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File Sharing and Red Light Cameras: Law at the Speed of Technology
The internet provides such a fascinating legal environment: because we can, should we? Britain asked this about retaining IP logs and answered “yes.” Bad, bad, idea. France has now done the same for the question of piracy - if we can identify pirates, should they be stopped? That’s a “yes” too, apparently. And I agree… »
Dear Jennifer Stoddard: Quit Screwing Around
Jennifer Stoddard, Canada’s “Privacy Commissioner” (charged with protecting the public’s privacy) is apparently doing a “heck’uva job,” having identified Google Street View as potentially impinging on Canadian’s privacy, while in the meantime Industry Canada has convened a secret panel to overturn internet wiretapping laws:
“It is extremely disappointing to see that the departments continue to… »
My Story: I was served by the Fair Housing Council for a Katrina Volunteer Housing site
Back when Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, I built a quick and dirty site at KatrinaHome.com to let people with space in their homes around the country take in refugees. It was actually pretty cool - it had printable pages designed to be posted on walls at shelters, WAP access, various privacy protection tools, and… »
BlinkX, Video Search, and the Corporate Shell Game
The Financial Times broke the news, but Mashable summed it up more succinctly: $20 and a free pony if you can figure this one out.
The demerger of the consumer business is a complex transaction, in which Autonomy will first take ownership of Blinkx, a separate company founded by Autonomy’s former US chief technology officer, Suranga… »
Boooo to Amazon - Suing Statsaholic: Amazon API/ECS Boycott time?
EDIT: HOW ABOUT MONDAY, APRIL 23rd FOR AN API ECS BOYCOTT? Post your thoughts in the comments. By “boycott” I mean if you use ECS to link to Amazon for affiliate sales, shut ‘er down and hit amazon in the wallet.
As a frequent user of the Amazon ECS API and follower of Amazon’s forays into… »