Civil Liberties
Quot If You Want To Win An Election Just Control The Voting Machines Quot-
quot- A couple more sites working against all-electronic voting machines: https://www.blackboxvoting.com/ https://www.ecotalk.org/VotingSecurity.htm Also, an article discussing a situation that, if …
Horrible Precedent Guantanamo Detainees Have No Us Legal Recourse
[IP] Stuart Taylor’s column today –“Falsely Accused ‘Enemies’ Deserve Due Process Couldn’t say it better myself. And regarding those lists of “known or …
Illogical Rantings On Quot Under God Quot Issue
I couldn’t pass this one up. Miami News-Record - Gerald Stone Column " At a time when we need God and religion in our lives more than ever, the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to strike down …
Big Brother Is All Around You
ABCNews is reporting that several police agencies are under fire for domestic spying. Those of you who think that the government can have all the power it thinks it wants without checks and balances …
Copa Ruled Unconstitutional-
The Washington Post has a story about the victory for free speech handed down by the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday. They upheld a lower court injunction blocking the law (COPA) as …
Debate On Copyright Vs Innovation At Stanford
[IP] Pondering Value of Copyright vs. Innovation “Technology scholars, business leaders and policy makers gathered at California conferences this weekend to argue whether a mismatch between two …
Outlawing Encryption Under Patriot Ii
ot-ii Among other nasty things, the US government is trying to make the use of encryption while committing a crime over a computer a new crime that would add 5 years onto your sentence, if convicted. …
Google Removes Quot Illegal Quot Site From Its Index On Request
Seth Finkelstein has details on a troubling case about someone in Chester county in the UK complaining to google about a site run by someone calling themselves “Chester the Molester” as an …
Truth in music on its way?
Senator Ron Wyden (D) from Oregon is pitching a simple idea to lead to a market-driven solution to the DRM problems being imposed on consumers: to require music companies to disclose to consumers the …