First Amendment
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Lawsuit challenges new 'e-annoyance' law
News Law targeting e-mail, Web posts that "annoy" will be tested in suit filed by provider of service that lets people send anonymous e-mail.
Tags: Spam and phishing
Online news site wins First Amendment victory
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Court: Programming languages covered by First Amendment
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US lawmaker wants Google Maps to blur certain buildings
News Proposed California state law would criminalize displaying churches, hospitals, government buildings and schools on online maps unless they were blurred.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Republican, India, Google Inc., Google Earth, Computerworld, First Amendment, assemblyman, Mumbai
Understand limitations of your online privacy
Blogs Life is about choices. We all make decisions almost every second of our life. Some are menial...should I floss and brush...
Magazine fires latest salvo in DVD appeal
News The self-labeled "hacker quarterly," 2600 Magazine, is asking a federal appeals court to focus on the First Amendment when it considers whether it is illegal to post--or link to--source code that can help unscramble encrypted DVDs.
Suit over poor Google ranking may go forward
News Federal judge is considering issuing an order to allow KinderStart.com to amend its lawsuit against the search giant.
Tags: Search
Court won't force library to filter Net content
News A California library cannot be sued under state law for failing to filter Internet content, a state appeals court has decided.
Glitch hits McVeigh execution broadcast
News Prison officials acknowledged Monday that there was a glitch in the closed-circuit broadcast of the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Glitch hits McVeigh execution broadcast
News Prison officials acknowledge a delay at the start of the closed-circuit broadcast of the execution of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Net company abandons McVeigh Webcast
News An Internet company that sought to Webcast the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh says it has decided not to appeal a federal court decision barring such a broadcast.
Apple pushes to unmask product leaker
News Company pushes in court to unmask product leaker, and Mac sales "pause" as users await Intel systems.
Tags: Mac OS, Corporate law, Lawsuits
ACLU wants SEC Web surveillance plan suspended
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Judge: No Webcast of McVeigh execution
News A federal magistrate rejects the request by Entertainment Networks to broadcast over the Web the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh.
Child protection act back in court
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