The excellent Recording Industry vs. The People blog reports a court has denied the RIAA's motion to compel the University of New Mexico to disclose the identities of its students.
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ID Theft on the Rise in Canada
A new cross-country survey finds that seven percent of Canadians say that they have been victimized by identity theft.
Privacy Commish Ordered to Appear Before Air India Inquiry
The inquiry chair has ordered Commissioner Stoddart to appear following comments in the media on the no-fly list.
Is Content Filtering the New DRM?
There was a time when Internet service providers would not touch the idea of blocking or filtering content, particularly after the Stratton Oakmont decision in the U.S., which intimated that ISPs that got into the content monitoring business would face potential liability for legal issues arising from such content. No […]
TorrentSpy Ordered To Track Users
CNET is reporting a federal court in California has ordered TorrentSpy to create and maintain logs of user activity. The company is appealing the order.
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