The United States Congress has decided that Internet Service Providers shall be Common Carriers but without the obligations of a Common Carrier. Specifically, which…
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When good loses to lawful: this thing about proper legal procedures with indefensible outcomes
It’s interesting to watch people rushing to defend the legal processes in last week’s story about a man jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt,…
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With shock appeals ruling, the United States has effectively outlawed file encryption
An appeals court has denied the appeal of a person who is jailed indefinitely for refusing to decrypt files. The man has not been…
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Great: Now your sex toys are used to spy on you and sell your private habits, too
The makers of an Internet-connected sex toy have settled to pay a small amount to some 300,000 owners of a vibrator which was used…
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Old world squanders opportunity to tame bitcoin a little
The American SEC, which oversees financial institutions, has rejected a bid to create a traditional trading fund (an ETF) based on bitcoin. The trading…
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Switzerland proposes net censorship to protect domestic gambling against competition
In a surprise move, Switzerland has a bill passing through parliament that would introduce net censorship to protect domestic gambling against foreign competition. This…
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Is it reasonable for a private industry to demand governmental censorship power over general communications?
The copyright industry is trying – again – to forcefully conscript Internet Service Providers into doing their bidding. This time, the RIAA and other…
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Why Google is making a mistake in demoting “pirate” sites from search results
Google has agreed to demote so-called “pirate” sites from its search results, at the demands of the copyright industry. All experience from the past…
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