Archive for March, 2012

It is no secret that the MPAA was a main facilitators of the criminal investigation against Megaupload. But while the movie studios have praised the actions of the US Government, they are not satisfied yet. Paramount Pictures' vice president for worldwide content protection identified Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, Putlocker and Depositfiles as prime targets that should be shuttered next. Source: MPAA Targets Fileserve, MediaFire, Wupload, ... Full story

The ACLU has just released the results of our affiliates’ public records requests to hundreds of police departments around the country asking them about their cell phone tracking policies. What we have learned is disturbing. Many of the approxim... Full story

Rupert Murdoch, media tycoon, founder and Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, has been a fanatical supporter of tougher anti-piracy legislation including PIPA and SOPA in the US. But this week it was claimed that Murdoch's piracy crusade is a rather hypocritical one, with his News Corporation now at the center of a major piracy scandal in which it's accused of encouraging piracy to cripple ... Full story

Last week, the Conseil Constitutionnel, the highest authority on the French Constitution, declared the provisions of a law permitting judicial and police use of a centralized national ID database to be unconstitutional. 200 members of the French Parlia... Full story

H.O.P.E. stands for Hackers On Planet Earth, one of the most creative and diverse hacker events in the world. HOPE Number Nine will be taking place on July 13, 14, and 15, 2012 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. If you haven't been before, thi... Full story

In which state did doctors try to force a pregnant woman to have a c-section against her wishes? What group can no longer be held in solitary confinement in Mississippi? How many cells compose a person according to Personhood USA's definition? How m... Full story

Every day is a day to celebrate James Esseks, director of the ACLU's Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender and AIDS Project. How could we not? He's wicked smart, strategic, organized and charming to boot. But today there's even more reason to toot his... Full story

Case Raises Key Questions About User Rights in Cloud-Based StorageSan Francisco - A small business owner who used Megaupload's cloud-based storage system as part of his daily operations has asked a federal court to establish a process that would allow ... Full story

Today, I submitted public comments to the CA/Browser Forum. CA/B Forum is an industry group started by Certificate Authorities -- the companies that sell digital certificates to web sites so that your browser can encrypt your communications and can te... Full story

A new report on the effectiveness of the French three-strikes anti-piracy law claims that it managed to cut Internet piracy in half last year. While lobbyists are making preparations to show these great results to politicians worldwide, there is one thing the report fails to mention. Despite the claimed decrease in piracy, revenues through legal channels are down as well. This is strange, because in ... Full story