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Australia comes to its senses, abandons Internet filtering regime
The Australian government has now, after years of testing and preparing, formally abandoned a plan to filter its domestic Internet. Officials now say that it will use Interpol’s "worst of" child abuse site list...Supreme Court seeks a way around "perpetual copyright" on foreign goods
flickr / deltaMike If the Supreme Court is looking for a middle ground in Wiley v. Kirtsaeng, it's going to be hard to find. That copyright case, argued this morning, could have a...Russia’s Top Cyber Sleuth Foils US Spies, Helps Kremlin Pals
Eugene Kaspersky, Soviet officer turned software tycoon. Photo: Stephen Voss It’s early February in Cancun, Mexico . A group of 60 or so financial analysts, reporters, diplomats, and cybersecurity specialists shake off the...Supreme Court Upholds Right to Lie About Military Honors
Medal of Honor — U.S. Army version. Photo: Wikipedia It’s perfectly legal to lie about being a military hero, the Supreme Court said Thursday. The justices ruled (.pdf) 6-3 that a 2006 law...Supreme Court Upholds $675,000 File-Sharing Verdict
Photo: Courtesy of Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Monday let stand a $675,000 file-sharing damages award that a jury levied against a college student for making 30 music tracks available on a...Exclusive Usenet Offers: $7.95/month
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