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Why McCain Feingold law "compels" the FEC to limit political speech online [fs] (Mar 30 2005)

Weekly column: Why campaign finance "reformers" are squirming over blog regulation [fs] (Mar 29 2005)

Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Grokster case [ip] (Mar 29 2005)

Joel Reidenberg on Internet borders and getting sued in other countries [econ] (Mar 29 2005)

Nude photos on cell phones lure cops; always encrypt everything [priv] (Mar 29 2005)

Little-known U.S. law penalizes fake info on domain name registrations [priv] (Mar 29 2005)

FBI reportedly visits Alabama activist over post to "Cannabis Culture" website (Mar 29 2005)

N.C. government workers complain about horrific, outrageous cuts in their Solitaire playing [econ] (Mar 24 2005)

Bloggers narrowly dodged federal crackdown this week [fs] (Mar 24 2005)

Ask government for public records, get sued [fs] (Mar 24 2005)

Replies to new national ID card argument; "omits some key facts" (Mar 24 2005)

John Gilmore on national ID cards and freedoms of assembly, travel [priv] (Mar 24 2005)

Canada edges toward DMCA; anti-circumvention rules on the prowl [ip] (Mar 24 2005)

A critical look at new bank "security breach" requirements [priv] (Mar 23 2005)

New national ID argument: Let's support half of one so we don't get the whole thing [priv] (Mar 23 2005)

FEC releases Internet rules: bloggers can relax? [fs] (Mar 23 2005)

Jon Weinberg on bloggers and I-Visa perils [fs] (Mar 22 2005)

Update on FEC Internet regulation: vote on Thursday [fs] (Mar 22 2005)

Maine Supreme Court requires Internet provider to reveal email sender [priv] (Mar 21 2005)

Why bloggers don't want to be journalists: the dreaded I-Visa [fs] (Mar 21 2005)

Handheld license plate scanners a new fad: Brinworld is here [priv] (Mar 21 2005)

U.S. PIRG's Ed Mierzwinski on "model" state ID theft, privacy laws [priv] (Mar 21 2005)

Weekly column: Is it time for the federal e-rate program to die? [econ] (Mar 21 2005)

Dan Solove, Eric Grimm debate privacy laws with Cato's Jim Harper [priv] (Mar 21 2005)

North Carolina college censors student newspaper; request for help [fs] (Mar 21 2005)

Websense on Foxnews.com blocking: blames it on the database [fs] (Mar 18 2005)

Don't say "blogger" to U.S. Immigration -- or else [fs] (Mar 18 2005)

Orrin Hatch's new job: Senate copyright czar [ip] (Mar 17 2005)

Museum Security News Net-libel case may finally be over [fs] (Mar 17 2005)

Anti-drug attorney's critique of police using "drug dogs" to invade privacy [priv[ (Mar 17 2005)

More on Sen. Stevens wanting to extend indecency rules to cable, satellite, Net [fs] (Mar 17 2005)

Cato's Jim Harper replies to Solove-Hoofnagle privacy regulation proposal [priv] (Mar 17 2005)

Computers Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle from Apr 12-15 [priv] (Mar 17 2005)

Websense reportedly blocks Foxnews.com (but not CNN) as "advocacy" group [fs] (Mar 17 2005)

TSA adds teenagers to prohibited items list (satire) [priv] (Mar 15 2005)

Transcript of Sen. Stevens' remarks on Internet "indecency" laws [fs] (Mar 15 2005)

Senator wants "indecency" laws extended to broadband, VoIP [fs] (Mar 15 2005)

Stanford talk on Mar. 14: customized Web sites that protect privacy [priv] (Mar 11 2005)

Beijing spars with Dalai Lama via email trojans [fs] (Mar 11 2005)

Request for critique: a 16-point plan for privacy regulation [priv] (Mar 11 2005)

Four critiques of FEC's forthcoming Internet regulations [fs] (Mar 11 2005)

Reason article looks at campaign finance history, warns of blog crackdown [fs] (Mar 10 2005)

"My life as an RIAA defendant," by Nick Mamatas [ip] (Mar 10 2005)

Andy Sullivan: "The Internet is Changing Everything" [ip] (Mar 10 2005)

Canadian security firms express concern about DMCA being exported up north [ip] (Mar 09 2005)

McCain, Feingold defend campaign finance law, tell bloggers not to worry [fs] (Mar 09 2005)

Reporters Without Borders says ThinkSecret should receive press protection [fs] (Mar 09 2005)

"Hollywood Hacking Bill" author named Dem. liaison to entertainment industry [ip] (Mar 09 2005)

David Brin on transparency, sousveillance and reciprocal accountability [priv] (Mar 09 2005)

Bloggers, chill out, says Democratic FEC commissioner [fs] (Mar 08 2005)

More on teachers being videotaped, and where to find video [fs] (Mar 08 2005)

Weekly column: bloggers remain second-class citizens, legally speaking [fs] (Mar 07 2005)

Human rights group starts campaign to support imprisoned Iranian bloggers [fs] (Mar 07 2005)

XS4ALL sues Dutch government for costs of wiretapping [priv] (Mar 07 2005)

A correspondent's tongue-in-cheek report from Apple hearing [fs] (Mar 07 2005)

FEC Commissioner warns of coming blogging crackdown [fs] (Mar 03 2005)

Cops covertly acquired tissue of BTK suspect's relative -- from medical lab [priv] (Mar 02 2005)

Teacher recorded mistreating child; school bans videophones [fs] (Mar 02 2005)

Airport lockers, fingerprints, and privacy -- more details, questions [priv] (Mar 02 2005)

Get your "free" credit report, but be wary of scams [econ] (Mar 02 2005)

Not Free-As-In-FOIA: $203, 436 for Social Security Admin. to disgorge files [fs] (Mar 02 2005)

It's good to undelete: Floppy disk led to arrest in BTK killings [priv] (Mar 02 2005)

Replies to Ernst Zundel's deportment, some differing views [fs] (Mar 02 2005)

Some airport lockers now require fingerprints? [priv] (Mar 01 2005)

More on indecency rules extended to cable, satellite, Net [fs] (Mar 01 2005)

Canada deports Ernst Zundel to Germany after trial with secret evidence [fs] (Mar 01 2005)

"Indecency" rules must apply to cable, satellite, senator insists [fs] (Mar 01 2005)

Reporters Without Borders condemns "repressive" nations at U.N. Net-summit [fs] (Mar 01 2005)

World Bank report questions size of "digital divide" [econ] (Feb 28 2005)

"The Concealed I" anonymity conference Mar 4-5 at Univ. of Ottawa [priv] (Feb 28 2005)

Indecent FCC Watch: Private Ryan, Angel, Arrested Development OK'd [fs] (Feb 28 2005)

Update on John Gilmore's freedom-to-travel suit, from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [fs] (Feb 28 2005)

Weekly column: Proposed laws target online dating services [econ] (Feb 28 2005)

WashPost's page one story praises sharing music files, lawsuits to follow? [ip] (Feb 27 2005)

Iran jails blogger Arash Sigarchi for 14 years [fs] (Feb 27 2005)

Politech web site changes, RSS and Atom feeds now up-to-date (Feb 27 2005)

Drew Clark on "Spectrum Wars" in National Journal [econ] (Feb 27 2005)