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  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Can You Get Sued for File Sharing on Your WiFi Network?

    If you own an open WiFi connection, you might have worried whether you're liable for any copyright infringement taking place on that network -- even if you didn't do it. In a ruling that has caught the attention of lawmakers and attorneys worldwide, a Finnish court just ruled that owners of open Wi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2012

    CISPA: House OKs Internet Security Bill, President Obama Promises To Veto Measure

    In the latest round of Congress v. internet, the House of Representatives voted 248-168 Thursday in favor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. The measure would encourage companies such as Facebook to freely share your info with law enforcement agencies if you seem like a "cyber th ... More >>

  • News

    April 4, 2012

    Hunter Moore Makes a Living Screwing You

    The hated revenge-porn profiteer says he wants to teach a lesson with his web site. How long before the 26-year-old learns one himself?

  • Blogs

    December 18, 2010

    Bank of America Drops WikiLeaks Payments

    via​Bank of America has announced it will no longer process transactions for the website WikiLeaks, which trades in the release of secret government documents. WikiLeaks has teased coming after a financial institution next and in a 2009 interview founder Julian Assange mentioned "sitting on fi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    WikiLeaks Betrayed by Amazon, Visa, Mastercard -- and, Worst of All, the Media

    Credit: Kyle T. Webster The outrageous behavior of Amazon, Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal directed at WikiLeaks represents a much greater threat to America than any of the alleged security breaches from Julian Assange. These companies moved to cut off WikiLeaks' ability to collect donations and dist ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 12, 2010

    George W. Obama

    After his first year, Obama shows his true face

  • Blogs

    November 13, 2009

    Aggregator site hit with subpoena, gag order

    ​Political aggregator site Indymedia.us was served with a subpoena by the U.S. Attorney in Indianapolis demanding the IP addresses of all the site's readers, along with a order not to reveal the existence of the subpoena.

  • News

    April 29, 2009

    Craig Newmark Speaks at Victim's Memorial in Wake of Craigslist Killings

    ​Political aggregator site Indymedia.us was served with a subpoena by the U.S. Attorney in Indianapolis demanding the IP addresses of all the site's readers, along with a order not to reveal the existence of the subpoena.

  • Columns

    December 24, 2008

    Obama's Black Widow

    Thanks to Bush and Obama, the National Security Agency now knows more about you

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2008

    Black Gold Vs. Corporate Gold

    Thanks to Bush and Obama, the National Security Agency now knows more about you

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2008

    Top 10 Reasons Why NSA Wiretapping is Bad For America

    Thanks to Bush and Obama, the National Security Agency now knows more about you

  • News

    August 22, 2006

    George Bush: Recidivist

    A judge who came out of the civil rights movement teaches Bush the Constitution.

  • Blogs

    April 6, 2005

    Morning Report 4/6/05
    Spying on You, and Other Unpatriotic Acts

    A judge who came out of the civil rights movement teaches Bush the Constitution.

  • Music

    March 1, 2005

    Meet John Doe

    The RIAA runs its lawsuits as a volume business, and sometimes downloaders just gotta settle

  • News

    February 8, 2005

    Site Precedent

    What Apple Computer Insists are 'Trade Secrets' These Websites are Calling News

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2004

    Information Highway Robbery

    What Apple Computer Insists are 'Trade Secrets' These Websites are Calling News

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2004

    Vote Early! Vote Often!

    What Apple Computer Insists are 'Trade Secrets' These Websites are Calling News

  • Music

    February 24, 2004

    A Touch of Grey

    Unlimited supply, EMI, there is no reason why, if the label sues there's sure to be a fight

  • News

    September 16, 2003

    Wired to Wired

    Dean Finds That Courting Blogocrats Means Answering Tough Questions

  • News

    July 8, 2003

    Big Brother Gets a Brain

    The Pentagon's Plan for Tracking Everything That Moves

  • News

    March 18, 2003

    Darknet Blues

    The Music Industry Makes Peace With Big Software—at Dial-Up Speed

  • News

    January 21, 2003

    Dow v. Thing

    A Free-Speech Infringement That's Worse Than Censorship

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    Slowing the Ashcroft Act

    Haste Could Lay Waste to Liberty

  • News

    September 25, 2001

    Technology and Its Discontents

    Cyber-libertarians, Technologists, and Congress Wrangle Over Electronic Privacy Issues During Wartime

  • News

    August 1, 2000

    He Who Waits

    Fate of Hackers’ Hero Now in Judge’s Hands

  • News

    May 2, 2000

    Down By Law

    When Movie Moguls Wage War to Protect Copyright, the First Amendment Ends Up on the Cutting Room Floor

  • News

    February 1, 2000

    DVD Desperadoes

    Are the Hackers Unfairly Prosecuted?

  • News

    February 1, 2000

    Fade to Black

    The Motion Picture Association Shuts Down Crypto Research

  • News

    January 4, 2000

    Game Over

    Lawsuit Dropping Follows Holiday Shopping at eToys

  • News

    July 27, 1999

    New Word Order

    Digital Graffiti or Communication Breakthrough?

  • News

    June 29, 1999

    In Styles

    Digital Graffiti or Communication Breakthrough?

  • News

    April 6, 1999

    Machine Age

    Digital Graffiti or Communication Breakthrough?

  • News

    January 12, 1999

    Recreating a Rialto

    Can the global village be saved from monotony?

  • News

    October 6, 1998

    Journalist Cyberstung

    Can the global village be saved from monotony?

  • News

    September 1, 1998

    Fighting the Irish

    Does free speech suffer in the aftermath of terrorism?

  • News

    December 9, 1997

    Access Denied

    Did the thought police kill a Web site?

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