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Feds Say No Dice in Retrieving Your Data Seized in Megaupload Case
Photo: Parker Miles Blohm/Flickr Federal prosecutors are proposing a process that would make it essentially impossible for former Megaupload users to recover their data following the government’s seizure of the file-sharing service’s servers and domain...Copyright Scofflaws Beware: ISPs to Begin Monitoring Illicit File Sharing
Photo: Matt Licht, NotionsCapital.com/Flickr The nation’s major internet service providers by year’s end will institute a so-called six-strikes plan, the “Copyright Alert System” initiative backed by the Obama administration and pushed by Hollywood and...Actress in Anti-Islam Film Sues YouTube on Copyright Grounds
A California actress who appeared in the infamous “Innocence of Muslims” flick on YouTube is again asking a federal court to remove the anti-Islam footage that has spawned deadly protests and sparked a...Appeals Court OKs Warrantless Wiretapping
Judge M. Margaret McKeown The federal government may spy on Americans’ communications without warrants and without fear of being sued, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday in a decision reversing the first and...Whistleblower, Suspected of Leaking Warrantless Spying Program, Sues NSA
Illustration: Electronic Frontier Foundation A former congressional staffer and NSA whistleblower who the authorities suspected of exposing the George W. Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program is suing the government, saying her constitutional rights are being...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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