Intellectual Property Law

Minilinks for 2008-12-05

By hugh

• Obama's Attorney General Pick: Good on Privacy?
  Eric Holder has an unfortunate history of supporting schemes that broaden law enforcement powers at the cost of privacy and other civil liberties.
  
• Principles for an Open Transition
  Leaders of the open government movement published three principles to guide President-elect Obama's transition team in fostering greater speech and participation.
  
• Music Blogs Face Sudden Censorship Spike
  Blogger has been deleting entire posts from music bloggers' websites without warning or adequate explanation.
  
• Bush Signs Law Promoting Censorship of Kids' Programming
  The Child Safe Viewing Act will require the FCC to investigate "advanced blocking technologies."
  
• How Will the Obama Team Deal with Electronic Spying?
  CQ looks at how President-elect Obama's "team of rivals" will deal with Bush administration policies on wiretapping.
  
• YouTube Tightens Rules on Sexually Suggestive Videos
  The video sharing site has announced new rules limiting access to sexual content in the future.
  
• Harvard Team: Let Consumers Hack Abandonware
  The Berkman Center for Internet and Society says the DMCA should be include an exemption for consumers stuck with DRM-crippled files that
  won't play.
  
• Filesharing Deal for Universities?
  Techdirt reports on rumors that Warner is talking to universities about a voluntary collective licensing scheme.
  

Full post as published by Electronic Freedom Foundation - Deep Links on December 05, 2008 (boomark / email).