free-speech

EFF files DoJ, FBI, DEA FOIA request

p2pnet view P2P | Freedom:- The Obama administration wants to be able to sneak into your system so it can poke around in your email, webmail, Skype, Facebook, Xbox — you name it...

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Friday, October 29th, 2010 Net News No Comments

Unravelling the copyright tangle

p2pnet view P2P:- John Bennett in First (free speech) amendment trumps copyright reflects on Mike Masnick’s observation that certain parts of the Emperor’s modesty may be visible from certain angles > > >...

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Friday, September 17th, 2010 Net News No Comments

‘John Doe’ Who Fought FBI Spying Freed From Gag Order After 6 Years

The owner of an internet service provider who mounted a high-profile court challenge to a secret FBI records demand has finally been partially released from a 6-year-old gag order that forced him to...

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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010 Net News No Comments

‘Unapproved’ apps OK on iPhone, Apple told

p2pnet view Mobiles :- Apple’s claim that US copyright law stops people from installing ‘unapproved’ apps on iPhones has been trashed by the Copyright Office. “When one jailbreaks a smartphone in order to...

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Monday, July 26th, 2010 Net News No Comments

Swedish parliament to host The Pirate Bay

p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- The irony is rich. Sweden is deeply in thrall to the corporate copyright cartels. And yet its parliament is to host The Pirate Bay, the Swedish indexing site...

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Saturday, July 3rd, 2010 Net News No Comments