Intellectual Property Law

minilinks for 2009-01-28

By hugh

• ACLU Requests Bush-era Memos
  In a test of President Obama's commitment to transparency, the ACLU requested sensitive Bush administration memos on torture and wiretapping that have long been sought by privacy and human rights advocates.
  
• Patriot Act Used to Punish Fliers
  Conflicts with airline staff have led to fliers facing federal terrorism charges. 
  
• Cox Ready to Throttle P2P
  The cable service will give preference to time-sensitive traffic during periods of congestion.
  
• Blair Backs Telecom Immunity
  President Obama's choice for Director of National Intelligence says he thinks telecoms that cooperated in the Bush administration's illegal spying program should be given civil liability.
  
• Apple Wins Patent on "Pinch"
  The US Patent Office awarded Apple a patent on its "multitouch" technology -- setting the stage for Apple to challenge Palm' s Pre smart phone.
  
• Obama Wants to Know: Why Open Source?
  President Obama has asked Sun Chairman Scott McNealy to write a paper on the benefits of open source software.
  
• Sick Teen Settles With Music Industry
  A 19 year old woman with serious health problems has settled a suit for alleged illegal downloads.
  
• Ninth Circuit Lets Text Message Privacy Case Stand
  In an en banc review of an earlier ruling, the court held that a search of a police employees text messages violated his privacy rights.
  

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on January 29, 2009 (boomark / email).