Schneier on Security

The United States is getting a national ID card. The REAL ID Act (text of the bill and the Congressional...

FCC Broadcast Flag Mandate Rejected

The District of Columbia’s Circuit Court says the regulatory agency overstepped its authority. In a move that delighted free speech...

Bush OKs Smut-Stripping Tech

President Bush on Wednesday signed legislation aimed at helping parents keep their children from seeing sex scenes, violence and foul...

Law Firm Shows Ignorance of the Law in Anonymous Emailer Case

When an employee of San Francisco law firm Shearman & Sterling received an email from an anonymous person who seemed...

How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)

Blogs are like personal telephone calls crossed with newspapers. They’re the perfect tool for sharing your favorite chocolate mousse recipe...

Don’t Fear the Blogger

In yesterday’s (March 27) Los Angeles Times, media reporter and critic David Shaw demonstrates Oscar Wilde’s maxim that modern journalism...

March 30, 2005 Supreme Court Justices Grill Both Sides at Copyright Hearing

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) was heartened to hear the Justices of the United States Supreme Court engage in a...

Dutch AG upholds decision in Scientology case

The Dutch Attorney-General has endorsed a verdict seen as backing free speech over copyright in the controversial case between the...

Proposed changes to track file swappers

The federal government took a big step yesterday toward a crackdown on those who illegally swap music and other electronic...

Open-source programmer alleges Linux misuse

An open-source programmer stopped by the CeBit trade show in Hannover, Germany, this week to tell Motorola and 12 other...