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the NSA wiretapping program ruled unconstitutional

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

This blog is not all about bad news! Judge Anna Diggs Taylor from Detroit is the first judge to rule about the legality of the National Security Agency's warrantless wiretapping program - it was justified as necessary for battling terrorism but is now found to violate the rights to free ...

creative common license now available in (simplified) chinese

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006

a breakthrough for the creative commons: the cc licenses are now finally available in (simplified) chinese, with some help from renmin university. the enablers and constraints on its diffusion process and to what degree these will be 'culturally' influenced will be a fascinating development to watch itself unfold in the ...

copyright comic

Friday, March 17th, 2006

CSPD20Comics - a copyright comic! It is like an interbred marriage between my two dear colleagues here: Jason with his affinity for comics and Bill, the copyright wonk. :)