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A few months back, SF Gate cartoonist Mark Fiore introduced his character Snuggly, the Security Bear, with a brilliant take on telecom immunity. Now, Snuggly is back, and he has a few words to say about "compromise."
Read Cartoon: The Return of Snuggly, the Security Bear (Links)
Fact: The Al Haramain decision makes clear that the state secrets privilege will not prevent the telecoms from defending themselves, because FISA's evidentiary procedures preempt the privilege.
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Read What The New NSA Spying Decision Means for the Immunity Debate (Links)
Their report, Investigating Voluntary Collective Licensing for Music File-Sharing at UC Berkeley, starts with the following questions: Would such a system be attractive to students? They also found that 65% of students surveyed said they were willing to pay into a VCL system.
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Read Legal Filesharing on Campus? (Links)
Here's Senator Orrin Hatch's argument in last Thursday's Senate debate. "How many times have we heard claims that the Protect America Act would permit the government to spy on innocent American families overseas, on their vacations? Or innocent American soldiers overseas serving their country?
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Read Senator Hatch and Tinfoil Hats (Links)
Decision Undermines Telecom Immunity Arguments While the case only directly addressed the Al Haramain case, Judge Walker did mention the cases against the telecommunications giants who participated in the illegal surveillance program: Plaintiff amici [i.e.
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Read Breaking News: Court Holds That FISA Preempts State Secret Privilege (Links)
If any single one of the YouTube users in the Logging database picked a Login ID that does identify that user (i.e. if my YouTube login was kurtopsahl), then the Logging database' information about viewing habits is protected by the VPPA, even if others pick anonymous pseudonyms.
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Read Court Ruling Will Expose Viewing Habits of YouTube Users (Links)
Washington, D.C. - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit on behalf of a member of the European Parliament today, demanding that the U.S. government release records about her "risk assessment" score and other information gathered about her during her international travels.
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Read European Lawmaker Sues U.S. Agencies to Obtain Travel-Related and Other Personal Information (Links)
There is a growing movement to surveil the drivers of cars — for insurance purposes. These measurements can be used to identify good drivers, and offer them insurance discounts — or to spot dangerous drivers, charge them higher premiums and encourage them to take driving skills courses.
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Read Surveilling Drivers For Safety, For The Environment, and For Profit (Links)
Pressure on Spain to Join France's Three Strikes John Kennedy of IFPI, Denis Olivennes push for three strikes in Spain. Internet Society France Calls for Withdrawal of Three Strikes Calls it "the Middle Ages of the Internet".
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Read Global minilinks for 2008-06-30 (Links)
A Fourth Of July Parade could be an excellent leverage point to pressure politicians to stand tall for civil liberties. EFF calls on every Senator that cares about civil liberties and the rule of law to support the Bingaman amendment if the amendment to strip immunity fails. 3.
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Read A Brief Reprieve on FISA: What Now? (Links)
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