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Two-Tier Internet & The End of Freedom of Speech
ACLU Creates Map of US "Constitution-Free Zone"
Steve Jobs Patents "The Dock"
Tech Giants In Human Rights Deal
Walmart Caves On DRM Removal
Google Profiling Social Network Users
More Details of the NSA's Social Network Analysis
Students Protest Turnitin.com
Australian Censorship Bypassed Before Live Trials
A Linux-Based "Breath Test" For Porn On PCs
Canadian Court Rules "Hyperlink" Is Not Defamation
Maryland Police Put Activists' Names On Terror List
Ted "A Series of Tubes" Stevens Found Guilty
The Pirate Bay Is Back Online
Palin E-mail Hacker Indicted
20 Hours a Month Reading Privacy Policies
Gov't Computers Used to Find Info on "Joe the Plumber"
Illinois Bill Would Ban Social Networking Sites
McCain Campaign Protests YouTube's DMCA Policy
Michael Robertson Sued Over Missing Linspire Cash
New "MP3 100% Compatible" Logo For DRM-Free Music
Tool To Allow ISPs To Scan Every File You Transmit
UK Government Says More Spying Needed
Eric Schmidt on Net Neutrality
NSA To Datamine Social Networking Sites
Afghan Student Gets 20 Years For Blasphemy
Amnesty International vs. Internet Censorship
China Bans Running Your Own Email Server
EU Council Refuses To Release ACTA Documents
Gonzales Wants ISP Data Retention To Curb Child Porn
Google Claims User Content In Multiple Products
Google Violates Miro's Copyright?
ITMS Faces Complaint From Norwegian Ombudsman
Judge Suppresses Report On Voting Systems
Malaysian Blogger On Trial For Sedition
Microsoft Calls Today Global Anti-Piracy Day
New Congressional Bill Makes DMCA Look Tame
Politician Forces German Wikipedia Off the Net
Senators, ISPs, and Network Neutrality
Student Suspended Over IM Icon
U.K. Group Wants DRM'd Media Labeled
U.S. House Rejects Net Neutrality
UK Music Fans Can Copy Own Tracks
US District Court Says Calculating a Hash Value = Search
WA Law: 5 Years in Prison for Gambling Online
UK Court Rejects Encryption Key Disclosure Defense
Congress May Add Record Requirements to MySpace
Keeping an Eye on Government Snooping
130 Filesharer Homes Raided in Germany
Australian Government Censorship 'Worse Than Iran'
Belgian ISP Scores Victory In Landmark P2P Case
Boycott Novell Protesters Manhandled In India
Broadcast Flag Sneaking in the Back Door
China To Photograph All Internet Cafe Customers
Concerns About ACTA In EU, Canada
DRM and Democracy
Feds Arrest Private Eye at HOPE
Give Up the Fight For Personal Privacy?
Google to Use PC Microphones to Listen In?
Greek Blog Aggregator Arrested
India Joins China in Censoring Websites
Irish GSM Providers Asked to Track Users' Web Use
Judge Rules in Favor of Websurfing at Work
Jury Awards $11 Million for Internet Defamation
LimeWire Sues RIAA for Antitrust Violations
Maker of Anti-Clinton Video Outed, Loses Job
RIAA Litigation May Be Unconstitutional
Researchers Find Problems With RFID Passport Cards
Rethinking IM Privacy For Kids
Senate Votes To Empower Parents As Censors
Sex Offender E-Mail Registry Signed Into Law
UK Parliament Questioning DRM
Why YouTube Needs the Rights to Your Video
Student Faces Expulsion for Blog Post
Anonymous Anger Rampant On the Web
Bill Would Outlaw Digital Receiver Recorders
Blue Security Gives up the Fight
Congress vs Misleading Meta Tags
Facebook Blocks Users From Mentioning BugMeNot.com
Facebook Users Complain of New Ad-Based Tracking
HOWTO Commit Corporate Espionage
How Washington Will Shape the Internet
Indian Government Lifts Ban on Blogs
Microsoft Bypasses HOSTS File
Microsoft Misrepresenting WGA's Functionality?
Net Neutrality or Not?
OLGA Shut Down by DMCA (again!)
Pirate Party Comes to the U.S.
RIAA Loses $222K Verdict
Real Name For Open Source Development?
This is How We Catch You Downloading
Tool Detects "In-Flight" Webpage Alterations
UK Hackers Face Antisocial Behaviour Orders
Yahoo! Sells, Advocates DRM-Free Music
Alan Cox Files Patent For DRM
Apple Sics Lawyers on SomethingAwful
Apple's DRM Is Bad For Consumers and Business
BPI Requests ISPs Suspend Suspected Filesharers
Busting People for Pointing Out Security Flaws
Chicago Law Firm Sues Over Hyperlink To Trademarked Name
Decryption Keys For HD-DVD Found, Confirmed
Digital Photos Give Away a Camera's Make and Model
EU Will Not Divulge Microsoft Contracts
English Court Allows Patents For "Complex" Software
Firefox Add-On To Track Your Location Via Wi-Fi
For 3 Years, Scammers Ran Truckless Trucking Company
French PM Unreceptive To RMS
Google Brazil Pressured to Give Up Names
Halliburton Applies For Patent-Trolling Patent
IBM's Teri-is-a-Girl-and-Terry-is-a-Boy Patent
In AU, Dodgy Dell Deal Faces Consumer Backlash
In Response To Restraining Order, Real Networks Pulls RealDVD
Interpol Pushing World Facial Recognition Database
Judge Tosses Telco Suit Over City-Owned Network
MS Wants To Identify All Web Surfers
Mandatory DRM for Podcasts Proposed
More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses
MySpace Suicide Charges Threaten Free Speech
MySpace and GoDaddy Shut Down Security Site
New TN Law Forces Universities To Patrol For Copyright Violations
Possession of Violent Pornography Outlawed in UK
RIAA Admits ISPs Have Misidentified "John Does"
RIAA Claims P2P Has Been Contained
RIAA Receives Stern Letter, Folds
Record Label Infringes Own Copyright, Site Pulled
Restrictions On Social Sites Proposed In Georgia
ScummVM Developers Barred From Using PayPal
Senate Judiciary Committee Approves Copyright Cops
State Trooper Fights For His Source Code
State of Ohio Establishes "Pre-Crime" Registry
The Real Issue With Net Neutrality
UK Outlines Plan For Internet Black Boxes
Viacom Claims Copyright On Irrlicht Video
Wisconsin Could Ban Mandatory Microchip Implants
YouTube Used for Whistleblowing
Your House Is About To Be Photographed
Every Email In UK To Be Monitored
Microsoft Talks Daily With Your Computer
Beware Your Online Presence
DRM Hole Sets Patch Speed Record For Microsoft
Listening To The Radio At Work? Prepare To Be Sued
MA Attorney General Seeks Myspace Changes
Microsoft Says Free Software Violates 235 Patents
NH Man Arrested for Videotaping Police
Pirates, Web 2.0, and Hundred Dollar Laptop
RIAA Says It Doesn't Have Enough Evidence
Sanitizing Expression In Virtual Worlds
School Admins Demand Access to Students' Cellphones
U.S. House Clears Anti-Internet Gambling Bill
Why the RIAA Doesn't Want Defendants Exonerated
$125 Million Settlement In Authors Guild v. Google
A Look at the Editorial Changes on Wikipedia
AACS Vows to Fight Bloggers
AT&T to Help MPAA Filter the Internet?
AllofMp3.com Breaks Silence
Amazon Erases Orders To Cover Up Pricing Mistake
An IE-Based Tabbed Browser from China
Ars Examines Outlandish "Lost To Piracy" Claims and Figures
Aussies Brace for DMCA
Bell Canada Throttles Wholesalers Without Notice
Blogger.com Banned In Turkey
Blogging All the Way to Jail
Boston Bans Boing Boing From City Wi-Fi
Cable Packet Shaping Causing Slowdowns
California Passes Wi-Fi Guidance Law
Cameroon Typo-Squats all of .com
Canadian Bill C-416 to Require Wiretapping
Canadian Copyright Group Wants iPod Tax
Canadian Fined For Videoing Movie In Theatre
Canadian Government Rejects Net Neutrality Rules
City Sues To Prevent Linking To Its Website
Comcast Blocks Yet Another ISPs E-Mail
DHS Allowed To Take Laptops Indefinitely
DRM — It's Not Really About Piracy
DRM More Important Than Life or Security?
Dell Chastized Over Customer Service
Diebold Goes 0 For 3 In Massachusetts Case
Digg.com Attempts To Suppress HD-DVD Revolt
EFF Lands a Blow On DirecTV
EU Commissioner Calls For Censorship of Web Search
EU Court Says File Sharers Don't Have To Be Named
FCC Commissioner Wants To Push For DRM
FTC To Take a Second Look at P2P
Fair Use Must Be Considered In DMCA Notices
Fight DRM While There's Still Time
First Swede Convicted For File-Sharing Now Cleared
Flash Cookies, a Little-Known Privacy Threat
Flickr to Grant Commercial API Key to Competitors
Font Raid Spells Trouble for Publisher
GPL Causing Problems for Derivative Linux Distros
German Police May Not Break Into a Suspect's PC
German TOR Servers Seized
Germany Rejects Microsoft FAT Patent
Gilmore Loses Airport ID Case
Google Can Predict the Flu
Google Denies Data In Brazil Orkut Case
Google Turns Over Data on Suspected Pedophiles In Brazil
Hans Reiser Guilty of First Degree Murder
Homeland Security Okays Closed Proceedings
How to Turn A Music Lover to Piracy