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Piracy Surveillance, Copyright and Privacy

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The New Surveillance, by Sonia Katyal, Case Western Law Review, Vol. 54, No. 297, 2004.

  • “The goals of this Article are threefold: first, to trace the origins of piracy surveillance through recent jurisprudence involving copyright; second, to provide an analysis of the tradeoffs between public and private enforcement of copyright; and third, to suggest some ways that the law can restore a balance between the protection of copyright and civil liberties in cyberspace.”

    • Post 9/11, Airlines Provided FBI with Millions of Passenger Data Records

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    According to this New York Times article, major U.S. air carriers, pursuant to what industry officials characterized as requests of unprecedented scope, provided the FBI with millions of passenger travel records. Northwest alone gave the government 6,000 CDs of data. This article is based on information obtained through FOIA litigation by EPIC. Continue Reading

    CA Sec. of State Bans E-Voting in 4 Counties

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    From the press release issued April 30 on the decertification of Diebold e-voting technology: “California Secretary of State Kevin Shelley today banned the use of touchscreen voting systems in four counties and decertified all touchscreen systems in California until security measures are in place to safeguard the November vote…In the remaining 10 counties using touchscreen… Continue Reading