Politech: by thread

Why McCain Feingold law "compels" the FEC to limit political speech online [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 30 2005)
Weekly column: Why campaign finance "reformers" are squirming over blog regulation [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 29 2005)
Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Grokster case [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 29 2005)
Joel Reidenberg on Internet borders and getting sued in other countries [econ] Declan McCullagh (Mar 29 2005)
Nude photos on cell phones lure cops; always encrypt everything [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 29 2005)
Little-known U.S. law penalizes fake info on domain name registrations [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 29 2005)
FBI reportedly visits Alabama activist over post to "Cannabis Culture" website Declan McCullagh (Mar 29 2005)
N.C. government workers complain about horrific, outrageous cuts in their Solitaire playing [econ] Declan McCullagh (Mar 24 2005)
Bloggers narrowly dodged federal crackdown this week [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 24 2005)
Ask government for public records, get sued [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 24 2005)
Replies to new national ID card argument; "omits some key facts" Declan McCullagh (Mar 24 2005)
John Gilmore on national ID cards and freedoms of assembly, travel [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 24 2005)
Canada edges toward DMCA; anti-circumvention rules on the prowl [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 24 2005)
A critical look at new bank "security breach" requirements [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 23 2005)
New national ID argument: Let's support half of one so we don't get the whole thing [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 23 2005)
FEC releases Internet rules: bloggers can relax? [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 23 2005)
Jon Weinberg on bloggers and I-Visa perils [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 22 2005)
Update on FEC Internet regulation: vote on Thursday [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 22 2005)
Maine Supreme Court requires Internet provider to reveal email sender [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
Why bloggers don't want to be journalists: the dreaded I-Visa [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
Handheld license plate scanners a new fad: Brinworld is here [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
U.S. PIRG's Ed Mierzwinski on "model" state ID theft, privacy laws [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
Weekly column: Is it time for the federal e-rate program to die? [econ] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
Dan Solove, Eric Grimm debate privacy laws with Cato's Jim Harper [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
North Carolina college censors student newspaper; request for help [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 21 2005)
Websense on Foxnews.com blocking: blames it on the database [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 18 2005)
Don't say "blogger" to U.S. Immigration -- or else [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 18 2005)
Orrin Hatch's new job: Senate copyright czar [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
Museum Security News Net-libel case may finally be over [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
Anti-drug attorney's critique of police using "drug dogs" to invade privacy [priv[ Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
More on Sen. Stevens wanting to extend indecency rules to cable, satellite, Net [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
Cato's Jim Harper replies to Solove-Hoofnagle privacy regulation proposal [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
Computers Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle from Apr 12-15 [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
Websense reportedly blocks Foxnews.com (but not CNN) as "advocacy" group [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 17 2005)
TSA adds teenagers to prohibited items list (satire) [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 15 2005)
Transcript of Sen. Stevens' remarks on Internet "indecency" laws [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 15 2005)
Senator wants "indecency" laws extended to broadband, VoIP [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 15 2005)
Stanford talk on Mar. 14: customized Web sites that protect privacy [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 11 2005)
Beijing spars with Dalai Lama via email trojans [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 11 2005)
Request for critique: a 16-point plan for privacy regulation [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 11 2005)
Four critiques of FEC's forthcoming Internet regulations [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 11 2005)
Reason article looks at campaign finance history, warns of blog crackdown [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 10 2005)
"My life as an RIAA defendant," by Nick Mamatas [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 10 2005)
Andy Sullivan: "The Internet is Changing Everything" [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 10 2005)
Canadian security firms express concern about DMCA being exported up north [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 09 2005)
McCain, Feingold defend campaign finance law, tell bloggers not to worry [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 09 2005)
Reporters Without Borders says ThinkSecret should receive press protection [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 09 2005)
"Hollywood Hacking Bill" author named Dem. liaison to entertainment industry [ip] Declan McCullagh (Mar 09 2005)
David Brin on transparency, sousveillance and reciprocal accountability [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 09 2005)
Bloggers, chill out, says Democratic FEC commissioner [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 08 2005)
More on teachers being videotaped, and where to find video [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 08 2005)
Weekly column: bloggers remain second-class citizens, legally speaking [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 07 2005)
Human rights group starts campaign to support imprisoned Iranian bloggers [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 07 2005)
XS4ALL sues Dutch government for costs of wiretapping [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 07 2005)
A correspondent's tongue-in-cheek report from Apple hearing [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 07 2005)
FEC Commissioner warns of coming blogging crackdown [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 03 2005)
Cops covertly acquired tissue of BTK suspect's relative -- from medical lab [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
Teacher recorded mistreating child; school bans videophones [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
Airport lockers, fingerprints, and privacy -- more details, questions [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
Get your "free" credit report, but be wary of scams [econ] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
Not Free-As-In-FOIA: $203, 436 for Social Security Admin. to disgorge files [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
It's good to undelete: Floppy disk led to arrest in BTK killings [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
Replies to Ernst Zundel's deportment, some differing views [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 02 2005)
Some airport lockers now require fingerprints? [priv] Declan McCullagh (Mar 01 2005)
More on indecency rules extended to cable, satellite, Net [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 01 2005)
Canada deports Ernst Zundel to Germany after trial with secret evidence [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 01 2005)
"Indecency" rules must apply to cable, satellite, senator insists [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 01 2005)
Reporters Without Borders condemns "repressive" nations at U.N. Net-summit [fs] Declan McCullagh (Mar 01 2005)
World Bank report questions size of "digital divide" [econ] Declan McCullagh (Feb 28 2005)
"The Concealed I" anonymity conference Mar 4-5 at Univ. of Ottawa [priv] Declan McCullagh (Feb 28 2005)
Indecent FCC Watch: Private Ryan, Angel, Arrested Development OK'd [fs] Declan McCullagh (Feb 28 2005)
Update on John Gilmore's freedom-to-travel suit, from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette [fs] Declan McCullagh (Feb 28 2005)
Weekly column: Proposed laws target online dating services [econ] Declan McCullagh (Feb 28 2005)
WashPost's page one story praises sharing music files, lawsuits to follow? [ip] Declan McCullagh (Feb 27 2005)
Iran jails blogger Arash Sigarchi for 14 years [fs] Declan McCullagh (Feb 27 2005)
Politech web site changes, RSS and Atom feeds now up-to-date Declan McCullagh (Feb 27 2005)
Drew Clark on "Spectrum Wars" in National Journal [econ] Declan McCullagh (Feb 27 2005)