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Appeals Court Again Denies Industry Access to Names of P2P Users

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From the EFF press release: “The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision today that will stop entertainment corporations from gaining access to the names of people using peer-to-peer (P2P) networks unless the companies file lawsuits against them and furnish actual evidence of copyright infringement.”

  • From the text of the decision: “This case concerns whether the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), specifically 17 U.S.C. § 512(h), permits copyright owners and their representatives to obtain and serve subpoenas on internet service providers (ISPs) to obtain personal information about an ISP’s subscribers who are alleged to be transmitting copyrighted works via the internet using so-called “peer to peer” or “P2P” file sharing computer programs. The dispute arose when the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) requested the clerk of the district court to issue subpoenas under § 512(h) to Charter Communications, Inc. (Charter), in its capacity as an ISP, requiring Charter to turn over the identities of persons believed to be engaging in unlawful copyright infringement. The district court issued the subpoenas and denied Charter’s motion to quash. We reverse.”
  • EFF friend of the court” brief.

    • LC Report on Laws Regulating Access to Sensitive Government Information

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    Report Prepared by the Federal Research Division, Library of Congress under an Interagency Agreement with the NASA Office of Inspector General, September 2004: “Laws and Regulations Governing the Protection of Sensitive But Unclassified Information.” (32 pages, PDF, via Secrecy News) “This report sets forth the statutes, regulations, and Executive Branch directives that define and govern… Continue Reading

    Extensive Archive of Previously Unreleased Historical Military Docs. Now Available

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    Researcher Michael Ravnitzky obtained an archive of over 500,00 documents from the Air Force Historical Research Agency, “cover(ing) almost every aspect of US military history from the 1920s to the early 1980s…This is the first time that this massive list has been seen by the public.” His FOIA request yielded this unprecedented collection of documents… Continue Reading

    Netcraft Launches Free Antiphishing Toolbar for IE

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    “Netcraft Toolbar is an Internet Explorer toolbar, which protects users against phishing sites. Whether a phishing site is reported via the toolbar or through some other channel, Netcraft blocks access for everyone using the Netcraft toolbar.” Users are provided with the hosting location of each site they visit. Read more about the toolbar’s features on… Continue Reading