[Sigifp-l] Info policy post 3/24

[Terrence Maxwell]

PRIVACY

National Do Not Call List.
<http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/11/politics/main543573.shtml>
President Bush signed legislation creating a national "do-not-call" list 
intended to help consumers block unwanted telemarketing calls.  The 
do-not-call program should begin operation by summer.

Spam Sent Advertising An Anti-Spam Tool.
<http://www.whitis.com/mailwiper.htm>
"It's sad, but true. It's not even new. Several other companies have done 
this previously. (For instance, SpamArrest.com was recently caught 
advertising via spam. You would think that an so-called anti-spam company 
would know better.

SSNs Not Secure.
<http://govt-aff.senate.gov/031103prescouncilrpt.pdf>
"A report out this month reveals something shocking but sadly not altogether 
unexpected - federal agencies are incredibly lax when it comes to protecting 
the integrity of your Social Security numbers."

INTERNATIONAL

Arrest Over Observer Spy Report.
<http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,910648,00.html>
"An employee at the top-secret Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) 
has been arrested following revelations in The Observer last weekend about 
an American 'dirty tricks' surveillance operation to win votes at the United 
Nations in favour of a tough new resolution on Iraq."

Increase In Middle East Media Options.
<http://www.dfn.org/news/mideast/channels.htm>
The Middle East "has recently seen many new satellite channels whose 
competition with each other to win over Middle Eastern audiences will likely 
provide people with new perspectives on regional and national issues."

Government Should Control Net.
<http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=791234>
Should governments of the world begin to control the Internet "in the same 
way other public networks, such as electricity and traffic information 
networks, are controlled"?

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Airplane Critic Gets Sued Over Site.
<http://www.politechbot.com/p-04546.html>
When Jim Folts set up a website titled Aircraft Pilots for Better 
Maintenance, and used Piedmont Hawthorne's name is his domain name and meta 
tags, Piedmont Hawthorne sued Folts alleging trademark and defamation 
theories.

SECURITY

Americans Continue To Endorse Homeland Security.
<http://www.politechbot.com/p-04545.html>
Large majorities of the public, aware that it would affect their civil 
liberties, continue to favor giving law enforcement agencies stronger 
powers, which they might use when dealing with people suspected of terrorist 
activities.

Senate Scrutinizes Air Travel Database.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1029-992572.html>
The U.S. Congress took the first step toward curbing a government computer 
system that will perform intensive background checks on American citizens 
who are traveling by air.
See also: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04553.html

US Spy Gear.
<http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Mar2003/n03122003_200303127.html>
General Franklin Blaidsdell claims that US spy equipment "can read the 
lettering on a basketball" from about 25,000 miles above the earth.

PRESS FREEDOM

PayPal Switches Off Accounts.
<http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29717.html>
A US independent news site that relies upon reader donations has had some of 
its air supply cut off by PayPal.

AP Protests Government Seizure of Package.
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19862-2003Mar13.html>
"Government agencies opened a package mailed between two Associated Press 
reporters last September and seized a copy of an eight-year-old unclassified 
FBI lab report without obtaining a warrant or notifying the news agency."

SPEECH

Government Thinking About P2P & Porn.
<http://news.com.com/2100-1025-992471.html>
"Members of Congress said new laws aimed at restricting pornography on 
peer-to-peer networks might be necessary, as police vowed to step up 
enforcement efforts."

MISCELLANEOUS

GILC (Global Internet Liberty Campaign) Alert.
<http://www.gilc.org/alert/alert72.html>
Volume 7, Issue 2
Contents:
[1] Jailed Chinese Net dissident goes on hunger strike
[2] US high court hears library Net censor case
[3] Domain name seizures provoke alarm
[4] Tunisian gov't arrests 20 websurfers
[5] Norwegian DVD computer speech decision appealed
[6] Swiss Internet censorship plans lurch forward
[7] Former Yahoo exec cleared in French Net censor case
[8] News site temporarily shutdown after Microsoft complaint
[9] Web protestor wins Taubman domain name dispute
[10] Martus software may aid human rights reporting
[11] UK parliament email censors prevent debate on bills
[12] UN investigating allegations of US gov't spying
[13] Fury over new DSEA surveillance proposal
[14] US Congress approves restrictions on TIA spy project
[15] Revised British snoop plans unveiled
[16] Russian mobile phone privacy scandal erupts
[17] Report: Ebay spies on customers, readily discloses personal info
[18] Xupiter spyware raises privacy concerns
[19] College Internet music lovers face tracking schemes

The Filter.
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filter/>
No 5.7 - Contents:
[1] Berkman News: ILAW in Rio & Stanford, Digital Media in Cyberspace
[2] Conference Watch: CFP 2003, OSCOM '03, OII Summer Doctoral Program
[3] Bookmarks: Balance Act, Boalt DRM conference report, CIPA @ SCOTUS
[4] Talk Back
(Section 3 "Bookmarks" is definitely worth a look).

Compiled by Dylan Thomarie
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