Scalia's Tape Tactics at Issue; Experts question legal basis for confiscation -- apparently on justice's orders -- of recordings

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Brian Roehrkasse, from Department of
Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, says

Brian Roehrkasse, from Department of
Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, says 07/12/2004 07:26 AM
We're not sounding so paranoid now .. CNN is reporting .. postponing

cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/11/election.day.delay
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"The Department of Justice's Office of
Legal Counsel has issued a memorandum"

"The Department of Justice's Office of
Legal Counsel has issued a memorandum" 12/29/2004 11:35 AM

The Department of Justice's Office of
Legal Counsel has issued a memorandum

The Department of Justice's Office of
Legal Counsel has issued a memorandum 12/19/2004 03:52 PM
the Second Amendment protects an individual right to arms

usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm
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Experts: Fossil Apparently Human
Ancestor

Experts: Fossil Apparently Human
Ancestor 04/07/2005 05:24 AM
Sci-Tech Today Apr 7 2005 9:29AM GMT

Court Throws Out Net Music Legal Tactics

Court Throws Out Net Music Legal Tactics 12/19/2003 11:07 PM
Boston Globe Dec 19 2003 9:53PM ET

Question for SSH Experts

Question for SSH Experts 08/28/2004 06:42 PM
I use an SSH tunnel to retrieve e-mail from a private domain, and want to configure it to also let me browse the Web via the tunnel. I have the following as part of a .sh file I launch manually from a terminal window to get the SSH session going: -L 143:127.0.0.1:143 -L 25:127.0.0.1:25 This works fine for my IMAP mail. Now I want to use it for browsing. I assume I need to use forwarding for port 80, adding -L 80:127.0.0.1:80 but I'm not sure how to configure the browser settings once I've done that. Suggestions welcomed below. Thanks.

Experts question Microsoft's Caller ID
patents

Experts question Microsoft's Caller ID
patents 03/06/2004 01:56 AM
The company's claim that it owns patents around Caller ID and its decision to license the technology to third parties, rather than submit it to an Internet standards body, have riled e-mail experts and domain owners.

Experts question Windows patch policy

Experts question Windows patch policy 11/11/2003 09:22 AM
ZDNet Nov 11 2003 8:24AM ET

The Legal Question on Warchalkers

The Legal Question on Warchalkers 03/08/2004 11:22 PM
While some of the respondents do not have a legal degree, I do. The FCC has determined that there is no right to privacy over radio frequencies, and that a user is free to access any radio frequencies available to them. Remember the big ugly satallite dishes of the eighties? It was left to the satallite service owners to scramble the signal and then sell the technology to descramble it. Bootleg descramblers constitute a "Theft of Service", and is prosecuted under civil law. The only problem with this legal theory is that the warchalkers aren't just recieving a signal. They are transmitting one as well via another person's connection. This leaves tracking maliscious code generators an impossible task, because the FCC and the FBI use the generator's ISP to track and enforce applicable laws. The most logical step to address this concern would be to legislate, that if a Network Administrator choses not to provide security for access to the internet by unauthorized persons, then the organization that allowed the access will be legally liable for any harm caused by such failure. In a nutshell, it's the ISP subscriber that should be responsible and liable for all use of the internet via thier connection. My qualifications for these statements are a Bachelors of Law degree, and the current pursuit of a degree in IT Security. Thanks for your interest.

Overheard legal question

Overheard legal question 08/01/2004 02:54 PM
A man: "If I marry my boyfriend in Massachusetts, and then go to Georgia where the marriage isn't recognized, can I marry a woman in Georgia, or would that be bigamy there?" (This story would be better if the guy hadn't been asking truly hypothetically.)...

Legal Net music romps ahead of DVD,
vinyl, tape

Legal Net music romps ahead of DVD,
vinyl, tape 02/10/2004 10:34 AM

Experts question integrity of proposed
military e-voting scheme

Experts question integrity of proposed
military e-voting scheme 09/03/2004 04:52 AM
Last February, a team of patriotic geeks was assembled by Uncle Sam to test out the Secure Electronic Registration and Voting Experiment (SERVE) system for military and others stationed outside the Untied States. The team's conclusions, unfortunately, were that the system was as wide open as a Windows box in terms of vulnerability and totally closed in terms of code, calling the mostly-Accenture software of the system into question.

Raid Causes Experts to Question
Readiness of Iraqi Security Forces

Raid Causes Experts to Question
Readiness of Iraqi Security Forces 02/15/2004 09:04 PM
Iraqi security forces cannot guarantee safety after the planned transfer of sovereignty to an Iraqi government on June 30, a range of specialists concluded on Sunday.

Experts: Microsoft Should Issue Windows
XP Fix

Experts: Microsoft Should Issue Windows
XP Fix 01/16/2004 11:34 AM
Are the bad guys phishing while Microsoft's out to lunch? Despite the discovery last month of an Internet Explorer bug that expedites Web site spoofing, or phishing, security experts wonder why Microsoft still hasn't issued a fix. The browser is so deeply entwined with the Windows XP operating system that the company doesn't want to risk creating more problems than it solves. "Microsoft will only release a patch, when warranted, that is well-engineered and as thoroughly tested as possible, whether that is a day, week, month or longer," a company spokeswoman said.

A Technical DEATH to the Legal
Question...FInally

A Technical DEATH to the Legal
Question...FInally 04/09/2004 04:10 PM
This whole website and philosophy is predicated on the premise that theft occurs when the thief denies the victim the use of the object. NOWHERE DOES the laws of these United States makes that distinction. Theft is defined as taking or using someone's property without their permission. Period. No judge cares if you put it back or if the victim will miss it or not. Second, It appears that there are laws in most American states about logging on into networks (wireless and otherwise) without permission is clearly ILLEGAL. Anybody who thinks that their wireless pda/laptop just passively recieves the signal ONLY, is either dellusional or UTTERLY IGNORANT of how network works. Your pda/laptop sends requests for data to the wireless network, exchanges information with the network (it's called a handshake) and YES, BECOMES PART OF THE NETWORK (A NODE) ....ILLEGALLY! Why? Because it's all done with the owners permission. It is irrelevant that you are physically not on the owners property. You are still logged onto the owner's network. For all the simpletons out there still in denial, it's like going to a lampost and taking juice from it. NOTHING IN LIFE IS FREE! Signed The XODUS

Legal Experts Say Parents Are Unlikely
To Prevail (washingtonpost.com)

Legal Experts Say Parents Are Unlikely
To Prevail (washingtonpost.com) 03/22/2005 03:46 PM
washingtonpost.com - Even with the intervention of Congress and President Bush, Terri Schiavo's parents have only a slim chance of convincing federal courts that their daughter should be kept alive indefinitely, constitutional lawyers said yesterday.

""two solid minutes of some of the most
impenetrable, acrononym-laden
sales-speak ever put to tape. The
product in question is a Rockwell
Electric retro-incabulator...whatever
the hell that is.""

""two solid minutes of some of the most
impenetrable, acrononym-laden
sales-speak ever put to tape. The
product in question is a Rockwell
Electric retro-incabulator...whatever
the hell that is."" 08/10/2004 08:42 AM

Legal experts predict new rounds in food
fight (USATODAY.com)

Legal experts predict new rounds in food
fight (USATODAY.com) 05/07/2004 03:10 PM
USATODAY.com - A controversial obesity lawsuit against McDonald's may have been thrown out of court. But it inspired the movie Super Size Me, which opens Friday and promises to raise the volume in the debate over fast food and obesity.

'Dead Dads' Bill Takes On Difficult
Legal Question (Los Angeles Times)

'Dead Dads' Bill Takes On Difficult
Legal Question (Los Angeles Times) 05/17/2004 06:09 AM
Los Angeles Times - SACRAMENTO — After Bruce Vernoff died, his grieving widow — with thoughts of a baby someday — had sperm removed from his body and frozen. Four years later, Gaby Vernoff gave birth to a daughter with no father — at least under the law.

Google Faces Legal Threat After $3bn
Stock Issue

Google Faces Legal Threat After $3bn
Stock Issue 08/06/2004 05:56 AM
Computerwire.info - Fri Aug 6, 07:53 am GMT

The Latest High-Tech Legal Issue:
Rooting Out the Spy in Your Computer

The Latest High-Tech Legal Issue:
Rooting Out the Spy in Your Computer 04/26/2004 02:00 AM
At a conference last week, participants discussed the controversial issue of spyware. Some critics said it should be outlawed.

"A Justice's Sense of Privilege,"

"A Justice's Sense of Privilege," 04/13/2004 01:57 AM
Bob Herbert .. tales

nytimes.com/2004/04/12/opinion/12HERB.html
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Web orders help send holiday orders up
29% at Vermont Teddy Bear Co

Web orders help send holiday orders up
29% at Vermont Teddy Bear Co 12/30/2004 09:56 PM
InternetRetailer.com Dec 31 2004 1:32AM GMT

Rescuing recordings

Rescuing recordings 05/07/2004 04:16 PM
ZDNet May 7 2004 8:06PM GMT

TiVo to Insert New Ads into Recordings

TiVo to Insert New Ads into Recordings 04/05/2005 07:49 PM
TiVo and Comcast are jointly developing an advertising system that inserts up-to-date commercials into previously recorded programming. The announcement follows news that TiVo has begun testing new advertising format that will appear as users fast forward through commercials on its digital video recorder service.

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Marshal, Marshal, Marshal - Scalia's
goon squad. By Dahlia Lithwick

Marshal, Marshal, Marshal - Scalia's
goon squad. By Dahlia Lithwick 04/13/2004 12:35 PM
Dahlia Lithwick on the Supreme's police state tactics .. Marshal, Marshal, Marshal: Scalia's goon squad .. odd incident

slate.msn.com/id/2098667
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Hallyday wins fight on recordings

Hallyday wins fight on recordings 08/03/2004 09:00 AM
French rock star Johnny Hallyday wins possession of 1,000 master copies of his songs held by Universal.

Scalia Apologizes for Seizure of
Recordings

Scalia Apologizes for Seizure of
Recordings 04/12/2004 10:07 PM
Justice Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court has apologized to two Mississippi reporters who were required to erase recordings of a speech he gave at a high school there.

Instant Live Concert Recordings

Instant Live Concert Recordings 04/29/2004 10:38 AM

Who owns recordings of numbers stations?

Who owns recordings of numbers stations? 06/22/2004 10:33 AM
Interesting summary of a case where an indie label sued a major for copyright infringment, and where the indie is totally and utterly in the wrong.

Irdial is a tiny label that released a CD of intercepts from "numbers stations" -- the radio stations where a neutral voice recites mysterious numbers and codes, presumed to be part of the international espionage system.

WEA is the major label for Wilco, whose album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot samples the numbers stations recordings on Irdial's album.

Irdium sued WEA for copyright infringement -- in other words, they claimed that they owned the mysterious voices that float in the ether all around us at every hour of the day and night. They claimed that they, and not the spook who recited the words Yankee Hotel Foxtrot into his mic over and over again, were somehow the creators of the mysterious broadcast. Unfortunately, WEA settled instead of countersuing Irdium into a smoking heap of slag for proffering this notion that absolutely offends reason.

Joe Graz has some analysis on his blog:

They claim, first, that their recording is unique because of the radio interference that surrounds it, and that this interference gives them a copyright in the recording. Second, they edited the recording to make it more interesting. Third, they processed the recording to make it clearer . Each of these, they say, gives them exclusive rights in their recording.

I don't know UK copyright law very well, so I don't know whether this claim has more merit there. But under American law, Irdial probably would have lost had the case gone to trial. First, simply recording a radio broadcast does not give a person rights in the recording. A recording of a preexisting transmission does not have the requisite originality for copyrightability. Second, Irdial's editing may have been sufficient "selection and arrangement" to give rise to a copyright in the whole track, preventing wholesale verbatim copying. But from the description they give, there were no edits within the "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" sample; the sample Wilco used was an unedited slice of Irdial's source material, and thus Irdial's edits cannot have given rise to copyright in the sample. Finally, the equalization and processing. Irdial admits that the EQ was "to remove noise" – not for any creative purpose.

Link (via Copyfight)

The Basis of Emotions in the Brain

The Basis of Emotions in the Brain 11/16/2003 07:24 PM
A news release from the Society for Neuroscience highlights recent studies that have advanced our understanding of emotions. The first study reveals the neurobiological basis of romantic love. It turns out our mammal brains include three types of circuitry involved in reproduction: sex drive, which makes us want to mate with any handy partner; attraction, which encourages the pursuit of preferred partners; and attachment, which creates a desire to remain with a partner long enough for species-specific parenting duties. What we know as romantic love results from dopamine pathways associated with the attraction circuitry. Another study revealed a hormone, oxytocin, whose level in our blood seems to correspond to the level of trust exhibited in us during social interactions. The final study used rapid event MRI scans to determine why we can hear our own name clearly from within the "din of a cocktail party or the fog of sleep".
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Scalia's Tape Tactics at Issue; Experts question legal basis for confiscation -- apparently on justice's orders -- of recordings

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