copyrighted and Users Must Pay to See Them (Times Union)
- Man appeals $430 billion Bon Jovi lawsuit (ABC News)
- CTV & Canwest Ask CRTC To Order Blocking Of U.S. Programs (MG)
- More Freedom Necessary as Top Developers Abandon iPhone (EFF)
- You Know a Copyright Law Proposal is Bad When Fox News Freaks Out Over It (FoxNews)
- United Nations Censors Anti-Internet-Censorship Poster (YouTube)
- Canada's "TV tax"/"Save local TV" squabble explained (Video Incl) (BoingBoing)
- Viacom Lawyer Likens P2P Lawsuits to Terrorism, Argues 3 Strikes Will Be Better (BB)
- Copyright Collective Declares War on Bars and Coffee Shops (sctimes)
- MySpace May Move To Pay Model (TechCrunch)
- Spain Codifies 'The Right to Broadband' (PCMag)
- Telus warns against letting Globalive compete (CBC)