[Sigifp-l] Info Policy Post 4/9/03

Wed Apr 9 08:48:32 EDT 2003

FREEDOM OF SPEECH

Unknown News Blocked by Google.
<http://www.unknownnews.net/google.html#saturday>
Google said "they would reinstate our ad ... but only if we edited this site 
to their approval, to "show both sides of the argument" over attacking 
Iraq."

Websense Wants To Ban Online Gaming.
<http://www.it-analysis.com/article.php?id=3693>
Websense says "uncontrolled online gaming is putting organisations at risk 
from legal problems from illicit software and robbing corporates of valuable 
bandwidth."

PRIVACY

National Do-Not-Call List Website.
<http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/donotcall/index.html>
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has amended the Telemarketing Sales Rule 
(TSR) to give consumers a choice about whether they want to receive most 
telemarketing calls.

ACLU Says Technology Encroaching on Privacy.
<http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/03/30/profile.steinhardt.ap/index.html>
Every movement, utterance and thought could perhaps be tracked one day, 
Steinhardt warns, ultimately making people more afraid to speak their minds 
-- a fundamental right the ACLU has sought to protect long before anyone at 
the group had heard of the Internet.

TRUTH IN ADVERTISING

Use Misleading Domain Name - Go To Jail.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994201.html>
The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on a proposal that 
would criminalize using misleading domain names to lure unsuspecting people 
to sex sites.

SECURITY

Justice Dept. Lifts FBI Database Limits.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A22955-2003Mar25.html>
The Justice Department lifted a requirement Monday that the FBI ensure the 
accuracy and timeliness of information about criminals and crime victims 
before adding it to the country's most comprehensive law enforcement 
database.

Responses to Military Claim of Reading Lettering on Basketball.
<http://www.politechbot.com/p-04592.html>
"It's practically impossible to read the lettering on a basketball farther 
than 108 miles away... and that's with a 10 meter telescope"
See also: <http://www.politechbot.com/p-04598.html>
Patriot Act II - Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003. 
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58270,00.html
"A Justice Department proposal to create a database containing the DNA of 
suspected terrorists has raised fears that the measure would lead to 
so-called DNA dragnets. The concern is that police could round up people of 
Middle Eastern origin and other targeted groups to force them to contribute 
genetic samples to the database."

FREEDOM OF THE PRESS

24 Hours of War News Controlled by Bush Admin.
<http://www.prweek.com/news/news_story.cfm?ID=174751&site=3>
Bush administration has a launched a global PR network to not only 
"disseminate, but also to dominate news of the conflict around the world."

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Technology Education and Copyright Harmonization Act v. Digital Millennium 
Copyright Act.
<http://chronicle.com/free/2003/03/2003031801t.htm>
A group representing college media centers is warning the U.S. Copyright 
Office about a possible conflict between two federal laws, one meant to 
limit electronic access to copyrighted material and the other designed to 
broaden access to the same material for online education

DMCA To Be Introduced At State Level.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994667.html>
"Critics of the federal Digital Millennium Copyright Act said that they were 
disturbed by proposals for similar laws at the state level.   Quietly, 
opponents said, with few people paying close attention, state legislators 
are considering bills that would be even broader than the controversial 
DMCA, which restricts bypassing copy-protection measures."

DVD Released Without CSS.
<http://wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,58253,00.html>
Open source advocats have releases a DVD documentary and in keeping with 
their views made it CSS ("the content scrambling system used on most 
commercial DVDs") free.

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION POLICY

China & The Net.
<http://www.dfn.org/news/china/four.htm>
"In the last three weeks, Chinese police have detained three individuals for 
posting articles on the Internet, according to Chinese human rights 
organizations."

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION POLICY

Internet Taxation on the Horizon.
<http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1035779780490&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851>
"In the months following a war, U.S. governments begin to express concern 
about millions in lost tax revenues stemming from consumer purchases from 
out-of-state retailers who do not collect local sales taxes"

Epic Alert.
Volume 10.06, 26 March 2003
<http://www.epic.org/alert/EPIC_Alert_10.06.html>
Contents:
[1] PATRIOT Act Secrecy Challenged; DoD Appeals EPIC FOIA Victory
[2] EPIC Testifies at European Parliament on Air Travel Privacy
[3] Senate Wants Answers on Controversial Air Security System
[4] EPIC Launches FOIA Gallery; Issues Privacy Report on WHOIS
[5] Data Industry Initiates Anti-Privacy Credit Campaign

Compiled by Dylan Thomarie

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