Intellectual Property Law

minilinks for 2009-04-30

By hugh

• Rep. Boucher Pushes Internet Privacy Legislation
  The Virginia congressman wants legislation that will protect the public against behavioral advertising and other new technologies.
  
• Obama's First 100 Days: High Marks for Science, Low for Privacy
  Wired's Threat Level blog grades the Obama administration on issues of copyright, cyber security, transparency and privacy.
  
• Lessig Video Gets DMCA Takedown
  Warner Music issued a takedown on a video by noted copyright law professor Lawrence Lessig.
  
• "Pirate Google" Sets Sail to Show Copyright Hypocrisy
  If indexing .torrent files is enabling piracy, the new Pirate Google site reminds us that Google is also guilty.
  
• Swedish ISPs Vow Not to Store Users' Traffic Data
  Three ISPs in Sweden are attracting customers by erasing customer traffic data to protect customer privacy.
  
• Online Comments Lead to Slander Case in NJ
  A blogger who accused an online pornography company of a security breach is facing a slander suit for comments made on an online forum.
  
• Behavioral Advertising: Not So Bad After All?
  The "public" rallies to the defense of the maligned behavioral advertising company Phorm with a new astroturf website.
  
• The Long War: Music Piracy in 1897
  A New York Times article from the other '90s complains about Canadian pirates selling unauthorized sheet music by mail.
  
• Jon Stewart on the Jane Harman Scandal
  "The Congreswoman who was caught on a wiretap was spared further wiretapping so as not to erode her support... for wiretapping!"
  

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on April 30, 2009 (boomark / email).